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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Use American English|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox album | name = A Place in the Sun | type = studio | artist = [[Lit (band)|Lit]] | cover = Lit - A Place In The Sun.jpg | alt = | released = February 23, 1999 | recorded = 1998 | venue = | studio = [[NRG Recording Studios|NRG Studios]], [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]], California | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Pop punk]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/20-pop-punk-albums-which-will-make-you-nostalgic/340824|title=20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic|date=June 9, 2014|work=NME.com|accessdate=July 29, 2015}}</ref> * [[power pop]]<ref name="allmusic"/> }} | length = 45:16 | label = [[RCA Records|RCA]] β’ Dirty Martini | producer = {{flatlist| * Lit * Don Gilmore }} | prev_title = [[Tripping the Light Fantastic (album)|Tripping the Light Fantastic]] | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = [[Atomic (Lit album)|Atomic]] | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{Singles | name = A Place in the Sun | type = studio | single1 = [[My Own Worst Enemy (song)|My Own Worst Enemy]] | single1date = February 8, 1999 | single2 = [[Zip-Lock (song)|Zip-Lock]] | single2date = September 28, 1999 | single3 = [[Miserable (song)|Miserable]] | single3date = January 2000 }} }} '''''A Place in the Sun''''' is the second [[studio album]] by the American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Lit (band)|Lit]], released on February 23, 1999.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQ0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Lit+a+place+in+the+sun&pg=PA11 | title=Billboard | date=May 8, 1999 }}</ref> ==Release== Produced by Don Gilmore, the album was released on February 23, 1999 by Dirty Martini and [[RCA Records]]. It was the band's first release through a major label. The song "No Big Thing", which originally appeared on their previous album ''[[Tripping the Light Fantastic (album)|Tripping the Light Fantastic]]'', was re-recorded for this album, and eventually appeared on the [[auto racing]] [[video game]] ''[[TOCA World Touring Cars|Jarrett & Labonte Stock Car Racing]]''. On December 9, 2013, the band announced on its [[Facebook]] page that it would perform a special 15th anniversary show for ''A Place in the Sun'', when the band would play the entire album from start to finish on February 28, 2014, at the [[House of Blues]] in Anaheim, California.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lit|url=http://www.facebook.com/LitLounge|publisher= |website=Facebook|accessdate=December 10, 2013}}</ref> ==Reception and legacy== {{Album ratings |rev1 = ''[[AllMusic]]'' |rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r397964|pure_url=yes}}|title=A Place in the Sun - Lit|publisher= |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> |rev2 = ''[[College Music Journal]]'' |rev2score = favorable March 29, 1999 (p. 25) |rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]] |rev3score = C<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lit|title=CG: Lit|publisher=[[Robert Christgau]]|accessdate=February 19, 2017}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Melodic (magazine)|Melodic]]'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=78|title=Lit - A Place in the Sun|work=Melodic|author=Wippsson, Johan|accessdate=July 18, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |rev5 = ''[[NME]]'' |rev5score = (4/10)<ref name=NME>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/lit/1231|title=Album Reviews - A Place In The Sun|publisher= |work=[[NME]]|date=June 26, 1999|accessdate=June 21, 2012}}</ref> | rev8 = [[Wall of Sound (website)|Wall of Sound]] | rev8score = 72/100<ref name=WOSreview>{{cite web|url=http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/lit_aplaceinthesunIndex.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010406023014/http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/lit_aplaceinthesunIndex.html|title=Review: A Place in the Sun|publisher=[[Wall of Sound (website)|Wall of Sound]]|author=Remstein, Bob|archivedate=April 6, 2001|accessdate=October 30, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} The album peaked at #31 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], Singles from the album were "[[My Own Worst Enemy (Lit song)|My Own Worst Enemy]]", which reached #1 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'''s [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart for eleven weeks, "[[Zip-Lock (song)|Zip-Lock]]" and "[[Miserable (song)|Miserable]]". ''A Place in the Sun'' has been certified platinum by in sales by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], in the United States. ''A Place in the Sun'' received mixed reviews. Leslie Matthew in ''[[AllMusic]]'' 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]]".<ref name="allmusic"/> At ''[[NME]]'', the songs "My Own Worst Enemy" and "No Big Thing" were described as having "a hook as sharp and persistent as a leech". It went on to say, "Gonzoid trash fun maybe, but how we got from The [[Dead Kennedys]] to here remains a mystery."<ref name=NME/> ''NME'' listed the album as one of "20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic".