Schmack! | ||||
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Released | 29 February 2004 | |||
Recorded | 2003 | |||
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Length | 38:23 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | David Kahne | |||
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Singles from Schmack! | ||||
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Schmack! is the debut studio album by New Zealand rock band Steriogram,released on 29 February 2004 by Capitol Records. The album was re-released as a tour edition in 2005. The song "Walkie Talkie Man" featured on an Apple iPod ad and a number of films and video games,and its video clip was nominated for a Grammy and four MTV music awards.
To date more than 250,000 copies of the album have been sold.
One song,"White Trash",had previously been released as a single in 2000. In addition to "Walkie Talkie Man",four others were released as singles:"Roadtrip","Go","Tsunami" and "On and On". "Walkie Talkie Man" debuted at #19 on the UK Singles Chart and reached #14 on the New Zealand chart. "Go" peaked at #28 in the New Zealand RIANZ Chart. [1] The promo release of "Go" had an instrumental of "Go" on the b-side,and the UK release had "Free".
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Classic Rock | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ [4] |
All songs written by Tyson Kennedy,Tim Youngson,Bradley Carter,Jacob Adams,Jared Wrenell)
Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [5] | 3 |
Chart (2004) | Position |
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New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [6] | 50 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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New Zealand (RMNZ) [7] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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