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| Schmack! | ||||
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| Released | February 29, 2004 | |||
| Studio | Henson Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA) | |||
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| Length | 38:23 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | David Kahne | |||
| Steriogram chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Schmack! | ||||
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![]() 2005 Special Tour Edition | ||||
Schmack! is the debut studio album by New Zealand rock band Steriogram, released on 29 February 2004 by Capitol Records. The album was recorded In Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California[1]. The album was re-released as a tour edition in 2005. The song "Walkie Talkie Man" featured on an Apple iPod ad and a number of films and video games, and its video clip was nominated for a Grammy and four MTV music awards.
To date more than 250,000 copies of the album have been sold.
One song, "White Trash", had previously been released as a single in 2000. In addition to "Walkie Talkie Man", four others were released as singles: "Roadtrip", "Go", "Tsunami" and "On and On". "Walkie Talkie Man" debuted at #19 on the UK Singles Chart and reached #14 on the New Zealand chart. "Go" peaked at #28 in the New Zealand RIANZ Chart.[2] The promo release of "Go" had an instrumental of "Go" on the b-side, and the UK release had "Free".
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Classic Rock | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
All songs written by Tyson Kennedy, Tim Youngson, Bradley Carter, Jacob Adams, Jared Wrenell)
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] | 3 |
| Chart (2004) | Position |
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| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] | 50 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| New Zealand (RMNZ)[8] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||