Floored

Floored is the second studio album by American rock band Sugar Ray, released on June 24, 1997. It includes the hit song "Fly", and another moderately successful single, "RPM". Two versions of "Fly" are found on the album, one of them featuring reggae artist Super Cat.

Music

Floored fuses metal, funk, reggae, punk rock and rap. Due to the massive amounts of strong language in the songs "Cash" and "American Pig", some copies contain the "Parental Advisory" label. It contains the early label that can be peeled off the case. It is their last album to do so and their last heavy album before they moved toward a more pop friendly approach.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Los Angeles Times	^[2]
Rolling Stone	(average)^[3]
The Village Voice	B–^[4]

The album entered the top 20 on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 12.^[5] It has also been certified double-platinum by the RIAA.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Sugar Ray, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"RPM"	3:21
2.	"Breathe"	3:24
3.	"Anyone"	3:29
4.	"Fly" (Featuring Super Cat)	4:52
5.	"Speed Home California"	2:42
6.	"High Anxiety"	3:31
7.	"Tap, Twist, Snap"	3:12
8.	"American Pig"	4:01
9.	"Stand and Deliver" (Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni)	2:58
10.	"Cash"	1:35
11.	"Invisible"	3:09
12.	"Right Direction"	2:53
13.	"Fly"	4:04
Total length:		43:05

Personnel

Sugar Ray

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

Artwork

Alison Dyer – Photography
Donald May & Larry Freemantle – Art Direction
Rob Eberhardt – Album Artwork for Chrome Renderings
Richard Newton – Illustration

Additional musicians

David Kahne – Additional programming, keyboards

Production

David Kahne – Producer, engineer, mixing
Stephen Marcussen – Mastering
Doug Trantow – Mixing assistant
James Murray – Mixing assistant
Mark Nixdorf – Mixing assistant
Mike Rew – Mixing assistant
John Ewing Jr. – Assistant Engineer
John Travis – Tracking engineer

Chip Quigley & Lee Heiman – Management

References

1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Floored – Sugar Ray". AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
↑ Boehm, Mike (June 28, 1997). "Sugar Ray, 'Floored,' Lava/Atlantic.". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
↑ "Rolling Stone review on Floored and Smash Mouth's Fush Yu Mang". Rolling Stone. December 16, 1997. Archived from the original on November 16, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
↑ Christgau, Robert (December 2, 1997). "Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
↑ "Floored chart performance". Billboard. Retrieved June 17, 2011.

Sugar Ray

Rodney Sheppard Mark McGrath Dean Butterworth Kristian Attard Stan Frazier Murphy Karges Craig "DJ Homicide" Bullock Nic Edwards Al Keith Jesse Bivona Justin Bivona Serge Dmitrijevic

Studio albums	Lemonade and Brownies Floored 14:59 Sugar Ray In the Pursuit of Leisure Music for Cougars

Singles	"Fly" "Every Morning" "Someday" "Falls Apart" "When It's Over" "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)" "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"

Compilations	The Best of Sugar Ray

Related topics	Discography

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