A Place in the Sun (Lit album)

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

A Place in the Sun
Studio album by
Lit
ReleasedFebruary 23, 1999
Recorded1998
StudioNRG Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre
Length45:16
LabelRCA
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

Release

Produced by Don Gilmore, the album was released on February 23, 1999, by 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.

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.[3]

Reception and legacy
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
College Music Journalfavorable March 29, 1999 (p. 25)
Robert ChristgauC[4]
Melodic [5]
NME(4/10)[6]

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".[2] 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."[6] 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).[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by A. Jay Popoff and Jeremy Popoff, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
0."Hidden intro track"1:38
1."Four"3:21
2."My Own Worst Enemy"2:49
3."Down"3:43
4."Miserable"4:16
5."No Big Thing" (J. Popoff)2:32
6."Zip-Lock"3:32
7."Lovely Day"4:06
8."Perfect One"4:09
9."Quicksand"3:18
10."Happy"2:50
11."The Best Is Yet to Come Undone" (Danny Peck, A. Popoff, J. Popoff)4:30
12."A Place in the Sun"4:20
Total length:45:16
B-sides
  1. "Bitter"
  2. "Money"
  3. "Down” (acoustic)
  4. "Snowblind"

Personnel

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