The Sandy Cheeks Show

Front Album cover.

### Recorded

October 2000 - February 2001 at Sugar Hill Recording Studios, Houston, Texas and The Cutting Room Studios, New York

### Genre

Post-grunge, nu metal, power pop, psychedelic rock

### Label

Geffen Records

The Sandy Cheeks Show is the 3rd solo album by American musician Sandy Cheeks, bassist/vocalist of The Infection. It was released on June 23rd, 2001, just over a year after the release of If It Was Your Last Moment.

Recording the album proved to be a challenge as the band members struggled with lingering interpersonal problems and musical uncertainty in the wake of two increasingly successful rock albums and the departure of Jason Shrout. It features guest appearances from Chester Bennington, Michael Tait, Beyoncé, Chris Cornell, Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, Ringo Starr and Jennifer Lopez.

The album contains several tracks that focuses more on the power pop and nu metal sound. Upon its release, It received generally positive reviews from music critics. The record was both a commercial and critical success (selling more than 3 million copies) and went 2x Platinum according to RIAA. It peaked at No. 9 on the *Billboard* 200.

Its hit singles "Sweet Victory", "Cigarettes And Valentines" and "I'm Gonna See You" became the artist's most popular and successful songs, which received her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at 45th Annual Grammy Awards and has reached No.1 on *Billboard* Alternative Songs. By December 2001, it reached number one on the US *Billboard* 200 and was selling approximately 800,000 copies a week. The album brought post-grunge to a mainstream audience. drawing similarities to the British Invasion of American popular music. Among the most acclaimed and influential albums in the history of music, it was added to the National Recording Registry in 2020 as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important", and is frequently ranked on lists of the greatest albums of all time.

The song "Sweet Victory" gained significant online popularity throughout the next 14 years, and became common among internet memes and comical remixes, especially in support of Sandy Cheeks's struggles with her mental health.

## Singles

1. Sweet Victory (Released - June 23rd, 2001)
2. Cigarettes And Valentines (Released - July 4th, 2001)
3. I'm Gonna See You (Released - July 27th, 2001)
4. Plasma Dome (Released - August 22nd, 2001)
5. They (Released - September 7th, 2001)
6. Fighting For Your Gasoline (Released - October 31st, 2001)
7. Oh Well, George (Released - February 10th, 2002)

## Tracklist

1. Welcome To The Show (Intro)
2. Sweet Victory
3. Thunder
4. Let Me Say
5. I'm Gonna See You
6. Six Feet (ft. Chester Bennington)
7. Nine O'clock
8. Last Call (ft. Elliott Smith)
9. Fighting For Your Gasoline
10. Plasma Dome
11. They
12. Rosenberg (Skit)
13. Every Where I Go
14. Cigarettes And Valentines
15. Massacre
16. Save Each Other
17. Oh Well, George
18. Memory Lane (ft. Josh Homme)
19. Walking After You (ft. Dave Grohl)
20. Diamond Platinum
21. Think About It
22. Ghosts of Tomorrow
23. Rock Bottom's Dark Secrets

#### Personnel

* Sandy Cheeks - lead guitar, lead vocals
* Trever Keith - bass guitar
* Scott Danough - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
* SpongeBob SquarePants - additional guitars, vocals on "I'm Gonna See You" and "Sweet Victory", programming
* Chris Vrenna - drums, percussion

## 20th anniversary edition

In late-August 2022, The SquarePants-Cheeks Family Estate announced the release of the anniversary edition of the album to celebrate 20 years of the album's release. It was later released on September 23rd, 2022.

##### Disc 1 - Original release

1. Welcome To The Show (Intro)
2. Sweet Victory
3. Thunder
4. Let Me Say
5. I'm Gonna See You
6. Six Feet (ft. Chester Bennington)
7. Nine O'clock
8. Last Call (ft. Elliott Smith)
9. Fighting For Your Gasoline
10. Plasma Dome
11. They
12. Rosenberg (Skit)
13. Every Where I Go
14. Cigarettes And Valentines
15. Massacre
16. Save Each Other
17. Oh Well, George
18. Memory Lane (ft. Josh Homme)
19. Walking After You (ft. Dave Grohl)
20. Diamond Platinum
21. Think About It
22. Ghosts of Tomorrow
23. Rock Bottom's Dark Secrets

#### Disc 2 - Rarities/B-Sides

1. You Drive Me Crazy (Britney Spears cover; appeared on the Antitrust and Shadows Descending 2: Portsmouth soundtracks, as well as the Coma-bitch EP.)
2. 24 (2000 demo)
3. Make Me Bad (ft. Jonathan Davis & Ironheart Castle) ("I'm Gonna See You" single)
4. Here Comes the Boom (appeared on Supercross, and the "They" single)
5. Run This Town (appeared on Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX, and the "Cigarettes And Valentines" single)
6. Stealer (1999 demo)
7. American Jesus (Bad Religion cover) ("Fighting For Your Gasoline" single)
8. Numb (ft. Rob Zombie) (appeared on Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX, and the "Cigarettes And Valentines" single)
9. The Theater ("I'm Gonna See You" single)
10. Skeleton Astronaut ("Sweet Victory" single)
11. I'm Gonna See You (live at BBC Radio 1; August 2001)
12. Fighting For Your Gasoline (live at BBC Radio 1; August 2001)

#### Disc 3 - Live at Wembley Stadium; November 17th-18th, 2001

1. ***Tape Intro***
2. Here Comes the Boom
3. Cigarettes And Valentines
4. Let Me Say
5. Requiem
6. Fighting For Your Gasoline
7. Hell On Earth
8. They
9. I'm Gonna See You
10. Thunder
11. Six Feet (ft. Chester Bennington)
12. Hurt Of Ionization
13. Ocean Man
14. Me And My Friends
15. Diamond Platinum
16. Sweet Victory
17. Mythologic
18. Oh Well, George
19. Lullaby
20. Help (The Beatles cover)
21. I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges cover) (ft. Iggy Pop)
22. Born Thrillers
23. Another Space Song
24. Plasma Dome
25. American Jesus (Bad Religion cover)
26. Turn Away, Baby
27. Unkind
28. Horizon
29. Atmospheric
30. You Drive Me Crazy (Britney Spears cover)
31. Believe Me
32. Knock On Wood
33. The Candle Is Still Lit
34. Ghosts of Tomorrow