Deep Down Happy

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]

Deep Down Happy
Studio album by Sports Team
Released	5 June 2020 (2020-06-05)
Length	36:34
Label	Island
Producer	Burke Reid
Sports Team chronology
Keep Walking! (2019) Deep Down Happy (2020) Gulp! (2022)
Singles from Deep Down Happy
"Kutcher" Released: 4 May 2018 "Here It Comes Again" Released: 11 June 2019 "Fishing" Released: 11 September 2019 "The Races" Released: 18 November 2019

Singles

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

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
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]

Track listing

Deep Down Happy track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lander"	2:36
2.	"Here It Comes Again"	2:16
3.	"Going Soft"	3:23
4.	"Camel Crew"	3:33
5.	"Long Hot Summer"	2:54
6.	"Feels like Fun"	2:40
7.	"Here's the Thing"	2:55
8.	"The Races"	3:23
9.	"Born Sugar"	3:13
10.	"Fishing"	3:06
11.	"Kutcher"	3:04
12.	"Stations of the Cross"	3:31

All tracks are written by Alex Davies, Alexander Rice, Alexandra Greenwood, Benjamin Mack, Henry Young, Oliver Dewdney, Robert Knaggs.

Charts

Chart performance for Deep Down Happy

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8]	1
UK Albums (OCC)[6]	2