Stick Around for Joy
Stick Around for Joy is the third and final studio album by Icelandic alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. It was released in 1992 by Elektra. The album was supported by four singles: "Hit", which reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US and #17 on the UK Singles Chart, "Walkabout", "Vitamin" and "Leash Called Love", which went #1 on the US Dance chart. The album peaked at #95 on the "Billboard" 200 and went #16 on the official UK albums chart (OCC), marking the band's lowest charting positions on both charts. Production . The band recorded the album in the United States, with producer Paul Fox. Critical reception. "Trouser Press" wrote that "Björk’s singing is shapely, passionate and willfully bizarre; she carries the album pretty much on her own." "MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide" deemed "Stick Around for Joy" the band's "most accessible and, true to its name, happiest sounding album, packed end to end with lively and tuneful dance pop." "The Rolling Stone Album Guide" thought that "it's the churning interplay of guitarist Thor Eldon and the rhythm section that ultimately carries the album." The "Orlando Sentinel" wrote  that "bassist Bragi Olafsson and drummer Siggi Baldursson don't do much to dispel the notion that funk just isn't a Nordic thing." The "Spin Alternative Record Guide" wrote that by "Stick Around for Joy" the Sugarcubes had "already degenerated into mind-numbing mediocrity." Personnel. The Sugarcubes Additional personnel