The Gift of Game
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| The Gift of Game | ||||
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| Studio album by Crazy Town | ||||
| Released | November 9, 1999 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | 1999 at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Rap metal,[1] rapcore, nu metal, rap rock | |||
| Length | 45:17 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Josh Abraham | |||
| Crazy Town chronology | ||||
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| Singles from The Gift of Game | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| NME |   [3] |
| Panorama | [4] |
The Gift of Game is the first album by Los Angeles band Crazy Town. It was released on November 9, 1999 in the U.S. by Columbia Records. The album yielded the band its biggest hit to date with "Butterfly" which reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 24, 2001.[5]
Worldwide the album sold more than 2.5 million units,[6] with more than 1.5 million in the US alone.[7]
The girl licking the lollipop on the cover of the album is a fictional character created by Crazy Town, known as "Little Lolita". Both the album title and the picture of Little Lolita are based on lyrics from the song "Lollipop Porn". The album cover was designed by co-lead singer Shifty Shellshock's father and uncle.[8]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
(Tracks 15 to 31 are silence)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" | Shifty Shellshock, Doug Miller | 0:25 |
| 2. | "Toxic" | Shellshock, Miller, Bret Mazur | 2:48 |
| 3. | "Think Fast" (featuring Dirty Unit) | Shellshock, Mazur, Miller, Rust Epique, Torshawn Roland, Percy Washington | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Darkside" | Shellshock, Mazur | 3:52 |
| 5. | "Black Cloud" (featuring Jay Gordon of Orgy) | Shellshock, Mazur, Miller, Epique, Gordon, Bernard Williams | 5:02 |
| 6. | "Butterfly" (sampled Red Hot Chili Peppers) | Shellshock, Mazur, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, John Frusciante | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Only When I'm Drunk" (Tha Alkaholiks Cover) | Tash, J-Ro, E-Swift | 2:47 |
| 8. | "Hollywood Babylon" (featuring Mad Lion) | Shellshock, Mazur, Mad Lion | 4:23 |
| 9. | "Face the Music" | Shellshock, Mazur | 3:24 |
| 10. | "Lollipop Porn" | Shellshock, Mazur, Nicole Lorenzo | 3:54 |
| 11. | "Revolving Door" (sampled Siouxsie and the Banshees) | Shellshock, Mazur | 3:40 |
| 12. | "Players (Only Love You When They're Playing)" (featuring Jenny Sipprelle) | Shellshock, Mazur, Williams, Anthony Valli | 4:13 |
| 13. | "B-Boy 2000" (featuring KRS-One) | Shellshock, Mazur, KRS-One, Williams, Valli, Miller, Epique | 4:27 |
| 14. | "Outro (www.crazytown.com)" | 1:19 | |
| 15. | "The Gift of Game" | ||
| 32. | Untitled (Hidden track) | 0:55 |
[edit] Certifications
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales |
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| Canada | Platinum[9] | July 11, 2001 | 100,000+ |
| Finland | Gold[10] | 2001 | 20,933 |
| U.S. | Platinum[11] | February 6, 2001 | 1,500,000+[7] |
| Australia | Gold[12] | 2001 | 35,000+ |
| U.K. | Silver[13] | May 4, 2001 | 60,000+ |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| US [14] |
US Alt. [14] |
US Main. [14] |
AUS [15] |
NLD [16] |
NZL [17] |
FIN [18] |
GER [19] |
SWI [20] |
UK [21] |
SWE [22] |
NOR [23] |
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| 1999 | "Toxic" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2000 | "Darkside" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | "Butterfly" | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| "Revolving Door" | — | — | — | 75[24] | 71 | — | 19 | 26 | 43 | 23 | 46 | — | ||
| "—" denotes a single that didn't chart | ||||||||||||||
[edit] Personnel
- Bret Mazur – vocals, keyboard
- Shifty Shellshock – vocals
- DJ AM – turntables
- James Bradley Jr. – drums
- Rust Epique – guitar
- Anthony Valli – guitar
- Doug Miller – bass
- Troy Van Leeuwen - Guitar on "Darkside"
- Jay Gordon - Keyboards on "Darkside", refrain in "Black Cloud"
- Stephen Costantino - Guitar on "Revolving Door" and "Hollywood Babylon"
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r441745
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ NME review
- ^ Panorama review
- ^ MTV.com - Crazy Town Biography
- ^ Melodic.net - Darkhorse review
- ^ a b 10/Jan/2002 Allbusiness.com - Billboard Bits: Crazy Town, Nelly, Ny Metropolis Fest
- ^ 28/Feb/2001 - Shifty Shellshock Interview (Retrieved June 13, 2011)
- ^ Canada certifications [1] (Retrieved April 26, 2009)
- ^ Finland certifications [2] (Retrieved September 21, 2010)
- ^ U.S. certifications riaa.com (Retrieved April 26, 2009)
- ^ ARIA album chart - 2001
- ^ UK Charts Search ' Crazy TOWN'
- ^ a b c "Artist Chart History – singles". Billboard charts. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=351693&model.vnuAlbumId=557299. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- ^ Australian Singles Charting
- ^ Dutch Singles Charting
- ^ New Zealand Singles Charting
- ^ Finnish Singles Charting
- ^ German Singles Charting
- ^ Swiss Singles Charting
- ^ UK Charting Search for: "Crazy Town"
- ^ Swedish Charts - Crazy Town
- ^ Norway Charts - Crazy Town
- ^ ARIA Report Issue 597 - Week commencing 6th August 2001
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