Ganging Up on the Sun

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Ganging Up on the Sun
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20, 2006
Genre Alternative rock
Length48:55
Label Reprise
Producer Joe Pisapia, Jason Lehning, Ron Aniello
Guster chronology
Keep It Together
(2003)
Ganging Up on the Sun
(2006)
Satellite EP
(2007)
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Ganging Up on the Sun is the fifth studio album by the rock band Guster. It was released on June 20, 2006. The first single, "One Man Wrecking Machine", was released in late 2005 and its follow-up, "Satellite", in March 2006. It is Guster's second studio album with Joe Pisapia, his first as a full member. The title comes from a line in the song "Manifest Destiny": "The moon and stars are ganging up on the sun". [5]

Contents

The album is Guster's most successful release to date, entering the Billboard 200 albums chart at number 25, topping Keep It Together's entry at number 35 in 2003. It won Album of the Year (Major) at the Boston Music Awards in 2006. [6]

On May 5, 2021 the band announced a digital re-release of the album in an expanded form, with 24 tracks. This coincided with "Emily Ivory" being released for the first time, 15 years after it was teased in the studio documentary Joe's Place. The expanded edition of the album includes "Emily Ivory", four b-sides previously released on Satellite EP , "Sorority Tears" and "On My Own", both of which were unofficially released on The Pasty Tapes, two cover songs, two demos, and a remix.

Track listing

  1. "Lightning Rod" – 2:55
  2. "Satellite" – 4:34
  3. "Manifest Destiny" – 3:02
  4. "One Man Wrecking Machine" – 4:14
  5. "The Captain" – 3:26
  6. "The New Underground" – 2:52
  7. "Ruby Falls" – 7:04
  8. "C'mon" – 3:51
  9. "Empire State" – 4:59
  10. "Dear Valentine" – 4:34
  11. "The Beginning of the End" – 2:52
  12. "Hang On" – 4:32

2021 Expanded Edition

  1. "Lightning Rod" – 2:55
  2. "Satellite" – 4:34
  3. "Manifest Destiny" – 3:02
  4. "One Man Wrecking Machine" – 4:14
  5. "The Captain" – 3:26
  6. "The New Underground" – 2:52
  7. "Ruby Falls" – 7:04
  8. "C'mon" – 3:51
  9. "Empire State" – 4:59
  10. "Dear Valentine" – 4:34
  11. "The Beginning of the End" – 2:52
  12. "Hang On" – 4:32
  13. "Emily Ivory"
  14. "Rise & Shine"
  15. "Timothy Leary"
  16. "G Major"
  17. "I'm Through"
  18. "Sorority Tears"
  19. "On My Own"
  20. "The Sun Shines Down On Me" (Daniel Johnston cover)
  21. "This Wheel's on Fire" (The Band cover)
  22. "Hang On" (Demo)
  23. "One Man Wrecking Machine" (Demo)
  24. "Satellite" (The Astronauts Remix)

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
The Billboard 20025

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