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Sugar Ray was first formed in 1992 in Newport Beach, California USA, as a four-piece Funk-Metal project by lead singer Mark McGrath, guitarist Rodney Sheppard, bassist Murphy Karges and drummer Stan Frazier; the band had built a fanbase by touring constantly around Los Angeles area and they eventually snagged a deal with Atlantic Records in 1994.

DJ Craig 'DJ Homicide' Bullock was added to the line-up before the group released its debut album, "Lemonade & Brownies", in the spring of 1995.

Two years later they returned with "Floored" that showcased a more Alternative-Rock style; this album reached the #12 position on The Billboard 200 and cracked the top 10 in Canada selling over 2 million copies while the lead single, "Fly", hit #1 on The Modern Rock chart; the follow-up single "RPM", grabbed a #35 spot on the same chart.

The third release from the Southern California unit, "14:59", arrived in January of 1999 reaching #17 in U.S. and spawning three smash singles, "Every Morning" hit #1 slots on both Billboard's Modern Rock and Adult Top 40 charts and peaked at #3 on The Billboard Hot 100 becoming a sizeable hit across Europe; "Someday" reached the #7 spots on both The Billboard Hot 100 and The Modern Rock charts; the final single, "Falls Apart", climbed into the top 5 of The Modern Rock Tracks sending "14:59" into triple-platinum territory.

Sugar Ray followed it up with an eponymously titled effort in June 2001, the set rose to #6 on The Billboard 200 Albums list led by the single "When It's Over" which peaked at #13 on The Billboard Hot 100; the album also included the Adult Top 40 hit "Answer The Phone".

"In The Pursuit Of Leisure" was issued two years later, it debuted at #29 on the U.S. Top Albums chart and generated three single cuts: "Chasin' You Around", "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)", supported by a video and the cover of Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him?", the latter two peaked at #20 and #19, respectively, on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart.

In 2005 the Orange County fivesome assembled a retrospective CD which featured 15 tracks including the Adult Contemporary top 40 single "Shot Of Laughter".

Sugar Ray will release its first full album of new material in more than six years when "Music For Cougars" comes out July 21 on Pulse/Fontana/Universal. "Boardwalk," the album's first single is an instantly recognizable summer tune.

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Lemonade & Brownies

(1995)

1. Snug Harbor
2. Rhyme Stealer
3. Iron Mic
4. Hold Your Eyes
5. The Greatest
6. Big Black Woman
7. Mean Machine
8. Dance Party U.S.A.
9. 10 Seconds Down
10. Danzig Needs A Hug
11. Drive By
12. Caboose
13. Scuzzboots
14. Streaker

 

Floored

(1997)

1. RPM
2. Breathe
3. Anyone
4. Fly
5. Speed Home California
6. High Anxiety
7. Tap, Twist, Snap
8. American Pie
9. Stand And Deliver
10. Cash
11. Invisible
12. Right Direction
13. Fly

 

14:59

(1999)

1. New Direction
2. Every Morning
3. Falls Apart
4. Personal Space Invader
5. Live And Direct
6. Someday
7. Aim For Me
8. Ode To The Lonely Heart
9. Burning Dog
10. Even Though
11. Abracadabra
12. Glory
13. New Direction

 

Sugar Ray

(2001)

1. Answer The Phone
2. When It's Over
3. Under The Sun
4. Satellites
5. Waiting
6. Ours
7. Sorry Now
8. Stay On
9. Words To Me
10. Just A Little
11. Disasterpiece

 

In The Pursuit Of Leisure

(2003)

1. Chasin' You Around
2. Is She Really Going Out With Him?
3. Heaven
4. Bring Me The Head Of...
5. Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)
6. Can't Start
7. Photograph Of You
8. 56 Hope Road
9. Whatever We Are
10. She's Different
11. In Through The Doggie Door
12. Blues From A Gun

 

The Best Of Sugar Ray

(2005)

1. Shot Of Laughter [NEW TRACK]
2. Answer The Phone
3. Fly
4 . Someday
5. Under The Sun
6. Every Morning
7. Mean Machine
8. Falls Apart
9. Time After Time
10. Rhyme Stealer
11. When It's Over
12. RPM
13. Is She Really Going Out With Him?
14. Psychedelic Bee
15. Chasin' You Around

 

Music For Cougars

(2009)

INCLUDES: Boardwalk

 

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