Album · Atmosphere
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold by Atmosphere
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold is an album by Atmosphere, released in 2008. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “You”, on 8 lists with a best position of #9.
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, the fifth studio album from Minneapolis duo Atmosphere, came out on Rhymesayers on April 22, 2008, and Ant, who produced every track, builds it on a live band: Nate Collis on guitar, Erick Anderson on keys, Brett Johnson on bass and Brian McLeod on drums, all cut at the Hideaway in the Twin Cities. That warm, played-by-hand backdrop gives Slug plenty of room to spin his stories, and critics praised both halves of the partnership.
The cameo list is a treat: Tunde Adebimpe on vocals, Dustin Kiel on lap steel, Kyle Borchert on trumpet and, somehow, Tom Waits beatboxing. A limited run of 25,000 copies came as a 36-page hardcover book with an illustrated children's story written by Slug, plus a DVD, Sad Clown Bad Dub 13, packed with more than an hour of live footage and extras.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | 8 | #9 | – | 2008–2025 | |
| 2 | The Waitress | 1 | #496 | – | 2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.