A Place in the Sun (Lit album) explained

A Place in the Sun
Type:studio
Artist:Lit
Cover:Lit - A Place In The Sun.jpg
Released:February 23, 1999
Recorded:1998
Studio:NRG Studios, North Hollywood, California
Length:45:16
Label:RCA • Dirty Martini
Prev Title:Tripping the Light Fantastic
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Atomic
Next Year:2001

A Place in the Sun is the second studio album by the American rock band Lit, released on February 23, 1999.[1]

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.[2]

Reception and legacy

The album peaked at #31 on the US Billboard 200, Singles from the album were "My Own Worst Enemy", which reached #1 on Billboards 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". 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." NME listed the album as one of "20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic".

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).[3]

Track listing

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

Personnel

Lit
Additional musicians
ManagementRuta E. Sepetys – management
Production
Artwork

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 31
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[5] 1

Singles

YearSongChartPosition
1999MiserableUS Modern Rock Tracks3
My Own Worst EnemyUS Adult Top 4030
US Mainstream Rock Tracks6
US Modern Rock Tracks1
US Billboard Hot 10051
US Top 40 Mainstream31
Zip-LockUS Mainstream Rock Tracks34
US Modern Rock Tracks11
2000MiserableUS Mainstream Rock Tracks29

References

Citations
Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Billboard . May 8, 1999 .
  2. Web site: Lit. Facebook. December 10, 2013.
  3. Sayce 2014, p. 36
  4. Lit, TLP. Billboard. November 3, 2020. subscription.
  5. Lit, TLN. Billboard. November 3, 2020. subscription.
  6. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999. Billboard. November 3, 2020.