In the Pursuit of Leisure
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In the Pursuit of Leisure is Sugar Ray
's fifth studio album released on 2003. Hip-hop artists Esthero
and Shaggy
guest-start on the album. Stylistically, it represents a move away from the groups previous funk metal
sound of their first few albums in the 90s towards the lighter, hook-filled mainstream rock of their 00s work.
It features the single "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)
", a song which includes samples from both Sweet
's hit "Love Is Like Oxygen" and Midnight Star
's hit "No Parking (On the Dance Floor)
." That track was a success and reached the #20 spot on Billboard's Adult Top 40. A cover of Joe Jackson
's new wave
song "Is She Really Going Out With Him" was released as the second single. It had similar success and reached the #29 spot on Billboard's Adult Top 40.
Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray is a band from Orange County, California. The band, starting off more as an alternative metal band, first gained fame in 1997 with their release of the song "Fly". This song's success, coupled with its pop rock sound that was quite different from the rest of their material at the time,...
's fifth studio album released on 2003. Hip-hop artists Esthero
Esthero
Esthero ,born Jenny-Bea Englishman, is a Canadian singer-songwriter who currently lives in Los Angeles, California. The name Esthero refers both to the singer and formerly to the two-person team of herself and producer Doc McKinney...
and Shaggy
Shaggy
Shaggy may refer to:*Shaggy Rogers, a fictional character from the Scooby-Doo series*Shaggy , Jamaican American reggae rapper & singer*Shaggy , radio personality and producer of 2 Live Stews...
guest-start on the album. Stylistically, it represents a move away from the groups previous funk metal
Funk metal
Funk metal is a subgenre of funk rock that fuses elements of heavy metal and funk. Allmusic has claimed that "funk metal evolved in the mid-'80s when alternative bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Infectious Grooves, Mordred and Fishbone began playing the hybrid with a stronger...
sound of their first few albums in the 90s towards the lighter, hook-filled mainstream rock of their 00s work.
It features the single "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)
Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)
"Mr. Bartender " is a single from the rock band Sugar Ray from their album, In the Pursuit of Leisure. The song reached #20 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks and featured hip hop artist ProHoeZak.-Music video:...
", a song which includes samples from both Sweet
Sweet (band)
Sweet was a British rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s as one of the most prominent glam rock acts, with the classic line-up of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bass player Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott, and drummer Mick Tucker.Sweet was formed in 1968 and achieved their first...
's hit "Love Is Like Oxygen" and Midnight Star
Midnight Star
Midnight Star is an R&B and electro-funk group that had a string of R&B hits in the 1980s.-Band history:The group was formed in 1976 at Kentucky State University by trumpeter Reggie Calloway, vocalist Belinda Lipscomb, guitarist/vocalist Melvin Gentry, bassist Kenneth Gant, multi-instrumentalist...
's hit "No Parking (On the Dance Floor)
No Parking (On The Dance Floor)
"No Parking " is the title track from Midnight Star's fourth and most successful album, No Parking on the Dance Floor. In the US, the song reached number 43 on the R&B chart, number 44 on the dance chart, and number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100.The tune has been sampled by several artists since...
." That track was a success and reached the #20 spot on Billboard's Adult Top 40. A cover of Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson
-Government and politics:*Joseph Devonsher Jackson , Irish Conservative MP in the United Kingdom Parliament*Joseph Webber Jackson , United States Representative from Georgia...
's new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
song "Is She Really Going Out With Him" was released as the second single. It had similar success and reached the #29 spot on Billboard's Adult Top 40.
Track listing
- All songs written by Sugar RaySugar RaySugar Ray is a band from Orange County, California. The band, starting off more as an alternative metal band, first gained fame in 1997 with their release of the song "Fly". This song's success, coupled with its pop rock sound that was quite different from the rest of their material at the time,...
, except for "Is She Really Going Out with Him?",written by Joe JacksonJoe Jackson (musician)Joe Jackson is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy Award nominations span from 1979 to 2001...
.
- "Chasin' You Around" – 3:38
- "Is She Really Going Out with Him?Is She Really Going Out with Him?"Is She Really Going Out with Him?" is the first single released by Joe Jackson in September 1978. The track was included on Jackson's debut album, Look Sharp!, the following year...
" – 3:48 - "Heaven" (Featuring EstheroEstheroEsthero ,born Jenny-Bea Englishman, is a Canadian singer-songwriter who currently lives in Los Angeles, California. The name Esthero refers both to the singer and formerly to the two-person team of herself and producer Doc McKinney...
)– 4:26 - "Bring Me the Head of..." – 0:42
- "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)" – 3:30
- "Can't Start" – 3:42
- "Photograph of You" – 3:48
- "56 Hope Road" (Featuring ShaggyShaggy (musician)Orville Richard Burrell , better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae singer and rapper. He is perhaps best known for his 1995 single "Boombastic" and 2000 single "It Wasn't Me"...
) – 3:51 - "Whatever We Are" – 3:41
- "She's Different" – 3:30
- "In Through the Doggie Door" – 3:09
- "Blues from a Gun" – 3:25