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Track Listings
| 1. New Direction |
| 2. Every Morning |
| 3. Falls Apart |
| 4. Personal Space Invader |
| 5. Live & Direct |
| 6. Someday |
| 7. Aim For Me |
| 8. Ode To The Lonely Hearted |
| 9. Burning Dog |
| 10. Even Though |
| 11. Abracadabra |
| 12. Glory |
| 13. New Direction |
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These Southern California frat rockers have learned what they do best. Gone are the damaged noise-fests that recall a more polished Rage Against the Machine and middle-period Stooges. Filling those spots are light-hearted ditties such as "Even Though" and "Falls Apart" that boast tropical guitar flourishes and almost Beatlesque harmonies. On 1997's Floored, the breeziness of "Fly" was the exception; on 14:59, it is the rule. Sugar Ray have cleaned up, sanitized, and civilized themselves, which might not be a bad thing in terms of accessibility and airplay. Some fans, however, might miss the hard-partying, screaming misanthropes of yore. And even the inclusion of old-school rapper KRS-One on "Live & Direct" doesn't make up for Sugar Ray's loss of innocence--although their shimmering cover of Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" inspires affection. Another saving grace is that they haven't lost their sense of humour, dubbing the album 14:59 as a homage to Andy Warhol's 15 fleeting minutes of fame. It would be an error, however, to conclude that Sugar Ray's hourglass is running out. --Jaan Uhelszki
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SUGAR RAY 14:59 (1999 US 13-track CD album complete with fold-out picture sleeve. This copy has been dedicated and B>AUTOGRAPHED Von - What Up by Murphy Karges and Rodney Sheppard across the front of the sleeve in a black marker pen)
** Complete With Certificate Of Authenticity **
** Complete With Certificate Of Authenticity **
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Sugar Ray was obciously in great danger of becoming just another one hit wonder with "Fly", which sounded nothing like the thrash-metal of the rest of Floored. They acknowledge their allegedly nearly elapsed fifteen minutes of fame with the title. But are those fifteen minutes up? "Every Morning" already has heavy radio airplay, and there are plenty of other tunes on the album that are potential hits. "Falls Apart", my favorite track on the album, adds in distorted guitars (something seemingly lost in rock music these days) and a chorus that everybody will be singing along to. Other tracks throw in Beatles-like melodies ("Someday", "Ode to the Lonely Hearted"), and there's still time left for the band's original loud sound, as shown on the hilarious opener, a death metal spoof, and hard-hitting tracks like "Personal Space Invader" and "Glory". This is an awesome album that shows that the band's fifteen minutes aren't nearly up.
Format:Audio CD
Of course every chick loves this band and especially Sugar Ray, the voice and looks makes a groovy impression. But I saw him in a MuchMusic interview and he seems like a really nice down-to-earth kind of guy, no ego. These are really good catchy tunes for your mom and girlfriend. By the way, they did this hockey song (not on this album) that rocks!! I love the line: Jesus saves, now he shoots and scores <g>
David Rehak
author of "A Young Girl's Crimes"
By Sara Swihart
Format:Audio CD
Madonna reinvents her music and image all the time, and few people give her a lot of static about it. Sugar Ray does it and they lose 'fans'. Welcome to the REAL music world, if you constantly do the same thing with different words, you'll get old fast, look at Boyzone.
This album is completely different that "Lemonade & Brownies" and "Floored". Sugar Ray is much mellower. The heavy rock guitar work is replaced with Mark McGrath's acoustic guitar.
I really think that album marked in a turning point in the guys' lives, particularly Stan Frazier's. His mother died and the album is dedicated to her.
Hearing "Every Morning" on the radio is what originally prompted me to buy this. I listened to it over and over again. Then "Someday" and "Falls Apart" were in the radio line-up. I listened to them all the time. Finally, I put the CD in and just pushed play. When I listened to it, I 'discovered' "Ode To The Lonely Heart," which really describes the feelings you have after a relationship ends.
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a change for the better
"I'm glad sugar ray changed their style of music so it doesn't have a PARENTAL ADVISORY stamped on the front. Read more
Published on Jun 20 2003
2.0 out of 5 stars
It's not so good :'(
It's okay :'( I like it somewhat, but it seems really short since they 11 tracks aren't all full songs. The two "New Direction" tracks are really short. Read more
Published on May 22 2003 by "damondogsb"
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Musical Revolution for Sugar Ray
Ah yes... Sugar Ray's 14:59. It's been four long years since this album's hit stores and it still goes without saying that it truely is one of the best Sugar Ray albums recorded. Read more
Published on Mar 20 2003
1.0 out of 5 stars
This album ...
This album is complete ..., I use to like sugar ray, hate them eternally. And this album did not "save" their career. Their career was going perfectly fine, but the ... Read more
Published on Dec 24 2002 by Snooch
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sugar Ray's 3rd full-length
sugar Ray's intro to their poppy side, it's still good.
Published on Oct 12 2002 by allyourbase
5.0 out of 5 stars
This CD is simply the best Sugar Ray CD released.
14:59 is the best Sugar Ray album (in my opinion) that I've ever bought. That's certainly a very impressive statement. Sugar Ray has worked hard to create this 1999 release. Read more
Published on Sep 22 2002 by mez
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun cool CD
This is a fun, cool CD. My favorite song is the cover of "Abracadabra". This CD shows that Sugar Ray is a band that can play many different types of music, and still... Read more
Published on Aug 10 2002 by Donna Grayson
5.0 out of 5 stars
1999's BEST RELEASE!!!
Sugar Ray's 3rd album, "14:59" is a great CD- my 2nd-favorite band, and my 2nd-favorite CD from Sugar Ray. Songs such as "Every Morning" and "Someday" are great songs. Read more
Published on July 30 2002 by mike ezawa
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sugar Ray covers all genres of music, maybe too many
This is the second Sugar Ray album to get airplay on the radio. It offers a huge variety of sounds, melodies, and even genres of music, anywhere from alternative, rock and funk, to... Read more
Published on Mar 20 2002 by Jeff Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rollin' music
I love this CD. I bought this CD when "Fly" first came out, and everybody thought that Sugar Ray was just anothe flash in the pan... I knew better. Read more
Published on Feb 28 2002 by Akilah D.
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