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In the Pursuit of Leisure
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 2003
Recorded2002-2003
StudioHenson Studios, Hollywood, California
GenrePop rock[1]
Length41:06
LabelAtlantic
ProducerDavid Kahne
Sugar Ray chronology
Sugar Ray
(2001)
In the Pursuit of Leisure
(2003)
The Best of Sugar Ray
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

In the Pursuit of Leisure is the fifth studio album by American rock band Sugar Ray, released in 2003. Singer-songwriter Esthero and reggae singer Shaggy both make guest appearances.

It features the single "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)", a song which includes samples from both Sweet's hit "Love Is Like Oxygen" and Midnight Star's hit "No Parking (On the Dance Floor)." That track was a success and reached the #20 spot on Billboard's Adult Top 40. A cover of Joe Jackson's new wave song "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" was released as the second single. It had similar success and reached the #29 spot on Billboard's Adult Top 40.[3]

Reception and sales

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic awarded it four out of five stars, calling it "another winning record by a band who has proven to be far more resilient than anybody could have guessed when 'Fly' flew to the top of the charts in 1997."[3]

The album only sold 135,000 copies, far less than the band's prior self-titled release, which had gone platinum.[6] The album's commercial failure led to a six-year gap in releasing their next album.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Chasin' You Around" 3:38
2."Is She Really Going Out with Him?""Joe Jackson cover, from the album Look Sharp!3:48
3."Heaven" 4:26
4."Bring Me the Head of..." 0:42
5."Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)" 3:30
6."Can't Start" 3:42
7."Photograph of You" 3:48
8."56 Hope Road" 3:51
9."Whatever We Are" 3:41
10."She's Different" 3:30
11."In Through the Doggie Door" 3:09
12."Blues from a Gun" 3:25

Credits

Sugar Ray

Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ Greer, Jim (2003-06-06). "In the Pursuit of Leisure". Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "In the Pursuit of Leisure Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  3. ^ a b c In the Pursuit of Leisure at AllMusic
  4. ^ Greer, Jim (2003-06-06). "In the Pursuit of Leisure". Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  5. ^ Blashill, Pat (2003-05-20). "Sugar Ray: In The Pursuit of Leisure : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  6. ^ a b Appleford, Steve (July 21, 2009). "Mark McGrath on the Ugly Truth About Sugar Ray (And Why Their New Album Still Rocks)". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 10, 2011.