''All About Chemistry'' is the third and most recent studio album by American

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band

Semisonic Semisonic is an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1995, consisting of Dan Wilson (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), John Munson (bass, keyboards, backing vocals, guitar), and Jacob Slichter (drums, percussion, keyboards, ba ...

, released on March 13, 2001, through

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. With this release, the band failed, at least in America, to capitalize on the momentum it had generated with the song " Closing Time" from their previous album, '' Feeling Strangely Fine''. This had a softer edge than ''Feeling Strangely Fine'' and was not as popular with the fans. By 2002, the album had sold 58,000 copies, and its poor sales partially led to the band going on an unofficial hiatus. However, it has a five star rating by ''

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''. The track "Chemistry" was featured on the soundtrack for ''

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''. The song "One True Love" was co-written by the band's singer/guitarist, Dan Wilson and music legend

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. The song "Get a Grip" is an ode to

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. The title track was included on the album "Nolee Mix" which was released to promote the

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dolls. The special edition of the album features cover art with orange (or pink in the UK) fluid in the vials instead of the blue fluid of the original. It includes two bonus tracks, "Girlfriend" and "Ordinary Life"; instead of being tacked onto the end, they appear between "Get a Grip" and "Surprise."

Critical reception

'' Q'' listed ''All About Chemistry'' as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Wilson, except where noted.

Charts

Personnel

* Dan Wilson – vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards *

John Munson John Munson (born December 13, 1966) is an American musician who is best known as the bass player for Semisonic. He was also a member of Trip Shakespeare during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Trip Shakespeare Matt Wilson, lead vocalist of Tri ...

– bass, piano, keyboards, trombone *

Jacob Slichter Jacob Slichter (born Jacob Huber Slichter, April 5, 1961) is an American musician. He is best known for being the drummer for the rock band Semisonic. Early life Slichter, the son of physicist Charles Slichter, was born in Boston, Massachu ...

– drums, piano, keyboards Guest musicians *

Ken Chastain Kenneth Lee Chastain (born October 15, 1964, Hanover, New Hampshire) is a musician, engineer, and producer currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is featured on percussion on Ziggy Marley's ''Love Is My Religion'' album and many other well ...

– congas on "Act Naturally", darbuca on "Sunshine & Chocolate", Korg WaveDrum on "I Wish", tabla on "El Matador" *

– vocals, electric piano on "One True Love" * Matt Wilson – additional vocals, synth on "Bed" * John Fields – synths, loops, bass on "Sunshine & Chocolate" *

Gary Louris Gary Louris (born March 10, 1955) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter of alternative country and pop music. He was a founding member of the Minneapolis-based band the Jayhawks and their principal songwriter and vocalist after the ...

– guitar solo on "I Wish" * Shane Washington – french horn on "Surprise"

References

External links

* {{Authority control Semisonic albums 2001 albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Dan Wilson (musician)