Life on Display
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| Studio album by Puddle of Mudd | ||||
| Released | November 25, 2003 | |||
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| Length | 55:36 | |||
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Life on Display is the third studio album by post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd. It was produced by John Kurzweg whose previous work includes Creed, Socialburn, and No Address. Despite generally negative reviews, the album reached #20 on the Billboard 200 album chart and spawned one hit single, "Away from Me," which reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. Two additional minor hits, "Spin You Around" and "Heel Over Head," charted on the U.S. Mainstream Rock and Alternative charts. All three singles had corresponding music videos.
To date, Life on Display has sold 706,191 units in the United States compared their previous album, Come Clean, which has sold over three million copies in the U.S. and has been certified 3x platinum.
Contents
History
Puddle of Mudd began writing material for the second album while on tour for their first in 2002.[2] 18 songs were recorded for the record.[3] The band spent over 8 months in various studios recording the material.[4] Singer Scantlin had to learn new chord progression for the track, "Time Flies." A B-Side song entitled, "Bleed" was loaned for the movie, The Punisher. An unrealeased song called "Galvanic" garnered some attention due to the fact Scantlin cried during playback for it.[5][6]
Promotion
The "Away from Me" video was featured during the 10th season of Making the Video. Puddle of Mudd also performed four tracks off the album on the November 25 debut episode of Fuse TV's 7th Avenue Drop. "Nothing Left to Lose" served as the main theme song for WWE's Royal Rumble 2004. Also went as one of the soundtrack of the famous TV series The O.C.
Critical response
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (37/100)[7] |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Blender | [7] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[8] |
| Q | [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
Initial critical response to Life on Display was generally unfavorable. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 37, based on seven reviews.[7] Life on Display received largely average to poor reviews from Entertainment Weekly, E Online, and Allmusic. Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone gave the album a mere 1 out of 5 stars, citing "the predominant emotion transmitted by these tired, hookless tunes is a kind of skull-banging numbness."
Track listing
All tracks by Wesley Scantlin except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Away from Me" | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Heel Over Head" | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Nothing Left to Lose" | 4:30 |
| 4. | "Change My Mind" (Scantlin, Doug Ardito) | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Spin You Around" | 4:27 |
| 6. | "Already Gone" | 4:32 |
| 7. | "Think" | 4:10 |
| 8. | "Cloud 9" | 3:34 |
| 9. | "Bottom" | 5:22 |
| 10. | "Freak of the World" | 3:36 |
| 11. | "Sydney" | 4:58 |
| 12. | "Time Flies" | 7:05 |
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 13. | "Life Ain't Fair" | 3:45 |
| 14. | "Daddy" | 4:17 |
| 15. | "Bleed" | 3:34 |
Credits
- Wesley Scantlin: Vocals, Guitar, Acoustic guitar
- Paul Phillips: Lead guitar
- Doug Ardito: Bass guitar, Acoustic guitar
- Greg Upchurch: Drums, Percussion, Vocals
- Bill McGathy: Tambourine
- Peter Katsis: Triangle
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- Additional credits:
- John Kurzweg: Executive Producer, Engineer
- Andy Wallace: Mixing
References
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- ↑ Puddle of Mudd - Recording Studio (Life On Display) on YouTube
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