Halfway Down the Sky

Halfway Down the Sky
Studio album by Splender
Released	May 18, 1999
Genre	Alternative rock post-grunge
Length	43:10
Label	Columbia Sony
Producer	Todd Rundgren
Splender chronology
Halfway Down the Sky (1999) To Whom It May Concern (2002)
Singles from Halfway Down the Sky
"Yeah, Whatever" Released: 1999 "Monotone" Released: 1999 "I Think God Can Explain" Released: 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Halfway Down the Sky is the first studio album by the American rock band Splender. It was released on May 18, 1999, and has spawned two singles: "Yeah, Whatever" and "I Think God Can Explain". 226,000 copies have been sold in the U.S.^{[ as of? ]} The album title comes from a line in the chorus of the song "I Apologize".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Waymon Boone.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Don't Understand"	4:01
2.	"Yeah, Whatever"	3:42
3.	"Monotone"	3:03
4.	"Spaceboy"	3:39
5.	"Special"	3:11
6.	"I Think God Can Explain"	3:55
7.	"Supernatural"	4:07
8.	"Irresponsible"	3:08
9.	"I Apologize"	3:21
10.	"Spin"	3:41
11.	"Cigarette"	4:01
12.	"Wallflower"	4:00
13.	"London"	6:12
Total length:		52:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic ^[2]

Splender Waymon Boone - vocals, guitars, arranger James Cruz - bass, vocals, arranger Jonathan Svec - lead guitar, piano, backing vocals Marc Slutsky - drums, percussion Cover Chris Wozniak - photography

Production James Diener - A&R Luke Ebbin - organ, programming Scott Gormley - engineer Todd Rundgren - producer, engineer Mike Shipley - mixing David Swope, Doug Wynne - assistant engineers

Chart performance

The album debuted at No.36 on the Billboard Heatseekers charts on April 22, 2000. ^[3] It peaked at No. 11 on May 27, 2000.^{[ citation needed ]}

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Billboard Heatseekers [4]	11
US Billboard 200 [5]	200
US Hot 100 [6]	62

References

1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Halfway Down the Sky - Splender". AllMusic . Retrieved February 1, 2022.
2. "Halfway Down the Sky Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved March 10, 2016.
3. Billboard, Apr 2000. p. 24
4. "Halfway Down The Sky Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved January 8, 2016.
5. "Splender Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard . Retrieved May 4, 2021.
6. "Hot 100 for June 24, 2000". Billboard . Retrieved January 8, 2016.