''A Place in the Sun'' is the second

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band Lit.

Release

Produced by Don Gilmore, the album was released on February 23, 1999 by Dirty Martini and

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. It was the band's first release through a major label. The song "No Big Thing", which originally appeared on their previous album '' Tripping the Light Fantastic'', was re-recorded for this album, and eventually appeared on the

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'' Jarrett & Labonte Stock Car Racing''. On December 9, 2013, the band announced on its

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page that it would perform a special 15th anniversary show for ''A Place in the Sun'', when the band would play the entire album from start to finish on February 28, 2014, at the

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in Anaheim, California.

Reception and legacy

The album peaked at #31 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, Singles from the album were " My Own Worst Enemy", which reached #1 on ''

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chart for eleven weeks, " Zip-Lock" and " Miserable". ''A Place in the Sun'' has been certified platinum by in sales by the

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, in the United States. ''A Place in the Sun'' received mixed reviews. Leslie Matthew in ''

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'' described it as "an album that is sonically more focused, but it also unfortunately makes the band sound like replicas of a dozen of their post-grunge contemporaries: neither

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'', the songs "My Own Worst Enemy" and "No Big Thing" were described as having "a hook as sharp and persistent as a leech". It went on to say, "Gonzoid trash fun maybe, but how we got from The

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to here remains a mystery." ''NME'' listed the album as one of "20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic". The album was a massive influence on

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's '' Broadcast to the World'' (2006).Sayce 2014, p. 36

Track listing

;B-sides # "Bitter" # "Money" # "Down” (acoustic) # "Snowblind"

Personnel

;Lit * A. Jay Popoff – lead vocals * Jeremy Popoff – guitar,

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, backing vocals * Kevin Baldes – bass * Allen Shellenberger – drums ;Additional musicians * Don Gilmore – backing vocals, handclaps on "Lovely Day" * Michael "Elvis" Baskette – handclaps * Larry Williams –

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* Reggie C. Young –

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* Gary Grant –

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– trombone * Niels Bye Nielsen – Mellotron ;Management Ruta E. Sepetys – management ;Production *Don Gilmore – producer,

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*Bruce Flohr, Ron Fair – A&R direction *Patty McGuire – A&R relations *Matt Griffin – assistant engineer *Daniel Mendez – editing, engineer *Michael "Elvis" Baskette, Cameron Webb – assistant engineers *George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound *Brian Malouf – mixing at Pacifique *Brian Young – mixing assistant ;Artwork *Brett Kilroe – art direction * Kalynn Campbell – illustration *Jon Gipe – band photography *Dennis Hallinan – cover photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

; Citations ;Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Place In The Sun, A Lit (band) albums 1999 albums RCA Records albums it:A Place in the Sun#Musica