Deep Down Happy
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| Deep Down Happy | ||||
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| Released | 5 June 2020 | |||
| Length | 36:34 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Burke Reid | |||
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| Singles from Deep Down Happy | ||||
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Deep Down Happy is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Sports Team. It was released on 5 June 2020 under Island Records, and was nominated for the Mercury Prize 2020.[1]
On 12 June 2019, Sports Team released the first single "Here It Comes Again".[2] The second single "Fishing" was released on 12 September 2019.[3] On 19 November 2019, the third single "The Races" was released.[4] On 18 February 2020, the band announced their new album – scheduled for the original release of 3 April 2020 – along with the fourth single "Here's The Thing".[5]
Commercial performance
On 12 June 2020, the album ranked at No. 2 on the Official Charts Company's UK Albums Chart.[6] Sports Team lost the Number 1 spot to Lady Gaga's "Chromatica".[7] It gained No. 1 in Scotland[8]
Tour
On 19 June 2020, the band announced a tour of the UK, scheduled for April 2021.[9]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[10] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| DIY | [12] |
| Dork | [13] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 9.5/10[14] |
| MusicOMH |  [15] |
| NME | [16] |
| The Observer | [17] |
| The Times | [18] |
| Paste | 7.7/10[19] |
Deep Down Happy was met with "generally favourable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 11 reviews.[10] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 78 out of 100 from a critical consensus of 14 reviews.[20]
