Astro Lounge

Astro Lounge is the second album by the American rock band Smash Mouth, released on June 8, 1999 by Interscope Records. It includes the single "All Star", arguably the group's most well-known song, which reached number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Three other singles were released from the album, including "Waste" and "Then the Morning Comes".

Astro Lounge
Studio album by
Smash Mouth
ReleasedJune 8, 1999
RecordedJuly 1998–April 1999
StudioH.O.S. Recording, Redwood City, California
Genre
Length50:26
LabelInterscope
ProducerEric Valentine
Smash Mouth chronology
Fush Yu Mang
(1997)		 Astro Lounge
(1999)		 Smash Mouth
(2001)
Singles from Astro Lounge
  1. "Can't Get Enough of You Baby"
    Released: June 12, 1998
  2. "All Star"
    Released: May 4, 1999
  3. "Then the Morning Comes"
    Released: September 12, 1999
  4. "Waste"
    Released: April 27, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Alternative Press4/5[4]
Christgau's Consumer Guide[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Q[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Spin7/10[10]
USA Today[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Greg Camp, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Eric Valentine.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Who's There" 3:33
2."Diggin' Your Scene" 3:10
3."I Just Wanna See"
3:45
4."Waste" 3:27
5."All Star" 3:21
6."Satellite" 3:39
7."Radio" 3:21
8."Stoned" 4:10
9."Then the Morning Comes"
3:04
10."Road Man" 2:31
11."Fallen Horses"
4:06
12."Defeat You" 3:54
13."Come On, Come On"
  • Camp
  • Harwell
2:33
14."Home" 3:12
15."Can't Get Enough of You Baby" (The Four Seasons cover)
2:30

Song information

"All Star"

"All Star" was featured in the 1999 film Mystery Men, the 2000 film Digimon: The Movie, and the 2001 film Shrek. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.[12]

"Then the Morning Comes"

"Then the Morning Comes" was used in a TV commercial by Nissan. It was Smash Mouth's first single to enter the Billboard charts, reaching number eleven, though it was somewhat eclipsed by the success of "All Star" from the same album.

"Can't Get Enough of You Baby"

Smash Mouth recorded a cover of "Can't Get Enough of You Baby" in 1998 for inclusion in the film Can't Hardly Wait. Their version is reminiscent of Question Mark and the Mysterians 1967 cover version (as well as Question Mark and the Mysterians' 1967 hit, "96 Tears"). It was also released as a single in 1998, and later appeared on Astro Lounge. It was the last song on the album and also the shortest (by one second).

The song was first recorded by The Four Seasons and then The Toys, both in 1966 (though neither band released the song as a single). It was also recorded by The Colourfield in 1985.

In early 2007, Pizza Hut aired a series of commercials featuring "Can't Get Enough of You Baby" in the background.

TNT Networks also used this track for a montage of "classic" movies to be shown, including Pretty Woman.

"Diggin' Your Scene"

"Diggin' Your Scene" was used in episode 17 of the first season of the television show Alias. Thirty minutes into the flashback episode "Q & A", the song plays over a montage of the protagonist Sydney Bristow performing a series of action stunts and costume changes (while the lyric "every day a new disguise, every night a Halloween" is sung).

"Road Man"

Afternoon drive personality Kenny Roda uses "Road Man" as a bumper for his radio show, heard in Cleveland, Ohio on ESPN 850 WKNR.

"Come On, Come On"

"Come On, Come On" was featured in a Gap commercial and the films Big Fat Liar, Dude, Where's My Car?, Snow Day, and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. The song was also used in the episode "Queen Bebe" from the hit television series Kim Possible.

Personnel

Additional musicians

References
  1. Novak, Ralph (1999-07-19). "Picks and Pans Review: Astro Lounge". People.com. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  2. Sinclair, Tom (June 11, 1999). "Astro Lounge". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Astro Lounge – Smash Mouth". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  4. "Smash Mouth: Astro Lounge". Alternative Press (133): 89–92. August 1999.
  5. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Smash Mouth: Astro Lounge". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  6. Masuo, Sandy (June 6, 1999). "Smash Mouth, 'Astro Lounge,' Interscope". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  7. "Smash Mouth: Astro Lounge". Q (156): 114–16. September 1999.
  8. Farr, Kathryn (June 24, 1999). "Smash Mouth: Astro Lounge". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  9. Harris, Keith (2004). "Smash Mouth". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 748–49. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  10. Blashill, Pat (July 1999). "Smash Mouth: Astro Lounge". Spin. 15 (7): 134–36. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  11. Gundersen, Edna (July 13, 1999). "Smash Mouth, Astro Lounge". USA Today.
  12. "Smash Mouth's GRAMMY Awards History".
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