Happy Love Sick
Studio album by
Shifty
ReleasedJuly 13, 2004 (2004-07-13)
Recorded2001–2004
Genre
Length44:35
LabelMaverick
Producer
Singles from Shifty
  1. "Slide Along Side"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Canal Pop[2]

Happy Love Sick is the debut solo album by Shifty Shellshock who is best known as frontman of rap rock band Crazy Town. The album includes the original singles "Slide Along Side" and "Turning Me On". The single "Starry Eyed Surprise", a collaboration between Paul Oakenfold and Shellshock that was originally released in 2002 on Oakenfold's album Bunkka, also appears on this CD.

Musical style and reception

Regarding his new direction on the album, Shellshock stated to the Los Angeles Times in 2004 "I tried to remove the heavy rock element [of Crazy Town]. This is more surfer hip-hop: hip-hop with reggae overtones, some dance music and R&B influences."[3] Tim Sendra of Allmusic ranked the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote in his review that while Happy Love Sick was marred by a somewhat repetitive series of songs, it was nonetheless "a surprisingly good album that should be a feature at late-summer slow drags, beach bonfires, and freshman mixers."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Shifty Shellshock, with additional co-writers listed below

No.TitleCo-writer(s)Length
1."Special" 3:05
2."Ez Cuz You're Beautiful"Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph3:12
3."Slide Along Side"TC, Kraig Tyler, Doug Miller, Bret "Epic" Mazur3:48
4."Turning Me On"Paul Oakenfold4:00
5."Lolita" 3:08
6."Magical" 3:36
7."Shorty Rock"Ko and the Knockouts4:13
8."Starry Eyed Surprise" (featured with Paul Oakenfold)Andy Gray, Paul Oakenfold3:45
9."A Better Place" 4:12
10."When We Were Young"Tom Dumont3:29
11."Take Away the Pain" 4:23
12."All Along" 3:30
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Turning Me On" (video version)3:56

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions
ITA
[4] 		UK
[5] 		SWE
[6] 		SWI
[7] 		FRA
[8] 		AUS
[9] 		NLD
[10] 		GER
[11] 		NZ
[12] 		US
Hot 100
[13] 		US
Top 40
[13]
2002 Starry Eyed Surprise
(featured with Paul Oakenfold) 		— 6 — — — 37 53 — 19 41 13
2004 Slide Along Side 11 29 36 42 45 48 24 63 — — 38
Turning Me On — — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Canal Pop review Archived 2005-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Komaiko, Leslie (August 5, 2004). "Happy is as 'Happy' does". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  4. ^ Italian Charts - Shifty
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 496. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ Swedish Charts - Shifty
  7. ^ Swiss Charts - Shifty
  8. ^ French Charts - Shifty
  9. ^ Australian Charts Archived 2013-05-13 at the Wayback Machine Search for 'Shifty' and 'Paul Oakenfold'
  10. ^ Dutch Charts Search for 'Shifty' and 'Paul Oakenfold'
  11. ^ "German Charts - Shifty". Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  12. ^ New Zealand Charts - Starry Eyed Surprise
  13. ^ a b Allmusic Search for 'Shifty' and 'Paul Oakenfold'
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