''Lucky Shiner'' is the debut studio album by English
electronic music
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producer
Gold Panda
Derwin Schlecker (born Derwin Dicker, 1980), professionally known as Gold Panda, is an English electronic record producer and songwriter.
Derwin Dicker also performs house music as DJ Jenifa. Early life
Derwin Schlecker was born as Derwin Dicker ...
. It was released on 7 September 2010 through
Ghostly International in the United States,
[ while Notown Records released it on 12 October 2010 in the United Kingdom.
]
Production
Gold Panda recorded ''Lucky Shiner'' in two weeks over Christmas at his aunt and uncle's house in the Essex
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countryside.[
]
Critical reception
At Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Lucky Shiner'' received an average score of 80 based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[
It received an honorable mention at '']Pitchfork
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The term is also applie ...
''s "Albums of the Year 2010" list. ''MusicOMH
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History
''MusicOMH'' was founded an ...
'' named it the 50th best album of 2010. ''Stereogum
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''Stereogum'' was one of the first MP3 blogs and has received several awar ...
'' named it the 39th best album of 2010.
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
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2010 debut albums
Ghostly International albums
Gold Panda albums