Stick Around for Joy

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Stick Around for Joy
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Studio album by
the Sugarcubes
Released18 February 1992
Studio
Genre
Length37:24
Label
Producer Paul Fox
The Sugarcubes chronology
Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!
(1989)		Stick Around for Joy
(1992)		 It's-It
(1992)
Singles from Stick Around for Joy
  1. "Hit"
    Released: 30 December 1991
  2. "Walkabout"
    Released: March 1992
  3. "Vitamin"
    Released: August 1992
  4. "Leash Called Love"
    Released: 15 October 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Calgary Herald B− [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Entertainment Weekly B− [6]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 3/10 [11]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Stick Around for Joy is the third and final studio album by Icelandic alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. [13] [14] It was released in 1992 by Elektra. [15] The album was supported by four singles: "Hit", which reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US and number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, "Walkabout", "Vitamin" and "Leash Called Love", which went to number one on the US Dance chart. [16]

Contents

The album peaked at number 95 on the Billboard 200 and reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart, marking the band's lowest charting positions on both charts.

Production

The band recorded the album in the United States, with producer Paul Fox. [17]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "Björk's singing is shapely, passionate and willfully bizarre; she carries the album pretty much on her own." [18] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide deemed Stick Around for Joy the band's "most accessible and, true to its name, happiest sounding album, packed end to end with lively and tuneful dance pop." [7] The Rolling Stone Album Guide thought that "it's the churning interplay of guitarist Thor Eldon and the rhythm section that ultimately carries the album." [9] The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "bassist Bragi Olafsson and drummer Siggi Baldursson don't do much to dispel the notion that funk just isn't a Nordic thing." [8] The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote that by Stick Around for Joy the Sugarcubes had "already degenerated into mind-numbing mediocrity." [11]

Music videos

Track listing

All tracks are written by the Sugarcubes

Stick Around for Joy track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Gold"3:39
2."Hit"3:56
3."Leash Called Love"3:42
4."Lucky Night"4:03
5."Happy Nurse"3:36
6."I'm Hungry"4:33
7."Walkabout"3:48
8."Hetero Scum"3:07
9."Vitamin"3:40
10."Chihuahua"3:29

Personnel

The Sugarcubes

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Stick Around for Joy
Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [20] 74
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [21] 71
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [22] 58
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [23] 29
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 16
US Billboard 200 [25] 95
2022 chart performance for Stick Around for Joy
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [26] 90
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [27] 31

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