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. It was originally scheduled to be released in June 2000, but ultimately was not released until July 18 of the same year. Recording sessions took place at RPM Studios in

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. Production was handled by

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, Dante Ross, John Gamble and the band themselves. The album peaked at number 19 on the Norwegian

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''. The track "Good Life" was featured in the US sitcom, ''

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''. The album's second track “There She Goes” was featured in the critically acclaimed 2000

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film ''Bring It On''.

Track listing

Personnel

– arrangement, producers (tracks: 1, 2, 4-10), mixing (tracks: 4, 7) *Per Kristian "Boots" Ottestad – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, additional piano (track 1), additional keyboards (track 4) *Stein "Stone" Bjelland – backing vocals, lead guitar, sound effects (track 4) *Pål "Race" Morterud – backing vocals, bass, upright bass *Arne "Honda" Hovda – backing vocals, keyboards, programming, additional guitar (track 9) *Espen "Leroy" Noreger – drums, sampler, programming, additional keyboards (track 4), scratches (track 8), photography *Wendy Perez – additional vocals (track 2) *

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M. Brown – rap vocals & sound effects (track 3) *

Darryl Jenifer Darryl Jenifer (born October 22, 1960) is an American musician, widely known as the bassist for the hardcore punk band Bad Brains and for the rap-rock group The White Mandingos. He appeared in ''TV's Illest Minority Moments presented by ego tri ...

– accompanying vocals (track 5) *DJ FS – scratches (tracks: 1, 2, 9) *

– accordion (track 2), producer & recording (tracks: 1, 2, 9), mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8-10) *Jonathan Keidan – bongos (track 2), congas (track 6), additional percussion (track 9), creative director, management *

Mark Pender Mark "The Loveman" Pender (born August 21, 1957 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a trumpet player and vocalist who has played with Southside Johnny, Little Steven and Bruce Springsteen. Since 1993 he has performed on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' ...

– trumpet (track 2) *

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– trombone & arrangement (track 3) *John Scarpulla – tenor saxophone (track 3) *Tony Kadleck – trumpet (track 3) *Helge Wetaas – saxophone (tracks: 6, 7) *Bjørn Haukland – trumpet (tracks: 6, 7) *Torbjørn Solum – sonarsounds (track 7), engineering (tracks: 4-8, 10) *

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– violin (track 10) *

Dante Ross Dante Ross (born October 11, 1967) is an American music industry executive, artists and repertoire representative, and record producer. He was named one of the top-25 greatest A&R representatives in hip hop by ''Complex'' magazine. Ross has been ...

– producer & mixing (track 3) * John Gamble – producer & mixing (track 3) *Cyrille Taillandier – Pro Tools editing (tracks: 1, 2, 9) *Danny Madorsky – Pro Tools editing (tracks: 1, 2, 9) *Steve Rittler – engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 2, 9) *Tovi Rodriguez – engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 2, 9) *Jamie Staub – engineering & mixing (track 3) *Tuba Solum – mixing (tracks: 4, 7) *

Tom Coyne Tom Coyne may refer to: * Tom Coyne (writer), American writer and professor * Tom Coyne (broadcaster) (1930–2015), British television presenter * Tom Coyne (music engineer) (1954–2017), American mastering engineer * Thomas Coyne (cricketer) (187 ...

– mastering *Harald Husum – cover artwork, design *Ole Martin Lund Bø – cover artwork, design *Alice V. Butts – design *Katrin Thomas – photography *Kevin Patrick – A&R *Marty Diamond – booking *Michael Selverne – legal *Peter Malkin – co-management

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2000 albums Columbia Records albums The Getaway People albums Albums produced by Dante Ross Albums produced by John Gamble (record producer) Albums produced by Nick Sansano