A Place in the Sun (Lit album)


A Place in the Sun is the second studio album by the American rock band Lit.

Release

Produced by Don Gilmore, the album was released on February 23, 1999, by RCA Records. It was the band's first release through a major label. The song "No Big Thing", which originally appeared on their previous album Tripping the Light Fantastic, was re-recorded for this album.
On December 9, 2013, the band announced on its Facebook page that it would perform a special 15th anniversary show for A Place in the Sun, when the band would play the entire album from start to finish on February 28, 2014, at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California.

Reception and legacy

The album peaked at #31 on the US Billboard 200, Singles from the album were "My Own Worst Enemy", which reached #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for eleven weeks, "Zip-Lock" and "Miserable". A Place in the Sun has been certified platinum by in sales by the RIAA, in the United States.
A Place in the Sun received mixed reviews. Leslie Matthew in AllMusic described it as "an album that is sonically more focused, but it also unfortunately makes the band sound like replicas of a dozen of their post-grunge contemporaries: neither Better Than Ezra or Less Than Jake". At NME, the songs "My Own Worst Enemy" and "No Big Thing" were described as having "a hook as sharp and persistent as a leech". It went on to say, "Gonzoid trash fun maybe, but how we got from The Dead Kennedys to here remains a mystery." NME listed the album as one of "20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic".
The album was a massive influence on Eve 6's Horrorscope, Good Charlotte's Good Charlotte, American Hi-Fi's American Hi-Fi, The All-American Rejects' Move Along and Zebrahead's Broadcast to the World.

Track listing

;B-sides
  1. "Bitter"
  2. "Money"
  3. "Down”
  4. "Snowblind"

    Personnel

;Lit
;Additional musicians
;Management
Ruta E. Sepetys – management
;Production
;Artwork
;Album
Chart Peak
position
US Top Heatseekers1
US Billboard 20031

;Singles
YearSongChartPosition
1999MiserableUS Modern Rock Tracks3
1999My Own Worst EnemyUS Adult Top 4030
1999My Own Worst EnemyUS Mainstream Rock Tracks6
1999My Own Worst EnemyUS Modern Rock Tracks1
1999My Own Worst EnemyUS Billboard Hot 10051
1999My Own Worst EnemyUS Top 40 Mainstream31
1999Zip-LockUS Mainstream Rock Tracks34
1999Zip-LockUS Modern Rock Tracks11
2000MiserableUS Mainstream Rock Tracks29