Stick Around for Joy

Stick Around for Joy
Studio album by The Sugarcubes
Released February 18, 1992
Genre Alternative rock
Length 35:33
Label Elektra
Producer Paul Fox
The Sugarcubes chronology
Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week!
(1989)		 Stick Around for Joy
(1992)		 It's-It
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]
Piero Scaruffi [3]

Stick Around For Joy released in February 1992 was the third and final album released by the Icelandic alternative rock band The Sugarcubes. In terms of quality fans usually rate the album somewhere between the band's acclaimed debut, Life's Too Good and the widely panned follow-up Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week!. The album provided the band's first and only hit, aptly titled "Hit", which reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the U.S. and #17 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Track listing

Track Title Length
01 Gold 03:39
02 Hit 03:56
03 Leash Called Love 03:42
04 Lucky Night 04:03
05 Happy Nurse 03:36
06 I’m Hungry 04:33
07 Walkabout 03:48
08 Hetero Scum 03:07
09 Vitamin 03:40
10 Chihuahua 03:29

Chart positions

Chart (1992) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 16
U.S. Billboard 200 95

Singles

Release Title Format Label
December 1991 Hit 7”/12”/CD/Cass One Little Indian/Rough Trade
March 1992 Walkabout 7”/12”/CD/Cass One Little Indian/Rough Trade/Columbia/Elektra
August, 1992 Vitamin 12”/CD One Little Indian/Elektra
August 1992 Leash Called Love 12” One Little Indian/Elektra

Video clips

Credits

Performers

Vocals: Björk Guðmundsdóttir and Einar Örn Benediktsson.
Trumpet: Einar Örn Benediktsson.
Guitars: Þór Eldon Jónsson.
Keyboards: Margrét Örnólfsdóttir.
Bass: Bragi Ólafsson.
Drums and percussion: Sigtryggur Baldursson.
Lyrics and music: The Sugarcubes.

Guest musician: John McGeoch, courtesy of Public Image Ltd, plays guitar on “Gold”.

Acknowledgement: Pat Mastelotto, Johnny Triumph, Franne Golde, Betsy, Rick, Sally Grossmann, Sean Perry, Dom T., Howard, Valerie, Arni, Derek, Netty.

Personnel

Production: Paul Fox.
Engineering: Ed Thacker assisted by Chris Laidlow in Bearsville and Scott Blackland in Los Angeles.
Mix: Paul Fox, Ed Thacker, and The Sugarcubes.
Recording: Bearsville Studios. Additional recordings and mixing at Summa Studios, Los Angeles.
Mastering: Stephen Marcussen at Precision Lacquer.
Cover design: Me Company.

References

  1. ^ Cook, Stephen. "allmusic ((( Stick Around for Joy > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r59727. Retrieved March 20, 2010. 
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan. "The Sugarcubes". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 791, cited March 20, 2010
  3. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "The Sugarcubes". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on March 20, 2010.
  4. ^ "Mvdbase: Pedro Romhanyi". Mvdbase.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2607/year/1993.html. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
The Sugarcubes
Björk Guðmundsdóttir · Einar Örn Benediktsson · Þór Eldon Jónsson · Bragi Ólafsson · Margrét Örnólfsdóttir · Sigtryggur Baldursson
Former members
Friðrik Erlingsson · Einar Arnaldur Melax
Albums
Life's Too Good (1988)  · Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! (1989)  · Stick Around for Joy (1992)
Compilations
Management
Árni Benediktsson
See also