Sugar Ray (album)

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,[1] and went gold.[2] The album's first single, "When It's Over", performed well on pop and rock charts as well.

Sugar Ray
Studio album by
Sugar Ray
ReleasedJune 12, 2001
Recorded2000 - March 2001
GenrePop rock
Length39:55
LabelAtlantic
ProducerRalph 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 15, 2001
  2. "Answer the Phone"
    Released: 2001
  3. "Ours"
    Released: 2002
  4. "Under the Sun"
    Released: 2002

Release

The track "Words to Me" was featured on the Scooby-Doo film soundtrack in 2002. Also, the track "Sorry Now" was featured in Scary Movie 2.

Reception and sales
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Q[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Spin6/10[10]

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".[3]

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 less than 150,000 copies.[11]

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

Personnel

References
  1. "Sugar Ray chart performance". Retrieved May 31, 2008.
  2. "American album certifications – Sugar Ray – Sugar Ray". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  3. "Reviews for Sugar Ray by Sugar Ray". Metacritic. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sugar Ray – Sugar Ray". AllMusic. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  5. Sinclair, Tom (June 15, 2001). "Sugar Ray". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  6. Weingarten, Marc (June 10, 2001). "Sugar Ray 'Sugar Ray' Lava / Atlantic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  7. "Sugar Ray: Sugar Ray". Q (181): 120. September 2001.
  8. Berger, Arion (July 5, 2001). "Sugar Ray: Sugar Ray". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 16, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  9. Harris, Keith (2004). "Sugar Ray". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 791. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  10. Beaujon, Andrew (August 2001). "Sugar Ray: Sugar Ray". Spin. 17 (8): 129–30. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  11. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1616561/sugar-ray-bounce-back-with-music-cougars.jhtml
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