A Place in the Sun (Lit album)
A Place in the Sun is the second studio album by the American rock band Lit. Produced by Don Gilmore, the album was released on February 23, 1999 through RCA Records. It is their first release through a major label. The album peaked at #31 on the US Billboard 200 and spawned the successful singles "My Own Worst Enemy", which reached #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for eleven weeks, "Zip-Lock" and "Miserable". The song "No Big Thing", which originally appeared on their previous album Tripping the Light Fantastic, was re-recorded for this album. A Place in the Sun has been certified platinum by in sales by the RIAA, in the United States.
On December 9, 2013, the band announced via its Facebook page that it would perform a special 15th anniversary show for A Place in the Sun, where the band would be playing the entire album from front to back on February 28, 2014, at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California.[1]
Reception
A Place in the Sun received mixed reviews. AllMusic's Leslie Matthew described it as "an album that is sonically more focused, but it also unfortunately makes the band sound like replicas of a dozen of their post-grunge contemporaries: neither Better Than Ezra or Less Than Jake."[2] At NME, the songs "My Own Worst Enemy" and "No Big Thing" are described as having "a hook as sharp and persistent as a leech." They go on to state "Gonzoid trash fun maybe, but how we got from The Dead Kennedys to here remains a mystery."[4]
Legacy
Track listing
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| 1. |
"Four" | A. Jay Popoff, Jeremy Popoff |
3:21 |
| 2. |
"My Own Worst Enemy" | A. Popoff, J. Popoff |
2:49 |
| 3. |
"Down" | A. Popoff, J. Popoff |
3:43 |
| 4. |
"Miserable" | A. Popoff, J. Popoff |
4:16 |
| 5. |
"No Big Thing" | J. Popoff |
2:32 |
| 6. |
"Zip-Lock" | A. Popoff, J. Popoff |
3:32 |
| 7. |
"Lovely Day" | A. Popoff, J. Popoff |
4:06 |
| 8. |
"Perfect One" | A. Popoff, J. Popoff |
4:09 |
| 9. |
"Quicksand" | A. Popoff, J. Popoff |
3:18 |
| 10. |
"Happy" | A. Popoff, J. Popoff |
2:50 |
| 11. |
"The Best Is Yet to Come Undone" | Danny Peck, A. Popoff, J. Popoff |
4:30 |
| 12. |
"A Place in the Sun" | A. Popoff, J. Popoff |
4:20 |
Total length: |
43:26 |
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- There is a hidden track that can be accessed by rewinding from the index of the first track about two minutes.
Tracks released as Non-LP B-sides
- "Money"
- "Snowblind"
- "Down (Acoustic Version)"
Personnel
- Lit
- Additional musicians
- Don Gilmore – additional backing vocals, handclapping
- Larry Williams – saxophone
- Reggie C. Young – trombone
- Gary Grant - trumpet
- Jerry Hey - trombone
- Management
Ruta E. Sepetys – management
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- Production
- Don Gilmore – producer, engineer at NRG Studios
- Bruce Flohr, Ron Fair – A&R Direction
- Patty McGuire – A&R Relations
- Matt Griffin – assistant engineer
- Daniel Mendez – editing, engineer
- Michael "Elvis" Baskette, Cameron Webb – assistant engineers
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound
- Brian Malouf – mixing at Pacifique
- Brian Young – mixing assistant
- Artwork
- Brett Kilroe – art direction
- Kalynn Campbell – illustration
- Jon Gipe – band photography
- Dennis Hallinan – cover photography
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Charts
- Album
- Singles
| Year |
Song |
Chart |
Position |
| 1999 |
Miserable |
US Modern Rock Tracks |
2 |
| My Own Worst Enemy |
US Adult Top 40 |
13 |
| US Mainstream Rock Tracks |
6 |
| US Modern Rock Tracks |
1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 |
51 |
| US Top 40 Mainstream |
31 |
| Zip-Lock |
US Mainstream Rock Tracks |
34 |
| US Modern Rock Tracks |
11 |
| 2000 |
Miserable |
USMainstream Rock Tracks |
29 |
References
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- Kevin Baldes
- A. Jay Popoff
- Jeremy Popoff
- Nathan Walker
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