When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (studio album)
by Atmosphere

When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold by Atmosphere
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-04-22
Overall rank: 8,602nd   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 50 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (142nd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,502nd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,602nd)

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When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold is ranked 2nd best out of 22 albums by Atmosphere on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Atmosphere is God Loves Ugly which is ranked number 4719 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 294.

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When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold rankings

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Overall rank: 8,602nd | 2000s rank: 1,502nd | 2008 rank: 142nd

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So beautiful. Rivals anything Atmosphere has ever done and ever will do.
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Some really great tracks on this album.
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