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Track Listing 1. Answer the Phone 2. When It's Over 3. Under the Sun 4. Satellites 5. Waiting 6. Ours 7. Sorry Now 8. Stay On - (featuring Nick Hexum) 9. Words to Me 10. Just a Little 11. Disasterpiece
Album Notes Sugar Ray: Mark McGrath (vocals); Rodney Sheppard (guitar); Murphy Karges (bass); Stanton Frazier (drums); DJ Homicide (turntables).Additional personnel: Nick Hexum (vocals); William Francis, David Holdredge (guitar); Jaydee Madness (pedal steel guitar); John "Juke" Logan (harmonica); Emmanuel Dean, Greg Kurstin (keyboards); David Khane (programming).Producers: Don Gilmore, David Kahne, Ralph Sall.Engineers include: Don Gilmore, John Ewing, Jr., Eddie Miller.Recorded at NRG Studios, North Hollywood, California, Scream Studios, Studio City, California, Jim Henson Studios and SoundCastle Recording, Los Angeles, California.Personnel: Nicholas Hexum (vocals); William Francis, Dave Holdredge (guitar); John "Juke" Logan (harmonica); Greg Kurstin, Emmanuel Dean (keyboards); David Kahne (programming).Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; David Kahne; David Leonard ; Don Gilmore; Ralph Sall.Recording information: Bulletproof Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Jim Henson Studios, Los Angeles, CA; NRG, North Hollywood, CA; Soundcastle Recording, Los Angeles, CA.Photographers: Creston Funk; Mark Seliger.Without a trace of irony, Sugar Ray name-checks Culture Club, Men Without Hats and KROQ's Rock Of The Eighties, alongside The Clash and Run-D.M.C. on "Under The Sun," a bewitching track on their eponymous fourth album. The shameless shout-outs aptly sum up the mood on SUGAR RAY, the 2001 release from the Cali-skater punks turned wistful pop stars via a string of late-'90s megahits such as "Fly" and "Every Morning." An endearingly unabashed allegiance to the pop hooks of that decade abounds, tempered by just a splash of punk attitude in Mark McGrath's scratchy yet melodic vocals and a touch of hip-hop bounce in DJ Hurricane's adroit spinning.While Sugar Ray may have to constantly elude being tarred as featherweight, it's no bother as their brand of light and breezy pop is unreservedly appealing. Amidst the chaos the world dishes out, there's always room for sing-along pop songs like the lush "When It's Over, " the bordering-on-brash "Satellites," and the silly yet subtly funky "Ours." Sugar Ray are that old blanket, undeniably familiar yet providing sweet comfort within the folds of their well-crafted music. |
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