Sugar Ray (album)

Sugar Ray
Studio album by Sugar Ray
Released	June 12, 2001
Genre	Pop rock
Length	39:55
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Ralph Sall Don Gilmore David Kahne
Sugar Ray chronology
14:59 (1999) Sugar Ray (2001) In the Pursuit of Leisure (2003)

Sugar Ray is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Sugar Ray. The album was released on June 12, 2001, and debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart,^[1] eventually going platinum for sales in excess of 1.000.000 copies.^[2] The album's first single, "When It's Over", performed well on pop and rock charts as well.

Background

Release

The track "Words to Me" was featured on the Scooby-Doo film soundtrack in 2002.

Reception and sales

Professional ratings
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

1. "Answer the Phone" – 4:00 (Mark McGrath, Murphy Karges, Stan Frazier, Don Gilmore)
2. "When It's Over" – 3:38 (McGrath, Frazier, Rodney Sheppard, Craig Bullock, David Kahne)
3. "Under the Sun" – 3:21 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Gilmore, Terry Karges)
4. "Satellites" – 3:46 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Sheppard, Bullock, Gilmore)
5. "Waiting" – 3:31 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Gilmore)
6. "Ours" – 3:23 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Bullock, A. L. Miller, K. L. Maxwell)
7. "Sorry Now" – 3:17 (McGrath, Frazier, Gilmore)
8. "Stay On" (Featuring Nick Hexum) – 4:31 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Sheppard, Bullock, Nick Hexum)
9. "Words to Me" – 4:00 (McGrath, Frazier, Sheppard, J. Nichol)
10. "Just a Little" – 3:27 (McGrath, Sheppard)
11. "Disasterpiece" – 2:58 (McGrath, M. Karges, Frazier, Sheppard, Gilmore)

Singles

1. "When It's Over" (July 17, 2001) - U.S.: #13 UK: #32
2. "Answer the Phone" - (April 2, 2002) U.S.# 40
3. "Ours" - (Did not chart)
4. "Under the Sun" - (Did not chart)

Personnel

• Mark McGrath – Lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Rodney Sheppard – Lead guitar, backing vocals
• Murphy Karges – Bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals
• Stan Frazier – Drums, percussion, guitar, programming, backing vocals
• Craig "DJ Homicide" Bullock – Turntables, samples, programming, keyboards, backing vocals

References

1. ↑ "Sugar Ray chart performance". Retrieved 2008-05-31. 
2. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mark-mcgrath-on-the-ugly-truth-about-sugar-ray-and-why-their-new-album-still-rocks-20090721
3. ↑ Metacritic score
4. ↑ Allmusic review
5. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
6. ↑ Robert Christgau review
7. ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived November 16, 2007)
8. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/sugar-ray/sugar-ray/critic-reviews
9. ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1616561/sugar-ray-bounce-back-with-music-cougars.jhtml

External links

• Sugar Ray at Metacritic