Normal Happiness

"Normal Happiness" is a Robert Pollard solo album, released October 10, 2006 on the Merge Records label. Like its predecessor, it was recorded with Pollard on basic guitar and vocal tracks, with instrumental overdubs from producer Todd Tobias. Pollard explained the writing process and the title of Normal Happiness in a Gothamist interview "I wrote a total of 47 songs and it just so happened that my favorite ones happened to be the poppier ones and that tone or attitude carried over into the recording process itself. I didn't feel the final product was overly "sappy" so I decided to call it "Normal Happiness". Not too heavy and not light. Normal Happiness debuted at #46 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.