Sugar Ray (album)

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Sugar Ray
Sugar ray 2001 album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 12, 2001
Recorded2000 - March 2001
Studio
  • NRG
  • Henson
  • Bulletproof
  • Soundcastle
Genre Pop rock
Length39:55
Label Atlantic
Producer Ralph Sall
Don Gilmore
David Kahne
Sugar Ray chronology
14:59
(1999)
Sugar Ray
(2001)
In the Pursuit of Leisure
(2003)
Singles from Sugar Ray
  1. "When It's Over"
    Released: May 7, 2001 [1]
  2. "Answer the Phone"
    Released: September 24, 2001 [2]
  3. "Ours"
    Released: January 7, 2002 [3]

Sugar Ray is the fourth studio album by the band Sugar Ray. The album was released on June 12, 2001, and debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, [4] and went gold. [5] The album's first single, "When It's Over", also performed well on pop and rock charts.

Contents

Release and promotion

The track "Words to Me" was featured on the Scooby-Doo film soundtrack in 2002. The movie was shot in Queensland, Australia, with the band themselves appearing in it. While in Australia, they performed a beach concert that would be later released on a DVD called Music in High Places: Live from Australia. [6] The track "Sorry Now" was also featured in the 2001 film Scary Movie 2 .

Reception and sales

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Entertainment Weekly B− [9]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Spin 6/10 [15]

Sugar Ray received generally positive reviews. Aggregator Metacritic gave the album a 71 out of 100 rating based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [7]

The album sold one million copies, less than the multi-platinum albums Floored and 14:59 , but far more than their next album, 2003's In the Pursuit of Leisure , which sold fewer than 150,000 copies. [16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Answer the Phone"
4:00
2."Under the Sun"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • Gilmore
  • Terry Karges
3:21
3."When It's Over"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • David Kahne
3:38
4."Satellites"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • Gilmore
3:46
5."Waiting"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Bullock
  • Sheppard
  • Gilmore
3:31
6."Ours"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Bullock
  • Sheppard
  • A. L. Miller
  • K. L. Maxwell
3:23
7."Sorry Now"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Bullock
  • Sheppard
  • Gilmore
3:17
8."Stay On" (featuring Nick Hexum)
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • Nick Hexum
4:31
9."Words to Me"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • J. Nichol
4:00
10."Just a Little"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
3:27
11."Disasterpiece"
  • McGrath
  • M. Karges
  • Frazier
  • Sheppard
  • Bullock
  • Gilmore
2:58
Total length:39:55

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

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