Spend the Night (The Donnas album)
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| Studio album by The Donnas | ||||
| Released | October 22, 2002 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 39:52 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | David Anthony, Gloria Gabriel (DVD producers) Jason Carmer, Robert Shimp (Record producers) |
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (74/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Alternative Press |  [1] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[4] |
| Hot Press | 7/10[5] |
| Pitchfork Media | (2.9/10)[6] |
| Playlouder | [7] |
| PopMatters |   [1][8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[10] |
| Uncut | [11] |
| Yahoo! Music UK | [12] |
Spend the Night is the fifth studio album and major label debut by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2002 on Atlantic Records. It was the band's first charting record on the Billboard Hot 200, peaking at #62, and features their most successful single, "Take It Off," which peaked at #19 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, and has been included in several video games and movies, notably as a playable track in the original Guitar Hero for PlayStation 2, and a downloadable track in several other games in the series. The track "Who Invited You" was featured in the video games MVP Baseball 2003, Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild, and True Crime: Streets of LA.[13] The track "Take It Off" was also featured in the Birds of Prey episode, "Gladiatrix."
Track listing
All songs by Brett Anderson, Torry Castellano, Maya Ford and Allison Robertson.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "It's On The Rocks" | 2:54 |
| 2. | "Take It Off" | 2:40 |
| 3. | "Who Invited You" | 3:30 |
| 4. | "All Messed Up" | 3:11 |
| 5. | "Dirty Denim" | 3:26 |
| 6. | "You Wanna Get Me High" | 2:55 |
| 7. | "I Don't Care (So There)" | 2:47 |
| 8. | "Pass It Around" | 3:27 |
| 9. | "Too Bad About Your Girl" | 2:50 |
| 10. | "Not The One" | 2:46 |
| 11. | "Please Don't Tease" | 2:51 |
| 12. | "Take Me To The Backseat" | 2:22 |
| 13. | "5 O'Clock In The Morning" | 4:13 |
| Bonus track | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 14. | "Big Rig (International bonus track)" | |
| 15. | "Backstage (Japanese bonus track)" | |
Personnel
The Donnas
- Brett Anderson - vocals
- Allison Robertson - guitar, vocals
- Maya Ford - bass guitar
- Torry Castellano - drums, percussion, vocals
Additional personnel
- The Hellacopters - background vocals
Production
- Producer: Jason Carmer, Robert Shimp (Record)
- Producer: David Anthony, Gloria Gabriel (DVD)
- Engineers: Sean Beresford, Jason Carmer, Dime Assistant, Clint Roth, Robert Shimp
- Assistant Engineers: Jesse Nichols, Michael Rosen
- Mixing: Chris Lord-Alge
- Mastering: Emily Lazar
- Assistant Mastering Engineer: Sarah Register
- Audio Supervisor: Scott Smith
- A&R: Nick Casinelli, Mary Gormley
- Drum Technician: Paul Revelli
- Art Direction: Christina Dittmar
- Cover Art Concept: The Donnas
- Artwork: Stephen Stickler
- Photography: Stephen Stickler
- Cover Photo: Stephen Stickler
- Direction: Popglory Art
- Camera operators: The Donnas, Tim Baker, Jackie Kelso
- Animation: Chris Becker
- Interviewer: Andy Dick
- Interviewee: The Donnas
- Model: Davy Newkirk
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2002 | Billboard 200 | 62 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2003 | "Take It Off" | Modern Rock Tracks | 17 |
| 2003 | "Take It Off" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 31 |
| 2003 | "Take It Off" | Dutch Singles Charts [1] | 100 |
| 2003 | "Who Invited You" | Hot Singles Sales [2] | 65 |
Trivia
- The song "Take It Off" has been featured in the films Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, The Hangover, and the PlayStation 2 version of Guitar Hero, and as a part of a 3-song downloadable pack via Xbox Live for the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. It appeared one more time in Guitar Hero Smash Hits. It was also featured in the Birds of Prey episode, "Gladiatrix".
- "Who Invited You" was featured in EA Sports' MVP Baseball 2003.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Critic reviews at Metacritic
- ↑ Allmusic review
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- ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
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- ↑ Pitchfork Media review
- ↑ Playlouder review at the Wayback Machine (archived May 1, 2003)
- ↑ PopMatters review
- ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 1, 2007)
- ↑ Robert Christgau review
- ↑ Uncut review
- ↑ Yahoo! Music UK review at the Wayback Machine (archived August 11, 2004)
- ↑ [3]
