Oh No (album)
Oh No is the second studio album by Chicago rock band OK Go. It was released 30 August 2005. The album was recorded in late 2004 with producer Tore Johansson in Malmö, Sweden and mixed by D. Sardy in Los Angeles. It is the final album to feature guitarist Andy Duncan, who left shortly after recording finished.
As of January 12, 2007, the album has sold 198,045 units.
After the band's performance at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, their album moved up to #2 on the iTunes Music Store album sales charts (as of September 3, 2006). Their album sold 8,250 units in the following week, a 95% increase over the prior week, rocketing from #87 to #69 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the highest position ever achieved by any OK Go album until the release of Of the Blue Colour of the Sky five years later.[6]
On November 7, 2006, OK Go released a deluxe limited edition CD/DVD of the album. The DVD contains their videos (dancing and playing instruments), a video from 180 fans doing the "A Million Ways" dance for a YouTube contest, previously unseen footage, and a behind-the-scenes look of their treadmill rehearsals for the video and for the VMA's.
Track listing
| Writer(s) |
| 1. |
"Invincible" |
Damian Kulash Jr. |
3:30 |
| 2. |
"Do What You Want" |
Kulash, Timothy Nordwind |
3:05 |
| 3. |
"Here It Goes Again" |
Kulash |
2:59 |
| 4. |
"A Good Idea at the Time" |
Kulash, Nordwind |
3:05 |
| 5. |
"Oh Lately It's So Quiet" |
Kulash |
3:00 |
| 6. |
"It's a Disaster" |
Kulash |
3:21 |
| 7. |
"A Million Ways" |
Kulash, Nordwind |
3:13 |
| 8. |
"No Sign of Life" |
Kulash |
3:48 |
| 9. |
"Let It Rain" |
Kulash, Nordwind |
2:56 |
| 10. |
"Crash the Party" |
Kulash |
2:24 |
| 11. |
"Television, Television" |
Kulash |
2:39 |
| 12. |
"Maybe, This Time" |
Andrew Duncan, Kulash |
3:15 |
| 13. |
"The House Wins" |
Kulash |
4:14 |
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Total length:
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41:40 |
| 14. |
"9027 km" |
34:46 |
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Total length:
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76:26 |
Miscellaneous
- The band's cheaply-produced yet elaborately choreographed videos for "Here It Goes Again" and "A Million Ways" have become YouTube staples - particularly the video for the former song, featuring the band dancing on treadmills - and have done much to propel the songs, the album, and the band.
- "9027 km", which is not listed on the album sleeve, is a 35-minute track of singer Damian Kulash's girlfriend sleeping, included on the US version of the album. He says there is good reason for it, but as of now, fans do not know why, except for a discovery by sherib on the official OK Go forums, which showed that the distance between Los Angeles, California and Malmö, Sweden was 9027 kilometers (km). It has been rumored that the track was added to pad out the CD so that their label could not use the extra space to add DRM.
- "Do What You Want" was featured on the soundtrack of the video games Burnout Revenge, and NHL 06, as well as on many 2006 JC Penney commercials. It's also one of the playable tracks in Guitar Hero: On Tour.
- The album title, Oh No, can be heard in the background in the songs "Oh Lately It's So Quiet." It sounds as if you can hear it in the background of "Here It Goes Again" but that is actually Andy Duncan and Tim Nordwind saying "Hey Now"
- "Invincible" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie She's the Man and was also used during the 2006 NCAA Final Four.
- "Here It Goes Again" was included on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of the video game NHL 07 and SSX on Tour (the GameCube version also featured the song). It is also featured in the background of a Nike + iPod commercial, as well as various commercials for the movie Shrek The Third. In addition, it is featured in the music video game Rock Band and is available as downloadable content for Guitar Hero.
- "Here It Goes Again" was also featured in the episode of Scrubs "My Mirror Image" (season 6, episode 1).
- "A Good Idea at the Time" is a line-for-line response to The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil".
- "A Good Idea at the Time" was also featured on Royal Pains in the episode But There's A Catch .
Band lineup
Additional personnel
- Jens Lingård – trombone on "A Good Idea at the Time" and "No Sign of Life"
- Peter Lingård – trumpet on "A Good Idea at the Time" and "No Sign of Life"
- Sven Andersson – trombone on "A Good Idea at the Time" and "No Sign of Life"
- Filip Runesson – viola on "The House Wins"
- Rasmus Kihlberg – second drummer on "It's a Disaster", "Crash the Party" and "The House Wins"
- The Mopeds – actors on "Invincible" (portrayed the fictitious vocal group "The Space Odyssey Counting Gang" on the song)
- Flor Serna – keyboard player on "It's a Disaster"
- Hannah Montoya – hardcore drummer on "A Good Idea at the Time"
Production credits
- Tore Johansson – producer/engineer/mixing engineer on "A Good Idea at the Time", "Oh Lately It's So Quiet", "It's a Disaster", "A Million Ways", "No Sign of Life", "Let It Rain", "Maybe, This Time" and "The House Wins"
- Jens Lingård – assistant producer/engineer
- David Carlsson – engineer
- Peter Lingård – engineer
- Dave Sardy – mixing engineer on "Invincible", "Do What You Want", "Here It Goes Again", "Crash the Party" and "Television, Television"
- Ken Slutier – second unit producer
- Eric Drew Feldman – second unit 1st assistant producer
- Howard Willing – second unit 2nd assistant producer/A&R liaison for Capitol Records
- Robert Vosgien – mastering engineer
- Mary Fagot – art direction
- Damian Kulash, Jr. – design
- Sunja Park – layout
- Dusan Reljin – photography
- Tom Fowlks – additional photography
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Entertainment.ie review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Slant Magazine review
- ^ "Timberlake's 'Sexy' Fends Off Fergie For No. 1". Billboard.com. September 14, 2006. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003122241. Retrieved 2006-10-23.
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