Does This Look Infected?

Does This Look Infected?
Studio album by Sum 41
Released November 26, 2002
Recorded Summer 2002 at Avatar Studios, New York City, NY and Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario
Genre Punk rock,[1] pop punk[2]
Length 31:14
39:18 (UK Edition)
Label Aquarius (Canada)
Island/Mercury (US)
Producer Greig Nori
Sum 41 studio album chronology

All Killer No Filler
(2001)		 Does This Look Infected?
(2002)		 Chuck
(2004)
Singles from Does This Look Infected?
  1. "Still Waiting"
    Released: November 18, 2002
  2. "The Hell Song"
    Released: February 10, 2003
  3. "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)"
    Released: June 23, 2003

Does This Look Infected? is the second studio album by Sum 41. It was released on November 26, 2002 on Island Records. Even though there is relatively little profanity on the album, and All Killer No Filler had some profanity itself, it is the only Sum 41 album with a parental advisory sticker on it. Both an explicit version and a clean version were released.

Background and release

The unedited version includes a bonus DVD which is entitled Cross The T's and Gouge Your I's. The DVD has footage of Sum 41's alter ego band, Pain for Pleasure, titled "Reign In Pain", as well as various humorous segments like "Going Going Gonorrhea", "Campus Invasion", and "Pizza Heist and Other Crap". Also included in the DVD are the Pain for Pleasure tracks "Reign In Pain" and "WWVII Parts 1 & 2", the Autopilot Off songs "Long Way to Fall" and "Nothing Frequency", the No Warning songs "Short Fuse" and "Ill Blood", and some weblinks.

Deryck Whibley stated on the band's DVD Sake Bombs And Happy Endings that the song "A.N.I.C." is a special "love song" dedicated to Anna Nicole Smith. According to him, A.N.I.C. stands for "Anna Nicole is a Cunt." The band stopped including the song in their live performances after Smith died of an overdose in 2007.[3] However, they put "A.N.I.C" back to their setlist during the 2012 summer European leg of the Screaming Bloody Murder Tour.

Cover and title

The cover for Does This Look Infected? features drummer Steve Jocz dressed up as a zombie. It was chosen months before the title was. The album was almost delayed by the label because the band members did not have a name for it on time. Deryck suddenly thought of the name Does This Look Infected?; the whole band laughed at the idea and chose it as their album title. The same thing is also used on the band's EP Does This Look Infected Too?, except Jocz was replaced with Deryck. He was dressed as a zombie as well.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 75/100[4]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [5]
Entertainment Weekly (B-)[1]
NME 7/10[2]
Punknews.org [6]
Rolling Stone [7]
Sputnikmusic [8]

Does This Look Infected? has received positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, the album has a 75 out of 100. E! Online said that it "has a clutch of songs that mix chord-y abandon with raging rock riffs--and a heck of a lot of good times." Blender also gave it a positive review, saying "So Sum 41 have grown up... a little.... It's all relative, and, crucially, it still rocks." The album has been acclaimed by the fanbase, and has been considered a fan favorite.

Commercial performance

The album gained commercial success, with singles "The Hell Song" and "Still Waiting" mainly gaining success on the modern rock charts. The album has sold over 860,000 copies worldwide, but the album didn't gain quite as much success as the band's previous album "All Killer, No Filler".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Sum 41. 

No. Title Length
1. "The Hell Song"   3:18
2. "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)"   2:29
3. "My Direction"   2:02
4. "Still Waiting"   2:38
5. "A.N.I.C."   0:37
6. "No Brains"   2:46
7. "All Messed Up"   2:44
8. "Mr. Amsterdam"   2:56
9. "Thanks for Nothing"   3:04
10. "Hyper-Insomnia-Para-Condroid"   2:32
11. "Billy Spleen"   2:32
12. "Hooch"   3:28
Total length:
 31:14

Personnel

Sum-41
Artwork
  • Morning Breath – Album design[9]
  • Jonathan Mannion – Photography
Management
  • Greig Nori & Ari Martin – Management for Nettwerk management
  • Lewis Largent, Rob Mitchell & Robert Stevenson – A&R
  • Rob Mitchell – A&R Administration
  • Tony Vanias – Recording Administration
  • Livia Tortella – Marketing
  • Gizelle Jacobs – Business Affairs
  • Bernadette Walsh – Production Coordinator
Production
  • Greig Nori – Producer
  • Ben Sanders – Additional vocal recording assistant
  • Ian Bodzasi, Steve Chawley, Chris Gordon, Brian Montgomery, Ross Peterson, Anthony Ruotolo, Owen Tamplin, & Phil Wakeford – Assistant engineers
  • Josh Wilbur – Pro Tools engineer
  • Ed Krautner – Engineer, Additional engineering & mixing
  • Greg Gordon, Femio Hernandez, Joel Kazmi, & L. Stuart Young – Additional engineers
  • Dan Moyse – Drum Technician
  • Artie Smith – Guitar Technician
  • Howie Weinberg – Mastering at Maserdisk, NYC
  • Tom Lord-Alge– Mixing on "The Hell Song"
  • Andy Wallace – Mixing
  • Steve Sisco – Mixing Assistant

Charts

Album

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 56
Canadian Albums Chart 8
French Albums Chart 28
Swiss Albums Chart 17
UK Albums Chart 39
US Billboard 200 32

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2002 "Still Waiting" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 106
U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks 7
Australian Singles Chart 43
French Singles Chart 44
German Singles Chart 90
Swiss Singles Chart 97
UK Singles Chart 16
"The Hell Song" U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks 13
UK Singles Chart 35
2003 "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)" U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks 33

Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Canada Platinum[10] 100,000+
Japan Platiinum[11] 200,000+
United Kingdom Silver[12] 60,000+
United States Gold[13] 500,000+

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sinclair, Tom (2002-11-29). "Does This Look Infected? Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NME album reviews - Sum 41: Does This Look Infected?". Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  3. ↑ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3536
  4. ↑ "Does This Look Infected? Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  5. ↑ Does This Look Infected? - Sum 41 | AllMusic
  6. ↑ Punknews.org review
  7. ↑ Sum 41 Does This Look Infected? at the Wayback Machine (archived October 13, 2007) Rolling Stone KELEFA SANNEH (RS 911 – December 12, 2002)
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ Morning Breath Inc
  10. ↑ "Gold & Platinum Certification - December 2002". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  11. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2003年3月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. March 2003 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 522: 13. May 10, 2003. Archived from the original on January 29, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Certified Awards Search" (To access, enter the search parameter "Sum 41" and select "Search by Artist"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
  13. ↑ "RIAA Gold & Platinum Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2013-12-25.

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