A Place in the Sun (Lit album)

A Place in the Sun
Studio album by Lit
Released February 23, 1999
Recorded 1998
Studio NRG Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre
Length 45:16
Label RCA
Producer
  • Lit
  • Don Gilmore
Lit chronology
Tripping the Light Fantastic
(1997)		 A Place in the Sun
(1999)		 Atomic
(2001)
Singles from A Place in the Sun
  1. "My Own Worst Enemy"
    Released: March 2, 1999
  2. "Zip-Lock"
    Released: September 28, 1999
  3. "Miserable"
    Released: April 17, 2000

A Place in the Sun is the second studio album by the American rock band Lit.

Release

Produced by Don Gilmore, the album was released on February 23, 1999 through RCA Records. It is their first release through a major label. The song "No Big Thing", which originally appeared on their previous album Tripping the Light Fantastic, was re-recorded for this album.

On December 9, 2013, the band announced via its Facebook page that it would perform a special 15th anniversary show for A Place in the Sun, where the band would be playing the entire album from front to back on February 28, 2014, at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California.[3]

Reception and legacy

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
CMJfavorable March 29, 1999 (p. 25)
Robert ChristgauC[4]
NME(4/10)[5]
Q August 1999 (p. 107)

The album peaked at #31 on the US Billboard 200 and spawned the successful singles "My Own Worst Enemy", which reached #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for eleven weeks, "Zip-Lock" and "Miserable". A Place in the Sun has been certified platinum by in sales by the RIAA, in the United States.

A Place in the Sun received mixed reviews. AllMusic's Leslie Matthew described it as "an album that is sonically more focused, but it also unfortunately makes the band sound like replicas of a dozen of their post-grunge contemporaries: neither Better Than Ezra or Less Than Jake."[2] At NME, the songs "My Own Worst Enemy" and "No Big Thing" are described as having "a hook as sharp and persistent as a leech." They go on to state "Gonzoid trash fun maybe, but how we got from The Dead Kennedys to here remains a mystery."[5] NME listed the album as one of "20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic".[1]

The album was a massive influence on Eve 6's Horrorscope (2000), Good Charlotte's Good Charlotte (2000), American Hi-Fi's American Hi-Fi (2001), The All-American Rejects' Move Along (2005), and Zebrahead's Broadcast to the World (2006).[6]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
0. "Untitled" (Hidden track that can be accessed by rewinding from the index of the first track about two minutes)  1:38
1. "Four"  A. Jay Popoff, Jeremy Popoff 3:21
2. "My Own Worst Enemy"  A. Popoff, J. Popoff 2:49
3. "Down"  A. Popoff, J. Popoff 3:43
4. "Miserable"  A. Popoff, J. Popoff 4:16
5. "No Big Thing"  J. Popoff 2:32
6. "Zip-Lock"  A. Popoff, J. Popoff 3:32
7. "Lovely Day"  A. Popoff, J. Popoff 4:06
8. "Perfect One"  A. Popoff, J. Popoff 4:09
9. "Quicksand"  A. Popoff, J. Popoff 3:18
10. "Happy"  A. Popoff, J. Popoff 2:50
11. "The Best Is Yet to Come Undone"  Danny Peck, A. Popoff, J. Popoff 4:30
12. "A Place in the Sun"  A. Popoff, J. Popoff 4:20
Total length:
 45:16
B-sides
  1. "Bitter"
  2. "Money"
  3. "Down (acoustic)"
  4. "Snowblind"

Personnel

Lit
  • A. Jay Popoff - lead vocals
  • Jeremy Popoff - guitar, backing vocals
  • Kevin Baldes - bass
  • Allen Shellenberger – drums
Additional musicians
  • Don Gilmore – backing vocals, handclaps
  • Larry Williams – saxophone
  • Reggie C. Young – trombone
  • Gary Grant - trumpet
  • Jerry Hey - trombone
Management

Ruta E. Sepetys – management
Production
  • Don Gilmore – producer, engineer at NRG Studios
  • Bruce Flohr, Ron Fair – A&R Direction
  • Patty McGuire – A&R Relations
  • Matt Griffin – assistant engineer
  • Daniel Mendez – editing, engineer
  • Michael "Elvis" Baskette, Cameron Webb – assistant engineers
  • George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound
  • Brian Malouf – mixing at Pacifique
  • Brian Young – mixing assistant
Artwork
  • Brett Kilroe – art direction
  • Kalynn Campbell – illustration
  • Jon Gipe – band photography
  • Dennis Hallinan – cover photography

Charts

Album
Chart (1999) Peak
position
US Top Heatseekers 1
US Billboard 200 31
Singles
Year Song Chart Position
1999 Miserable US Modern Rock Tracks 3
My Own Worst Enemy US Adult Top 40 13
US Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
US Modern Rock Tracks 1
US Billboard Hot 100 51
US Top 40 Mainstream 31
Zip-Lock US Mainstream Rock Tracks 34
US Modern Rock Tracks 11
2000 Miserable US Mainstream Rock Tracks 29

References

Citations
  1. 1 2 "20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic". NME.com. June 9, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "A Place in the Sun - Lit". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Lit". Facebook. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ "CG: Lit". Robert Christgau.
  5. 1 2 "Album Reviews - A Place In The Sun". NME. June 26, 1999. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  6. ↑ Sayce 2014, p. 36
Sources
  • Sayce, Rob (June 2014). Bird, Ryan, ed. "Hall of Fame: A Place in the Sun". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (187). ISSN 1465-0185. 
  • Kevin Baldes
  • A. Jay Popoff
  • Jeremy Popoff
  • Terry Stirling Jr.
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