Sunshine (Liquid Gang album)

Sunshine is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Liquid Gang, and their first to be released on a major label.[4]

Sunshine
Studio album by
Liquid Gang
Released15 August 2000[1]
Genre
Length43:44
Label
ProducerMalcolm Springer
Liquid Gang chronology
Nineteenth Soul
(1999)
Sunshine
(2000)

Reception edit

Rock Hard magazine gave the record a positive review.[2] An 8/12 review came from VISIONS.de, describing parts of the album as strenuous, but overall interesting.[3]

A review from Iowa State Daily was less enthusiastic about Sunshine, describing it as "frivolous" and stating that the band had "sold out from the start".[5] Matt Capuano, writing for The Daily Titan, provided a much more positive review, comparing several aspects of the band to that of other nu metal bands such as Korn, Orgy, Deftones and Sevendust.[6]

A retrospective mention of the album in a 2019 article written by Axl Rosenberg of MetalSucks highlighted the instrumentation but criticised the vocals on the closing song "Blunt Force Trauma": "The riff ... is sufficiently heavy to make it kind of a bummer when the frontman starts doing a Sonny Sandoval."[7]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Breakdown"4:01
2."Closer"3:54
3."Show Me"3:15
4."A Better View"3:33
5."Rain"3:30
6."Drama"3:47
7."Diagram"3:49
8."Ready & Able"4:29
9."I Applaud You"3:17
10."Would You"4:06
11."Blunt Force Trauma" (contains hidden track after silence[6])6:03
Total length:43:44

References edit

  1. ^ "CD Review Revue". The Stranger.
  2. ^ a b "Sunshine". www.rockhard.de.
  3. ^ a b "Liquid Gang: Sunshine". VISIONS.de.
  4. ^ "LIQUID GANG To Reunite For One-Off Hometown Performance". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. December 6, 2006.
  5. ^ "CD Reviews".
  6. ^ a b Capuano, Matt (Sep 21, 2000). "Liquid Gang's blend of metal and techno will get you all wet" (PDF). Daily Titan.
  7. ^ "Liquid Gang, Boiler Room, and Full Devil Jacket: Who the Fucking Fuck Are These Bands?". MetalSucks. June 27, 2019.