''Sugar Ray'' is the fourth studio album by the band

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. The album was released on June 12, 2001, and debuted at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and went gold. The album's first single, " When It's Over", also performed well on pop and rock chartsming .

Release and promotion

The track "Words to Me" was featured on the ''

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'' film soundtrack in 2002. The movie was shot in

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, 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''. The track "Sorry Now" was also featured in the 2001 film '' Scary Movie 2''.

Reception and sales

''Sugar Ray'' received generally positive reviews. Aggregator

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gave the album a 71 out of 100 rating based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". 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.

Track listing

Personnel

* Mark McGrath –

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* Rodney Sheppard –

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* Murphy Karges –

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, guitar, backing vocals * Stan Frazier –

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, guitar, programming, backing vocals * Craig "DJ Homicide" Bullock –

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, samples, programming, keyboards, backing vocals

Additional personnel

* Emanuel Dean - Keyboards on "Ours" * Dave Holdredge - Guitar on "Ours" * Nick Hexum - Vocals on "Stay On" * Greg Kurstin - Keyboards on "Words To Me" * JayDee Maness -

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on "Just a Little" * William Francis - Guitar on "Disasterpiece" * John "Juke" Logan - Harmonica on "Disasterpiece"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* * * * {{Authority control 2001 albums Sugar Ray albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by David Kahne