Good Health

Good Health is the first studio album by Pretty Girls Make Graves. Originally released in 2002 by Lookout Records, it was re-released by Matador Records with an additional 4 songs made up of the band's first self-titled EP. This album is often mistakenly referred to as Is It Broken, Doctor? on some internet discussion boards and file-sharing services due to the inclusion of that phrase on the cover of the album, on which the actual title is not present.

Composition
Musically, Good Health has been aligned with punk, indie rock, emo, and "twitchy" post-hardcore akin to The Nation of Ulysses.

Critical reception and legacy
In a 20th anniversary review, Stereogum's Tom Breihan dubbed Health "28 delirious minutes [that are] enough to leave you breathless and stirred." He positively called its sound "fast and urgent and adrenaline-charged", as well as "rich and dynamic." In a 2022 retrospective list by BrooklynVegan, it placed #33 out of 35 of 2002's best emo & post-hardcore albums. The site's Andrew Sacher wrote that the group "came out of the gate swinging" on the record and that, 20 years on, its tracks "still pack a refreshing punch."

Personnel

 * Andrea Zollo – Vocals
 * Nick Dewitt – Drums, Vocals, Samples, Keyboards
 * Derek Fudesco – Bass, Vocals
 * J. Clark – Guitar, Vocals, Programming, Keyboards
 * Nathan Thelen – Guitar, Vocals