The Guest (album)

The Guest (originally titled Phantom Planet Was Here) is the second studio album by American rock band Phantom Planet, released on February 26, 2002[5] by Epic Records. It was reissued in November 2003 with four additional bonus tracks, music videos, photos, and lyrics scanned from the notebook in which the album was originally written.

Not to be confused with Guest (album).

The Guest
Studio album by Phantom Planet
Released	February 26, 2002 November 4, 2003 (reissue)
Recorded	1999–2003
Studio	Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California, mastered at Gateway Mastering[1]
Genre	Alternative rock pop rock power pop
Length	42:56 57:23 (reissue)
Label	Epic
Producer	Mitchell Froom, Tchad Blake
Phantom Planet chronology
Phantom Planet Is Missing (1998) The Guest (2002) Phantom Planet (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	7.3/10[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

The album produced the band's breakthrough hit, "California", which became the theme song to the Fox TV series, The O.C., in August 2003. Its music video aired on MTV2 in mid-2002.

The track "Lonely Day" is also featured on the Smallville and Laguna Beach soundtracks.

The figure seen running across the photo on the album cover is Australian musician Ben Lee.[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"California"	Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman, Joseph Meyer, B.G. De Sylva	3:14
2.	"Always On My Mind"	Alex Greenwald	3:27
3.	"Lonely Day"	Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman	3:40
4.	"One Ray of Sunlight"	Alex Greenwald	4:43
5.	"Anthem"	Alex Greenwald	4:21
6.	"In Our Darkest Hour"	Alex Greenwald, Adam Schlesinger	3:02
7.	"Turn, Smile, Shift, Repeat"	Alex Greenwald	5:22
8.	"Hey Now Girl"	Alex Greenwald	2:35
9.	"Nobody's Fault"	Jacques Brautbar, Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman	3:23
10.	"All Over Again"	Alex Greenwald	4:19
11.	"Wishing Well"	Alex Greenwald	2:03
12.	"Something Is Wrong"	Alex Greenwald	4:21
Total length:			42:56

Bonus tracks on 2003 remastered version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"California" (demo)	Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman	3:16
14.	"Always On My Mind" (London version)	Alex Greenwald	3:22
15.	"The Guest" (live at the Troubadour)	Alex Greenwald, Jacques Brautbar, Sam Farrar, Darren Robinson, Jason Schwartzman	3:43
16.	"This Is What You Get" (demo)	Alex Greenwald	4:08
Total length:			57:23

Bonus disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"The Guest" (demo)	Alex Greenwald, Jacques Brautbar, Sam Farrar, Darren Robinson, Jason Schwartzman	3:44
14.	"Do the Panic" (live)	Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman	3:03
15.	"California" (live)	Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman	3:19

Personnel

Musicians

Phantom Planet Alex Greenwald – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards Sam Farrar – bass, backing vocals Jacques Brautbar – rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Darren Robinson – lead guitar Jason Schwartzman – drums

Additional musicians Adam Schlesinger – lyrics on "In Our Darkest Hour"[1]

Production

Tchad Blake – production, recording, mixing Jacquie Blake – engineering Bob Ludwig – mastering Mitchell Froom – production Detourists – programming

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	42
US Billboard 200[8]	133

References

1. Vanderhoff, Mark. "The Guest - Phantom Planet". AllMusic. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
2. AllMusic review
3. Pitchfork Media review
4. Rolling Stone review
5. Vanderhoff, Mark. "The Guest - Phantom Planet | Release Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
6. Ben Lee "Rage" special guest interview 19/11/2016
7. "Austriancharts.at – Phantom Planet – The Guest" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
8. "Phantom Planet Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2019.