The Gift of Game

The Gift of Game
Studio album by Crazy Town
Released November 9, 1999 (1999-11-09) (US)
Recorded 1999 at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles
Genre
Length 45:17
Label Columbia
Producer Josh Abraham
Crazy Town chronology
The Gift of Game
(1999)		 Darkhorse
(2002)Darkhorse2002
Singles from The Gift of Game
  1. "Toxic"
    Released: September 9, 1999
  2. "Darkside"
    Released: June 10, 2000
  3. "Butterfly"
    Released: November 13, 2000
  4. "Revolving Door"
    Released: August 14, 2001

The Gift of Game is the debut album by Los Angeles band Crazy Town. It was released on November 9, 1999 in the U.S. by Columbia Records. The album yielded the band its biggest hit to date with "Butterfly" which reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100[5] on March 24, 2001.

Worldwide the album sold more than 2.5 million units,[6] with more than 1.5 million in the US alone.[7]

The girl licking the lollipop on the cover of the album is a fictional character created by Crazy Town, known as "Little Lolita". Both the album title and the picture of Little Lolita are based on lyrics from the song "Lollipop Porn". The album cover was designed by co-lead singer Shifty Shellshock's father and uncle.[8] A song titled "Lolita" later appeared on Shellshock's solo album Happy Love Sick and her image reappears on Crazytown's third album The Brimstone Sluggers.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
NME[3]
Panorama[9]

Steve Huey at AllMusic described the album as "similar to many other rap-inflected alternative metal albums in that it concentrates on sound over structure, creating macho, aggressive grooves with grinding, noisily textured guitars and the underlying feel of squared-off hip-hop beats. Huey argued that despite signs of Limp Bizkit's "juvenile humor", the album "shows promise".[4] April Long of NME criticized the album for its generic guitar riffs, and containing "some of the most Neanderthal lyrics ever written".[3]

Track listing

(Tracks 15 to 31 are silence)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro"Shifty Shellshock, Doug Miller0:25
2."Toxic"Shellshock, Miller, Bret Mazur2:48
3."Think Fast" (featuring Dirty Unit)Shellshock, Mazur, Miller, Rust Epique, Torshawn Roland, Percy Washington3:52
4."Darkside"Shellshock, Mazur3:52
5."Black Cloud" (featuring Jay Gordon of Orgy)Shellshock, Mazur, Miller, Epique, Gordon, Bernard Williams5:02
6."Butterfly" (sampled Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Pretty Little Ditty")Shellshock, Mazur, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, John Frusciante3:36
7."Only When I'm Drunk" (Tha Alkaholiks cover)Tash, J-Ro, E-Swift2:47
8."Hollywood Babylon" (featuring Mad Lion)Shellshock, Mazur, Mad Lion4:23
9."Face the Music"Shellshock, Mazur3:24
10."Lollipop Porn"Shellshock, Mazur, Nicole Lorenzo3:54
11."Revolving Door"Shellshock, Mazur3:40
12."Players (Only Love You When They're Playing)" (featuring Jenny Sipprelle)Shellshock, Mazur, Williams, Anthony Valli4:13
13."B-Boy 2000" (featuring KRS-One)Shellshock, Mazur, KRS-One, Williams, Valli, Miller, Epique4:27
14."Outro www.crazytown.com" 1:19
15."The Gift of Game"  
32.Untitled (hidden track) 0:55

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales
Australia Gold[10] 2001 35,000+
Canada Platinum[11] July 11, 2001 100,000+
Finland Gold[12] 2001 20,933
UK Gold[13] June 6, 2014 100,000+
US Platinum[14] February 6, 2001 1,500,000+[7]

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[15]		 US
Alt.
[15]		 US
Main.
[15]		 AUS
[16]		 NLD
[17]		 NZL
[18]		 FIN
[19]		 GER
[20]		 SWI
[21]		 UK
[22]		 SWE
[23]		 NOR
[24]
1999 "Toxic" — — — — — — — — — — — —
2000 "Darkside" — — — — — — — — — — — —
"Butterfly" 1 1 21 4 8 2 2 1 1 3 2 1
2001 "Revolving Door" — — — 76[25] 71 — 19 26 43 23 46 —
"—" denotes a single that didn't chart

Personnel

Crazy Town

Additional personnel

  • Troy Van Leeuwen – guitars on "Darkside"
  • Jay Gordon – keyboards on "Darkside", refrain in "Black Cloud"
  • Stephen Costantino – guitars on "Revolving Door" and "Hollywood Babylon"

References

  1. ↑ "Winging It: a profile on the band Crazy Town". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Guitar World Presents Nu-metal". Guitar World. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Long, April (April 13, 2001). "Crazy Town : The Gift Of Game". NME. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 The Gift of Game at AllMusic. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Crazy Town - Bio". MTV. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Crazytown - Darkhorse". Melodic. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  7. 1 2 Jeckell, Barry (January 10, 2002). "News on Crazy Town, Nelly, NY Metropolis Fest". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  8. ↑ Edwards, Gavin (March 15, 2001). "Q&A: Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town". Rolling Stone. No. 864. p. 35.
  9. ↑ "The Gift of Game – Limp Bizkit: Se Opp!". panorama.no. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  10. ↑ ARIA album chart – 2001
  11. ↑ Canada certifications "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved 2012-04-14. (Retrieved April 26, 2009)
  12. ↑ Finland certifications (Retrieved September 21, 2010)
  13. ↑ UK Charts Archived March 5, 2011, at WebCite Search ' Crazy TOWN'
  14. ↑ U.S. certifications riaa.com Archived January 17, 2010, at WebCite (Retrieved April 26, 2009)
  15. 1 2 3 "Artist Chart History – singles". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  16. ↑ Australian Singles Charting
  17. ↑ Dutch Singles Charting
  18. ↑ New Zealand Singles Charting
  19. ↑ Finnish Singles Charting
  20. ↑ German Singles Charting
  21. ↑ Swiss Singles Charting
  22. ↑ UK Charting Search for: "Crazy Town"
  23. ↑ Swedish Charts – Crazy Town
  24. ↑ Norway Charts – Crazy Town
  25. ↑ "ARIA Report Issue 597 – Week commencing 6th August 2001" (PDF). Pandora Archive. Archived from the original on February 21, 2002. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
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