| The Gift of Game | ||||
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| Studio album by Crazy Town | ||||
| Released | November 9, 1999 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | 1999 at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Rap metal,[1] rapcore, nu metal, rap rock | |||
| Length | 45:17 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Josh Abraham | |||
| Crazy Town chronology | ||||
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| Singles from The Gift of Game | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| NME | [3] |
| Panorama | [4] |
The Gift of Game is the first album by Los Angeles band Crazy Town. It was released on November 9, 1999 in the U.S. by Columbia Records. The album yielded the band its biggest hit to date with "Butterfly" which reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 24, 2001.[5]
Worldwide the album sold more than 2.5 million units,[6] with more than 1.5 million in the US alone.[7]
The girl licking the lollipop on the cover of the album is a fictional character created by Crazy Town, known as "Little Lolita". Both the album title and the picture of Little Lolita are based on lyrics from the song "Lollipop Porn". The album cover was designed by co-lead singer Shifty Shellshock's father and uncle.[8]
Contents |
(Tracks 15 to 31 are silence)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | Shifty Shellshock, Doug Miller | 0:25 |
| 2. | "Toxic" | Shellshock, Miller, Bret Mazur | 2:48 |
| 3. | "Think Fast" (featuring Dirty Unit) | Shellshock, Mazur, Miller, Rust Epique, Torshawn Roland, Percy Washington | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Darkside" | Shellshock, Mazur | 3:52 |
| 5. | "Black Cloud" (featuring Jay Gordon of Orgy) | Shellshock, Mazur, Miller, Epique, Gordon, Bernard Williams | 5:02 |
| 6. | "Butterfly" (sampled Red Hot Chili Peppers) | Shellshock, Mazur, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, John Frusciante | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Only When I'm Drunk" (Tha Alkaholiks Cover) | Tash, J-Ro, E-Swift | 2:47 |
| 8. | "Hollywood Babylon" (featuring Mad Lion) | Shellshock, Mazur, Mad Lion | 4:23 |
| 9. | "Face the Music" | Shellshock, Mazur | 3:24 |
| 10. | "Lollipop Porn" | Shellshock, Mazur, Nicole Lorenzo | 3:54 |
| 11. | "Revolving Door" (sampled Siouxsie and the Banshees) | Shellshock, Mazur | 3:40 |
| 12. | "Players (Only Love You When They're Playing)" (featuring Jenny Sipprelle) | Shellshock, Mazur, Williams, Anthony Valli | 4:13 |
| 13. | "B-Boy 2000" (featuring KRS-One) | Shellshock, Mazur, KRS-One, Williams, Valli, Miller, Epique | 4:27 |
| 14. | "Outro (www.crazytown.com)" | 1:19 | |
| 15. | "The Gift of Game" | ||
| 32. | Untitled (Hidden track) | 0:55 |
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Platinum[9] | July 11, 2001 | 100,000+ |
| Finland | Gold[10] | 2001 | 20,933 |
| U.S. | Platinum[11] | February 6, 2001 | 1,500,000+[7] |
| Australia | Gold[12] | 2001 | 35,000+ |
| U.K. | Silver[13] | May 4, 2001 | 60,000+ |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| US [14] |
US Alt. [14] |
US Main. [14] |
AUS [15] |
NLD [16] |
NZL [17] |
FIN [18] |
GER [19] |
SWI [20] |
UK [21] |
SWE [22] |
NOR [23] |
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| 1999 | "Toxic" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2000 | "Darkside" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | "Butterfly" | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| "Revolving Door" | — | — | — | 75[24] | 71 | — | 19 | 26 | 43 | 23 | 46 | — | ||
| "—" denotes a single that didn't chart | ||||||||||||||
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