Spend the Night (The Donnas album)

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Spend the Night
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 2002
Recorded2002
Genre Hard rock
Length39:52
Label Atlantic
Producer Jason Carmer, Robert Shimp (record producers)
David Anthony, Gloria Gabriel (DVD producers)
The Donnas chronology
The Donnas Turn 21
(2001)
Spend the Night
(2002)
Gold Medal
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
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Entertainment Weekly B [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 2.9/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Village Voice A− [11]

Spend the Night is the fifth studio album and major label debut by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2002 on Atlantic Records. It was the band's first charting record on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 62, and features their most successful single, "Take It Off", which peaked at 19 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Contents

In November 2016 Cherry Red Records re-released the album to feature six bonus tracks, which consist of B-sides and songs from previous albums.

As of 2005 it has sold 450,000 units in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. [12]

Track listing

All songs by Brett Anderson, Torry Castellano, Maya Ford and Allison Robertson.

No.TitleLength
1."It's on the Rocks"2:54
2."Take It Off"2:40
3."Who Invited You"3:30
4."All Messed Up"3:11
5."Dirty Denim"3:26
6."You Wanna Get Me High"2:55
7."I Don't Care (So There)"2:47
8."Pass It Around"3:27
9."Too Bad About Your Girl"2:50
10."Not the One"2:46
11."Please Don't Tease"2:51
12."Take Me to the Backseat"2:22
13."5 O'Clock in the Morning"4:13
International bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Big Rig" 
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Backstage" 
2016 Re-release
No.TitleLength
1."It's on the Rocks" 
2."Take It Off" 
3."Who Invited You" 
4."All Messed Up" 
5."Dirty Denim" 
6."You Wanna Get Me High" 
7."I Don't Care (So There)" 
8."Pass It Around" 
9."Too Bad About Your Girl" 
10."Not the One" 
11."Big Rig" (international bonus track) 
12."Please Don't Tease" 
13."Take Me to the Backseat" 
14."5 O'Clock in the Morning" 
15."Hyperactive" (previously released on Get Skintight) 
16."Rock'n'Roll Machine" (from Take It Off Single) 
17."Mama's Boy" (from Who Invited You Single) 
18."Play My Game" (previously released on Turn 21) 
19."Backstage" (from Who Invited You Single) 

Personnel

The Donnas

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [13] 68
Billboard 20062

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