Sugar Ray (album)

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Sugar Ray
Studio album by
Sugar Ray
ReleasedJune 12, 2001
Recorded2000 - March 2001
Studio
  • NRG
  • Henson
  • Bulletproof
  • Soundcastle
GenrePop rock
Length39:55
LabelAtlantic
ProducerRalph Sall
Don Gilmore
David Kahne
Sugar Ray chronology
14:59
(1999) 		Sugar Ray
(2001) 		In the Pursuit of Leisure
(2003)
Singles from Sugar Ray
  1. "When It's Over"
    Released: May 7, 2001[1]
  2. "Answer the Phone"
    Released: September 24, 2001[2]
  3. "Ours"
    Released: January 7, 2002[3]

Sugar Ray is the fourth studio album by the band Sugar Ray. The album was released on June 12, 2001, and debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart,[4] and went gold.[5] The album's first single, "When It's Over", also performed well on pop and rock charts.

Release and promotion

The track "Words to Me" was featured on the Scooby-Doo film soundtrack in 2002. The movie was shot in Queensland, Australia, with the band themselves appearing in it. While in Australia, they performed a beach concert that would be later released on a DVD called Music in High Places: Live from Australia.[6] The track "Sorry Now" was also featured in the 2001 film Scary Movie 2.

Reception and sales

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[9]
Kerrang![10]
Los Angeles Times[11]
Q[12]
Rolling Stone[13]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[14]
Spin6/10[15]

Sugar Ray received generally positive reviews. Aggregator Metacritic gave the album a 71 out of 100 rating based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

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 fewer than 150,000 copies.[16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Answer the Phone"
4:00
2."Under the Sun"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • Gilmore
  • Terry Karges
3:21
3."When It's Over"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • David Kahne
3:38
4."Satellites"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • Gilmore
3:46
5."Waiting"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Bullock
  • Sheppard
  • Gilmore
3:31
6."Ours"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Bullock
  • Sheppard
  • A. L. Miller
  • K. L. Maxwell
3:23
7."Sorry Now"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Bullock
  • Sheppard
  • Gilmore
3:17
8."Stay On" (featuring Nick Hexum)
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • Nick Hexum
4:31
9."Words to Me"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • J. Nichol
4:00
10."Just a Little"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
3:27
11."Disasterpiece"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • Gilmore
2:58
Total length:39:55

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Emanuel Dean - Keyboards on "Ours"
  • Dave Holdredge - Guitar on "Ours"
  • Nick Hexum - Vocals on "Stay On"
  • Greg Kurstin - Keyboards on "Words To Me"
  • JayDee Maness - Pedal steel guitar on "Just a Little"
  • William Francis - Guitar on "Disasterpiece"
  • John "Juke" Logan - Harmonica on "Disasterpiece"
  • Timothy S. Wright - Guitars,Backline

Charts

References

  1. ^ Flick, Larry (June 16, 2001). "Life Is Getting Sweeter for Lava/Atlantic Hitmakers Sugar Ray". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 24. p. 16, 20.
  2. ^ "Hot AC: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1420. September 21, 2001. p. 71.
  3. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1433. December 21, 2001. p. 28.
  4. ^ "Sugar Ray chart performance". Retrieved May 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "American album certifications – Sugar Ray – Sugar Ray". Recording Industry Association of America.
  6. ^ "Sugar Ray and Lit: A homecoming party". Ocregister.com. December 29, 2005.
  7. ^ a b "Reviews for Sugar Ray by Sugar Ray". Metacritic. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  8. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sugar Ray – Sugar Ray". AllMusic. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  9. ^ Sinclair, Tom (June 15, 2001). "Sugar Ray". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  10. ^ Sindell, Joshua (July 21, 2001). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 862. UK: EMAP. p. 46.
  11. ^ Weingarten, Marc (June 10, 2001). "Sugar Ray 'Sugar Ray' Lava / Atlantic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  12. ^ "Sugar Ray: Sugar Ray". Q (181): 120. September 2001.
  13. ^ Berger, Arion (July 5, 2001). "Sugar Ray: Sugar Ray". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 16, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  14. ^ Harris, Keith (2004). "Sugar Ray". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 791. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  15. ^ Beaujon, Andrew (August 2001). "Sugar Ray: Sugar Ray". Spin. 17 (8): 129–30. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  16. ^ "Sugar Ray Bounce Back With Music For Cougars". MTV News.
  17. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 271.
  18. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Sugar Ray – Sugar Ray" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  19. ^ "Lescharts.com – Sugar Ray – Sugar Ray". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  20. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Sugar Ray – Sugar Ray" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  21. ^ "Charts.nz – Sugar Ray – Sugar Ray". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  22. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Sugar Ray – Sugar Ray". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  23. ^ "Sugar Ray Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  24. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2021.

External links

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