A Place in the Sun (Lit album)

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox album A Place in the Sun is the second studio album by the American rock band Lit, released on February 23, 1999.<ref>Template:Cite web</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, was re-recorded for this album, and eventually appeared on the auto racing video game 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>Template:Cite web</ref>

Reception and legacy

Template:Album ratings The album peaked at #31 on the US Billboard 200, Singles from the album were "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. 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 (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).<ref>Sayce 2014, p. 36</ref>

Track listing

B-sides

1. "Bitter"
2. "Money"
3. "Down” (acoustic)
4. "Snowblind"

Personnel

Lit

• A. Jay Popoff – lead vocals
• Jeremy Popoff – guitar, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals
• Kevin Baldes – bass
• Allen Shellenberger – drums

Additional musicians

• Don Gilmore – backing vocals, handclaps on "Lovely Day"
• Michael "Elvis" Baskette – handclaps Template:Small
• Larry Williams – saxophone Template:Small
• Reggie C. Young – trombone Template:Small
• Gary Grant – trumpet Template:Small
• Jerry Hey – trombone Template:Small
• Niels Bye Nielsen – Mellotron Template:Small

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

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	31
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	106

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1999	Miserable	US Modern Rock Tracks	3
	My Own Worst Enemy	US Adult Top 40	30
		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

Sources

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