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Good Things
Studio album by Aloe Blacc
Released	September 28, 2010
Recorded	2009–2010
Genre	Soul
Length	47:33
Label	Stones Throw, Vertigo
Producer	Truth & Soul
Aloe Blacc chronology
Shine Through (2006) Good Things (2010) Energy Live Session: Aloe Blacc & the Grand Scheme (2013)
Singles from Aloe Blacc
"I Need a Dollar" Released: 16 March 2010 "Loving You Is Killing Me" Released: 7 March 2011 "Green Lights" Released: 9 September 2011

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.4/10
Metacritic	82/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	A−
The Guardian
The Independent
Mojo
NME	8/10
Pitchfork	6.7/10
Q
Spin	8/10
URB

Good Things is the second studio album by American musician Aloe Blacc. The album was released on September 28, 2010, in the US and 26 November 2010 in the UK by Stones Throw Records.

Singles

The first single from the album, "I Need a Dollar" (produced by Truth & Soul), was released on March 16, 2010. It peaked No. 2 in the UK and Ireland. In Switzerland and Austria it peaked at No. 5, No. 1 in Belgium (Flanders). An edited version of the song serves as the theme song for the HBO series How to Make It in America.

The second single, "Loving You Is Killing Me", was released on March 7, 2011. It peaked No. 8 in Austria, No. 12 in Austria and Belgium (Flanders) and No. 26 in Switzerland.

"Green Lights" was released as the second single in UK (third overall) on September 9, 2011.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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• 2010 albums
• Aloe Blacc albums
• Stones Throw Records albums
• Vertigo Records albums