Summer Girl

Summer Girl is the sixth studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth, released on September 19, 2006 through Beautiful Bomb Records. This is the last album featuring original guitarist and songwriter Greg Camp.

Summer Girl
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2006
GenreSurf rock, pop punk, psychedelic rock
Length31:30
LabelBeautiful Bomb
ProducerJeffrey Saltzman
Smash Mouth chronology
The Gift of Rock
(2005)
Summer Girl
(2006)
Magic
(2012)
Singles from Summer Girl
  1. "Story of My Life"
    Released: 2006
  2. "So Insane"
    Released: 2006
  3. "Getaway Car"
    Released: 2006

The album was released with the promo single "Story of My Life". The "Story of My Life" music video was filmed in an episode in Season 6 of the VH1 reality show The Surreal Life.

"So Insane" was featured as the opening theme to the 2006 film Zoom. An instrumental version of "So Insane" was also used in the opening of the infamous ABC series Cavemen, in its unaired pilot. "Everyday Superhero" was used on the soundtrack of The Pacifier and Zoom. It was used to advertise the CBS sitcom, The King of Queens, when the show entered its final season. It was also heard in an America's Funniest Home Videos blooper compilation.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Greg Camp except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Crawl" 3:20
2."Everyday Superhero"Camp, Paul Barry3:28
3."So Insane"Camp, Paul De Lisle2:55
4."Girl Like You"Camp, Barry2:22
5."Getaway Car" 2:40
6."Story of My Life"Camp, Barry3:21
7."Right Side, Wrong Bed" 3:13
8."Summer Girl" 2:28
9."Hey L.A." 2:29
10."Quality Control" 3:17
11."Beautiful Bomb" 1:49

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic(favorable)[1]

Credits

Smash Mouth

Additional musicians

  • Michael Klooster – keyboards, melodica (track 7)
  • Michael Urbano – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
  • RV – keyboards (tracks 1, 5)
  • Mark Cervantes – percussion (track 4)
  • Moushumi Motor Wilson – backing vocals (track 5)
  • Leslie Lala Damage Stevens – backing vocals (track 5)

Production

  • Michael Urbano – producer (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11)
  • Jeff Saltzman – producer (tracks 1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11)
  • Greg Camp – producer (tracks 3, 4, 7)
  • Eric Valentine – producer (track 3, 6, 7); lead vocals producer (track 10); drums producer (track 4)
  • Paul De Lisle – producer (track 4)
  • Matthew Gerrard – lead vocals producer (tracks 2, 6)
  • Michael Perfitt – additional production (track 2)
  • Chris Bellman – mastering (at Bernie Grundman Mastering)
  • Kelly Castro – art direction, photography, design

Engineers

  • Eric Valentine – producer, mixing, engineer
  • Marco Martin – engineer
  • Michael Perfitt – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Mikael Johnston – assistant engineer
  • Steve Beacham – assistant engineer
  • Chris Roach – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Chris Dugan – mixer

References

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