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Leave Luck
Luck
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 to Heaven
Heaven
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is the first full-length album by Detroit-based Matthew Dear
Matthew Dear
Matthew Dear is an American music producer, DJ and electronic avant-pop artist.-History:Texas- born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno...

, released under his birth name.http://www.ghostly.com/1.0/spectral/spc011.shtmlhttp://www.ghostly.com/1.0/artists/dear/index.shtml Released in late 2003, the album’s fusion of pop
Pop music
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 and minimal techno propelled Dear to international success. The album’s single Dog Days became a bestseller for the Spectral Sound
Spectral Sound
Spectral Sound is a record label that was originally an offshoot of the more cerebral Ghostly International, but has since gained similar notoriety thanks to successful records by Matthew Dear and other techno producers...

 label, and a favorite of DJs like Richie Hawtin
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Richard Hawtin is an English-Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s and a leading exponent of Minimal techno since the mid 1990s...

. The album is named after the rough Japanese
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-to-English
English language
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 translation of Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

, a legendary video game company.

Track listing

  1. "Nervous Laughter (Intro)" (Matthew Dear
    Matthew Dear
    Matthew Dear is an American music producer, DJ and electronic avant-pop artist.-History:Texas- born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno...

    )
    – 2:40
  2. "Fex" (Dear) – 5:07
  3. "Just Us Now" (Dear) – 4:37
  4. "The Crush" (Dear) – 4:42
  5. "But for You" (Dear) – 5:13
  6. "An Unbending" (Dear) – 4:34
  7. "Dog Days" (Dear) – 5:53
  8. "Huffing Stuff" (Dear) – 5:18
  9. "Reason and Responsibility" (Dear) – 5:38
  10. "You're Fucking Crazy" (Dear) – 4:43
  11. "It's Over Now" (Dear) – 5:42
  12. "Machete (Outro)" (Dear) – 0:27
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