Summer Girl
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| Studio album by Smash Mouth | ||||
| Released | September 19, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Surf rock, pop punk, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 31:30 | |||
| Label | Beautiful Bomb | |||
| Producer | Jeffrey Saltzman | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | (favorable)[1] |
Summer Girl is the sixth studio album by the San Jose, California rock band Smash Mouth released on September 19, 2006 on Beautiful Bomb Records. This is the last album with original guitarist and songwriter Greg Camp.
The album was released with the promo single "Story of My Life". The "Story of My Life" music video was filmed in an episode in Season 6 of the VH1 reality show The Surreal Life.
"So Insane" was featured as the film Zoom's opening theme. An instrumental version of "So Insane" was also used in the opening of the infamous ABC series Cavemen, in the unaired pilot. "Everyday Superhero" was used on the soundtrack of The Pacifier and Zoom as well, and it was also used to advertise the CBS sitcom, The King of Queens, when the show entered its final season. It was also heard in an America's Funniest Home Videos blooper compilation.
Track listing
All songs written by Greg Camp except where noted.
- "The Crawl" – 3:20
- "Everyday Superhero" (Camp, Paul Barry) – 3:28
- "So Insane" (Camp, Paul De Lisle) – 2:55
- "Girl Like You" (Camp, Barry) – 2:22
- "Getaway Car" – 2:40
- "Story of My Life" (Camp, Barry) – 3:21
- "Right Side, Wrong Bed" – 3:13
- "Summer Girl" – 2:28
- "Hey L.A." – 2:29
- "Quality Control" – 3:17
- "Beautiful Bomb" – 1:49
Credits
Smash Mouth
- Steve Harwell – lead vocals
- Greg Camp – guitars, backing vocals
- Paul De Lisle – bass, backing vocals
- Jason Sutter – drums (tracks 3, 4, 7)
- Michael Klooster – keyboards, melodica (track 7)
Additional musicians
- Michael Urbano – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- RV – keyboards (tracks 1, 5)
- Mark Cervantes – percussion, percussion (track 4)
- Moushumi Motor Wilson – backing vocals (track 5)
- Leslie Lala Damage Stevens – backing vocals (track 5)
Production
- Michael Urbano – producer (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- Jeff Saltzman – producer (tracks 1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- Greg Camp – producer (tracks 3, 4, 7)
- Eric Valentine – producer (track 3, 6, 7); lead vocals producer (track 10); drums producer (track 4)
- Paul De Lisle – producer (track 4)
- Matthew Gerrard – lead vocals producer (tracks 2, 6)
- Michael Perfitt – additional production (track 2)
- Chris Bellman – mastering (at Bernie Grundman Mastering)
- Kelly Castro – art direction, photography, design
Engineers
- Eric Valentine – producer, mixing, engineer
- Marco Martin – engineer
- Michael Perfitt – producer, engineer, mixing
- Mikael Johnston – assistant engineer
- Steve Beacham – assistant engineer
- Chris Roach – assistant engineer, engineer
- Chris Dugan – mixer