<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" /> The album was a massive influence on [[Eve 6]]'s ''[[Horrorscope (Eve 6 album)|Horrorscope]]'' (2000), [[Good Charlotte]]'s ''[[Good Charlotte (album)|Good Charlotte]]'' (2000), [[American Hi-Fi]]'s ''[[American Hi-Fi (album)|American Hi-Fi]]'' (2001), [[The All-American Rejects]]' ''[[Move Along]]'' (2005) and [[Zebrahead]]'s ''[[Broadcast to the World]]'' (2006).<ref>Sayce 2014, p. 36</ref> ==Track listing== {{tracklist | all_writing = A. Jay Popoff and Jeremy Popoff, except where noted | title0 = Hidden intro track | length0 = 1:38 | title1 = Four | length1 = 3:21 | title2 = [[My Own Worst Enemy (song)|My Own Worst Enemy]] | length2 = 2:49 | title3 = Down | length3 = 3:43 | title4 = [[Miserable (song)|Miserable]] | length4 = 4:16 | title5 = No Big Thing | note5 = J. Popoff | length5 = 2:32 | title6 = [[Zip-Lock (song)|Zip-Lock]] | length6 = 3:32 | title7 = Lovely Day | length7 = 4:06 | title8 = Perfect One | length8 = 4:09 | title9 = Quicksand | length9 = 3:18 | title10 = Happy | length10 = 2:50 | title11 = The Best Is Yet to Come Undone | note11 = Danny Peck, A. Popoff, J. Popoff | length11 = 4:30 | title12 = A Place in the Sun | length12 = 4:20 | total_length = 45:16 }} ;B-sides # "Bitter" # "Money" # "Downβ (acoustic) # "Snowblind" ==Personnel== {{col-start}} {{col-2}} ;Lit * A. Jay Popoff β lead vocals * Jeremy Popoff β guitar, [[Moog synthesizer]], backing vocals * Kevin Baldes β bass * Allen Shellenberger β drums ;Additional musicians * Don Gilmore β backing vocals, handclaps on "Lovely Day" * Michael "Elvis" Baskette β handclaps {{small|("Lovely Day")}} * Larry Williams β [[saxophone]] {{small|("Happy")}} * Reggie C. Young β [[trombone]] {{small|("Happy")}} * Gary Grant β [[trumpet]] {{small|("Happy")}} * [[Jerry Hey]] β trombone {{small|("Happy")}} * Niels Bye Nielsen β Mellotron {{small|("Perfect One")}} ;Management Ruta E. Sepetys β management {{col-2}} ;Production *Don Gilmore β [[Record producer|producer]], [[Audio engineering|engineer]] at [[NRG Studios]] *Bruce Flohr, Ron Fair β [[A&R]] direction *Patty McGuire β A&R relations *Matt Griffin β assistant engineer *Daniel Mendez β editing, engineer *Michael "Elvis" Baskette, Cameron Webb β assistant engineers *George Marino β [[Audio mastering|mastering]] at Sterling Sound *Brian Malouf β [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] at Pacifique *Brian Young β mixing assistant ;Artwork *Brett Kilroe β art direction *[[Kalynn Campbell]] β illustration *Jon Gipe β band photography *Dennis Hallinan β cover photography {{col-end}} ==Charts== {{col-start}} {{col-2}} ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1999) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Lit&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=TLP|title=Lit, TLP|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 3, 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | 31 |- ! scope="row"| US [[Heatseekers Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Lit&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=TLN|title=Lit, TLN|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 3, 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | 1 |} {{col-2}} ===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1999) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums β Year-End 1999|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 3, 2020}}</ref> | 106 |} {{col-end}} ===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" |- !Year !Song !Chart !Position |- |rowspan="8"|1999 ||[[Miserable (song)|Miserable]] |[[Modern Rock Tracks|US Modern Rock Tracks]] | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |rowspan="5"|[[My Own Worst Enemy (Lit song)|My Own Worst Enemy]] |[[Adult Top 40|US Adult Top 40]] | style="text-align:center;"|30 |- |[[Mainstream Rock Tracks|US Mainstream Rock Tracks]] | style="text-align:center;"|6 |- |US Modern Rock Tracks | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |[[Billboard Hot 100|US Billboard Hot 100]] | style="text-align:center;"|51 |- |[[Top 40 Mainstream|US Top 40 Mainstream]] | style="text-align:center;"|31 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Zip-Lock (song)|Zip-Lock]] |US Mainstream Rock Tracks | style="text-align:center;"|34 |- |US Modern Rock Tracks | style="text-align:center;"|11 |- |2000 |Miserable |US Mainstream Rock Tracks | style="text-align:center;"|29 |} ==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Lit|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|access-date=November 7, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Lit|title=A Place in the Sun|award=Silver|relyear=1999|certyear=2013|id=11602-3552-2|access-date=November 7, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Lit|title=A Place in the Sun|award=Platinum|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|access-date=November 7, 2021}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}} ==References== ; Citations {{reflist}} ;Sources {{refbegin}} * {{cite journal|editor1-last=Bird|editor1-first=Ryan|last1=Sayce|first1=Rob|title=Hall of Fame: A Place in the Sun|journal=Rock Sound|date=June 2014|issue=187|publisher=Freeway Press Inc.|location=London|issn=1465-0185}} {{refend}} {{Lit (band)}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Place In The Sun, A}} [[Category:Lit (band) albums]] [[Category:1999 albums]] [[Category:RCA Records albums]] [[it:A Place in the Sun#Musica]]
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