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Track Listing
1. Chasin' You Around
2. Is She Really Going Out With Him?
3. Heaven
4. Bring Me the Head of...
5. Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)
6. Can't Start
7. Photograph of You
8. 56 Hope Rd.
9. Whatever We Are
10. She's Different
11. In Through the Doggie Door
12. Blues From a Gun
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Esthero, Shaggy | | Producer: | David Kahne | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Sugar Ray: Mark McGrath (vocals); DJ Homicide (DJ); Stan Frazier, Murray Karges, Rodney Sheppard.
Sugar Ray: Mark McGrath (vocals, guitar); Stan Frazier (guitar, drums, background vocals); Rodney Sheppard (guitar, background vocals); Murphy Karges (bass); Craig "DJ Homicide" Bullock (turntables, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Esthero, ProHoeZak, Shaggy (vocals).
Recorded at Henson Studios, Hollywood, California.
Why tamper with success? On IN THE PURSUIT OF LEISURE, Sugar Ray sticks pretty close to the style that's proven so successful for them on their previous albums; a peppy mix of ska, pop, hip-hop production techniques, and an early-'80s new wave sensibility. The latter is borne out most obviously in a lively cover version of Joe Jackson's 1979 breakthrough "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" Sugar Ray's particular mix of influences makes them spiritual kin to No Doubt, and in fact, "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)" sounds like a strange cross between Sweet's "Love is Like Oxygen" and the No Doubt hit "Hella Good."
While the overall feel of this album will certainly be familiar to fans, Sugar Ray has turned out a fresh batch of tunes that finds them in no real danger of repeating themselves. "Can't Start," with it's amiable folk-guitar-meets-hip-hop-beat feel, is probably the closest thing here to the band's own hit "Every Morning." As long as there are summertime beach parties, barbecues, and the like, there will be a place for the sunny, good-time sound of Sugar Ray.
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...[A] measured and thoughtful set of intelligent pop tunes...s
Q (10/01/2003)
...Mark McGrath might be his generation's Todd Rundgren... - Grade: B
Spin (07/01/2003)
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