Sugar Ray (album)
Sugar Ray | ||||
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Studio album by Sugar Ray | ||||
Released | June 12, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 2000 - March 2001 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 39:55 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer |
Ralph Sall Don Gilmore David Kahne | |||
Sugar Ray chronology | ||||
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Sugar Ray is the fourth studio album by the band Sugar Ray. The album was released on June 12, 2001, and debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart,[1] and eventually went platinum, selling over a million copies.[2] The album's first single, "When It's Over", performed well on pop and rock charts as well.
Release
The track "Words to Me" was featured on the Scooby-Doo film soundtrack in 2002. Also, the track "Sorry Now" was featured in Scary Movie 2.
Reception and sales
Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 71/100[3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[5] |
Robert Christgau | [6] |
Rolling Stone | [7] |
The album received generally positive reviews. Aggregator Metacritic gave the album a 71/100 rating based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]
The album sold one million copies, less than the multi-platinum albums Floored and 14:59, but far more than their next album, 2003's In the Pursuit of Leisure, which sold less than 150,000 copies.[9]
Track listing
- "Answer the Phone" – 4:00 (Mark McGrath, Murphy Karges, Stan Frazier, Don Gilmore)
- "Nothing" – 3:04 (McGrath, Karges, Frazier, Gilmore)
- "When It's Over" – 3:38 (McGrath, Frazier, Rodney Sheppard, Craig Bullock, David Kahne)
- "Under the Sun" – 3:21 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Gilmore, Terry Karges)
- "Satellites" – 3:46 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Sheppard, Bullock, Gilmore)
- "Waiting" – 3:31 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Gilmore)
- "Ours" – 3:23 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Bullock, A. L. Miller, K. L. Maxwell)
- "Sorry Now" – 3:17 (McGrath, Frazier, Gilmore)
- "Stay On" (Featuring Nick Hexum) – 4:31 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Sheppard, Bullock, Nick Hexum)
- "Words to Me" – 4:00 (McGrath, Frazier, Sheppard, J. Nichol)
- "Just a Little" – 3:27 (McGrath, Sheppard)
- "Disasterpiece" – 2:58 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Sheppard, Gilmore)
Singles
- "When It's Over" (July 17, 2001) - U.S.: #13 UK: #32
- "Answer the Phone" - (April 2, 2002) U.S.# 40
- "Ours" - (Did not chart)
- "Under the Sun" - (Did not chart)
Personnel
- Mark McGrath – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Rodney Sheppard – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Murphy Karges – bass, guitar, backing vocals
- Stan Frazier – drums, percussion, guitar, programming, backing vocals
- Craig "DJ Homicide" Bullock – turntables, samples, programming, keyboards, backing vocals
References
- ↑ "Sugar Ray chart performance". Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mark-mcgrath-on-the-ugly-truth-about-sugar-ray-and-why-their-new-album-still-rocks-20090721
- ↑ Metacritic score
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
- ↑ Robert Christgau review
- ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived November 16, 2007)
- ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/sugar-ray/sugar-ray/critic-reviews
- ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1616561/sugar-ray-bounce-back-with-music-cougars.jhtml