In the Pursuit of Leisure
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| Studio album by Sugar Ray | ||||
| Released |
June 3, 2003 June 9, 2004 |
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| Recorded | Henson Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 41:06 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | David Kahne | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 68/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| Rolling Stone | |
June 3, 2003
In the Pursuit of Leisure is Sugar Ray's fifth studio album released in 2003. Hip-hop artists Esthero and Shaggy guest-star on the album.
It features the single "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)", a song which includes samples from both Sweet's hit "Love Is Like Oxygen" and Midnight Star's hit "No Parking (On the Dance Floor)." That track was a success and reached the #20 spot on Billboard's Adult Top 40. A cover of Joe Jackson's new wave song "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" was released as the second single. It had similar success and reached the #29 spot on Billboard's Adult Top 40.
The album only sold 135,000 copies, far less than the band's prior self-titled release, which had gone platinum. The album's commercial failure led to a six-year gap in releasing their next album.
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