Stick Around for Joy

The Sugarcubes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 18, 1992)
• Original Release Date: February 18, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Ada
• ASIN: B000005IS8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,496 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stick around, the party's just begun!, January 18, 2001

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Jeff White "lendellprime" (Glendale, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stick Around for Joy (Audio CD)

A fitting crescendo for what would be The Sugarcubes' final encore, Stick Around For Joy is a celebration of sound, spirit and champagne-poppin' fun. It would also pre-empt Björk's "debut" to world mega-stardom. Unlike its wildly alternative predecessors, Joy is a delightful romp into more mainstream pop. Indeed, the album's biggest single, "Hit", was made to be just that with a chorus as catchy as anything Madonna or Britney Spears ever threw together on the assembly line. However, even with such airy upbeat tracks as "Hit", "Vitamin" and "Walkabout", Joy definitely does not lack the darker edge or musical complexity present in all The Sugarcubes' work. The opening track "Gold" conveys the determined lust and greed one has toward fortune, even to the point where Einar (you know you love him) insanely growls, "Dig bloody fingers / Dig!"

Overall, Stick Around For Joy is a very good album and quite underrated in its entertainment value to fans of modern pop. The production is almost impeccable (and at times even a bit overproduced), thanks to veteran artist/producer Paul Fox, who's other credits include everyone from XTC to Grant Lee Buffalo. Major props to Sigtryggur Balsuresson (just call him "Sig") as well, for laying down the unbelievable percussion that accentuates the entire album (literally some of the best drumming ever on a pop record). Björk's vocals are in top form here (witness her belt out the third chorus of "Gold") and her delivery keeps fresh even upon a hundred listens. Unfortunately, the "Einar Factor" is strong on this album, almost as if he knew this would be his last time to spout as many annoying non sequiturs as inhumanly possible. However, as any fan of The Sugarcubes (or Björk, for that matter) knows, Einar is either to be loved or to be tolerated. I have always opted for the latter.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy, happy, Joy, joy, October 21, 2003

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André Ming (Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stick Around for Joy (Audio CD)

The music on the last Sugarcubes release with brand new songs did not change its essence, with the B-52's like irony and retro-fashion style and attitude, featuring Einar's ¨raps¨ and Björk's powerful, impressive vocals, but in some ways they came with an updated unique sound, with more fun and appearent ¨joy¨ that in his classic debut album, ¨Life's Too Good¨, but the cuts on it remain under their best sounds with stronger drum beats and indie-rock-dancehall smash cuts like the passionate ¨Hit¨ and ¨Leash Called Love¨, besides ¨Gold¨ and the should-have-been-commercially-released-cute-cut ¨Walkabout¨.
Highly recommended: necessary.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sugarcubes at their most developed, April 7, 2009

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Allan Ostermann "allan" (Portland (the one on the left)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stick Around for Joy (Audio CD)

I love this album. I think it's the epitome (epitomy) of Bjork and The Sugarcubes at their zenith. That's all I can say. Stick around for the joy.