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Stick Around for Joy
Studio album by the Sugarcubes
Released	18 February 1992
Studio	Bearsville (Woodstock, New York) Summa (Los Angeles)
Genre	Alternative rock dance-pop
Length	37:24
Label	Elektra One Little Indian
Producer	Paul Fox
The Sugarcubes chronology
Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! (1989) Stick Around for Joy (1992) It's-It (1992)
Singles from Stick Around for Joy
"Hit" Released: 30 December 1991 "Walkabout" Released: March 1992 "Vitamin" Released: August 1992 "Leash Called Love" Released: 15 October 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Calgary Herald	B−
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Entertainment Weekly	B−
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
Orlando Sentinel
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Spin
Spin Alternative Record Guide	3/10
Sputnikmusic

Stick Around for Joy is the third and final studio album by the Icelandic alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. It was released in 1992 by Elektra. The album was supported by four singles: "Hit", which reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US and number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, "Walkabout", "Vitamin" and "Leash Called Love", which went to number one on the US Dance chart.

The album peaked at number 95 on the Billboard 200 and reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart, 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."

Music videos

• "Hit", directed by Óskar Jónasson. Another version was directed by Pedro Romhanyi
• "Walkabout", directed by Óskar Jónasson
• "Vitamin"

Track listing

All tracks are written by the Sugarcubes

Personnel

The Sugarcubes

• The Sugarcubes – mixing, lyrics and music
• Björk Guðmundsdóttir – vocals
• Einar Örn Benediktsson – vocals, trumpet
• Þór Eldon Jónsson – guitar
• Margrét Örnólfsdóttir – keyboards
• Bragi Ólafsson – bass
• Sigtryggur Baldursson – Drums and percussion

Additional personnel

• John McGeoch – guitar (track 1)
• Paul Fox – producer, mixing
• Ed Thacker – engineer, mixing
• Chris Laidlow – assistant engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Me Company – cover design

Charts

References

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• The Sugarcubes albums
• 1992 albums
• Albums produced by Paul Fox (record producer)
• Elektra Records albums