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{{Infobox album
| name       = These Are the New Good Times
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Pale Horse and Rider]]
| cover      = These Are the New Good Times.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 11, 2003
| recorded   = July 1, 2002 – October 31, 2002
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Indie rock]], [[Americana (music)|americana]]
| length     = 37:20
| label      = [[Darla Records]]
| producer   = [[Charles Newman (music producer)|Charles Newman]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Moody Pike]]
| next_year  = 2004
}}

{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r630179}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''Delusions of Adequacy''
| rev2Score = (favorable)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=2666 |title=Pale Horse and Rider - These are the New Good Times |work=Delusions of Adequacy |date=June 9, 2003 |last=Marsh |first=Jeff |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040905192257/http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=2666 |archivedate=September 5, 2004 |url-status=usurped |accessdate=January 2, 2020}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Fakejazz]]''
| rev3Score = 10/12<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fakejazz.com/reviews/2003/spectacularfantastic.shtml |title=Pale Horse and Rider - These Are the New Good Times |work=Fakejazz |date=April 25, 2003 |last=Penczak |first=Jeff |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030512003343/http://www.fakejazz.com/reviews/2003/spectacularfantastic.shtml |archivedate=May 12, 2003 |accessdate=January 2, 2020}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[Harp (magazine)|Harp]]''
| rev4Score = (favorable)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://harpmagazine.com/reviews/cd_reviews/detail.cfm?article_id=1226 |title=Pale Horse and Rider, These Are the New Good Times |work=[[Harp (magazine)|Harp]] |date=June 2003 |last=Randall |first=Mac |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031073316/http://harpmagazine.com/reviews/cd_reviews/detail.cfm?article_id=1226 |archivedate=October 31, 2006 |url-status=usurped |accessdate=January 2, 2020}}</ref>
| rev5      = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]
| rev5Score = 6.3/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6126-these-are-the-new-good-times/ |title=Pale Horse and Rider: These Are the New Good Times |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=July 15, 2003 |last=Carr |first=Eric |accessdate=January 2, 2020}}</ref>
| rev6      = [[PopMatters]]
| rev6Score = (favorable)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/p/palehorseandrider-theseare.shtml |title=Pale Horse and Rider: These Are the New Good Times |website=[[PopMatters]] |date=August 21, 2003 |last=Tranter |first=Nikki |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030822201959/http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/p/palehorseandrider-theseare.shtml |archivedate=August 22, 2003 |accessdate=January 2, 2020}}</ref>
| noprose   = yes
}}

'''''These Are the New Good Times''''' is the debut release from [[Pale Horse and Rider]], a [[Jon DeRosa]] side-project with Marc Gartman. It was released in 2003 via [[Darla Records]]. [[Alan Sparhawk]] of [[Low (band)|Low]] and Nathan Amundson of [[Rivulets]] were guest performers on the recording.

==Track listing==
# "Jersey Coast Line" – 3:43
# "I Told Jesus Christ How Much I Love Her" – 3:54
# "Will We Be Blessed Someday" – 2:56
# "Sunday Matinee" – 4:03
# "Stars" – 5:23
# "Past Life" – 2:33
# "Aura Lee" – 3:33
# "Coney Island" – 2:01
# "Metropolitan Love Song" – 2:27
# "I Came Here Every Night" – 2:24
# "The Prettiest Girl I've Seen Tonight (So Far)" – 4:23

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[[Category:2003 debut albums]]
[[Category:Pale Horse and Rider albums]]
[[Category:Darla Records albums]]


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