The Guest (album)

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The Guest
Phantom Planet-The Guest.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2002
Recorded1999–2001
StudioSunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California, mastered at Gateway Mastering [1]
Genre
Length42:56
57:23 (reissue)
Label Epic
Producer Mitchell Froom, Tchad Blake
Phantom Planet chronology
Phantom Planet Is Missing
(1998)
The Guest
(2002)
Phantom Planet
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The Guest (originally titled Phantom Planet Was Here) is the second studio album by American rock band Phantom Planet, released on February 26, 2002 [5] by Epic Records. It was reissued in November 2003 with four additional bonus tracks, music videos, photos, and lyrics scanned from the notebook in which the album was originally written.

Contents

The album produced the band's breakthrough hit, "California", which became the theme song to the Fox TV series, The O.C. , in August 2003. Its music video aired on MTV2 in mid-2002.

The track "Lonely Day" is also featured on the Smallville and Laguna Beach soundtracks.

The figure seen running across the photo on the album cover is Australian musician Ben Lee. [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alex Greenwald, except where noted.

The Guest track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."California"Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman, Joseph Meyer, B.G. De Sylva 3:14
2."Always On My Mind" 3:27
3."Lonely Day"Greenwald, Schwartzman3:40
4."One Ray of Sunlight" 4:43
5."Anthem" 4:21
6."In Our Darkest Hour"Greenwald, Adam Schlesinger 3:02
7."Turn, Smile, Shift, Repeat" 5:22
8."Hey Now Girl" 2:35
9."Nobody's Fault"Jacques Brautbar, Greenwald, Schwartzman3:23
10."All Over Again" 4:19
11."Wishing Well" 4:19
12."Something Is Wrong" 4:21
Total length:42:56
Bonus tracks on 2003 remastered version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."California" (demo)Greenwald, Schwartzman3:16
14."Always On My Mind" (London version) 3:22
15."The Guest" (live at the Troubadour)Greenwald, Brautbar, Sam Farrar, Darren Robinson, Schwartzman3:43
16."This Is What You Get" (demo) 4:08
Total length:57:23
Bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."The Guest" (demo)Greenwald, Brautbar, Farrar, Robinson, Schwartzman3:44
14."Do the Panic" (live)Greenwald, Schwartzman3:03
15."California" (live)Greenwald, Schwartzman3:19

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart performance for The Guest
Chart (2002)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 42
US Billboard 200 [8] 133

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