Sunshine (Liquid Gang album)

2000 studio album by Liquid Gang

Sunshine

Studio album by

Liquid Gang

Released| 15 August 2000[1]
Genre|

* Post-grunge[2]
* nu metal[3]
* alternative rock

Length| 43:44
Label|

* Lava
* Atlantic

Producer| Malcolm Springer
Liquid Gang chronology
| Nineteenth Soul
(1999)  | Sunshine
(2000)  |

|
|

Sunshine is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Liquid Gang, and their first to be released on a major label.[4]

## Reception

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Rock Hard magazine gave the record a positive review.[2] An 8/12 review came from VISIONS.de, describing parts of the album as strenuous, but overall interesting.[3]

A review from Iowa State Daily was less enthusiastic about Sunshine, describing it as "frivolous" and stating that the band had "sold out from the start".[5] Matt Capuano, writing for The Daily Titan, provided a much more positive review, comparing several aspects of the band to that of other nu metal bands such as Korn, Orgy, Deftones and Sevendust.[6]

A retrospective mention of the album in a 2019 article written by Axl Rosenberg of MetalSucks highlighted the instrumentation but criticised the vocals on the closing song "Blunt Force Trauma": "The riff ... is sufficiently heavy to make it kind of a bummer when the frontman starts doing a Sonny Sandoval."[7]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Breakdown"| 4:01
2.| "Closer"| 3:54
3.| "Show Me"| 3:15
4.| "A Better View"| 3:33
5.| "Rain"| 3:30
6.| "Drama"| 3:47
7.| "Diagram"| 3:49
8.| "Ready & Able"| 4:29
9.| "I Applaud You"| 3:17
10.| "Would You"| 4:06
11.| "Blunt Force Trauma" (contains hidden track after silence[6])| 6:03
Total length:| 43:44

## References

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1. ^ "CD Review Revue". The Stranger.
2. ^ a b "Sunshine". www.rockhard.de.
3. ^ a b "Liquid Gang: Sunshine". VISIONS.de.
4. ^ "LIQUID GANG To Reunite For One-Off Hometown Performance". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. December 6, 2006.
5. ^ "CD Reviews".
6. ^ a b Capuano, Matt (Sep 21, 2000). "Liquid Gang's blend of metal and techno will get you all wet" (PDF). Daily Titan.
7. ^ "Liquid Gang, Boiler Room, and Full Devil Jacket: Who the Fucking Fuck Are These Bands?". MetalSucks. June 27, 2019.

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