Floored
| Sugar Ray
Floored
Floored is the second studio album by American rock band Sugar Ray, released on June 24, 1997. It includes the hit song "Fly", and another moderately successful single, "RPM". Two versions of "Fly" are found on the album, one of them featuring reggae artist Super Cat. -Wikipedia
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Sputnik Music
Those who have only heard their singles have probably already dismissed them as just another 90’s pop rock band, but albums like Floored certainly suggest otherwise.
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Nerd Bacon
There is a surprising amount of diversity and pop sensibility on Floored. Most of the songs have catchy hooks interwoven with pulsating, rhythmic choruses.
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All Music
Floored, is a noticeable improvement from Lemonade and Brownies. The group's fusion of metal, funk, reggae, and rap is seamless and confident, partially because Sugar Ray now emphasize the groove, not the guitars. The group still has difficulty writing a consistent batch of songs, but its hooks are stronger than ever.
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LA Times
With "Floored," the band graduates from idiocy to banality.
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Eastside Online
Sugar Ray did nothing but scream and shout and I found it to be extremely annoying that I was counting down the seconds until the album would be over.
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Listen Live
As a result of the success of "Fly", Floored sold extremely well and was certified double platinum. By the end of 1997, critics, skeptical that the band could put out another successful song, had labeled Sugar Ray as a one-hit wonder.
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Scaruffi
The band struck it big with Floored (Atlantic, 1997), a diverse and sophisticated melange of punk-rock, funk, hip hop and heavy metal that yielded the massive hit single Fly.
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City Pages
“Fly” was the first single from 1997’s Floored, and it was a smash: It topped Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart for two months, and also hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. There are a few hundred thousand people (I’m one) for whom the song is, essentially, summer.
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Slacker
The group's fusion of metal, funk, reggae, and rap is seamless and confident, partially because Sugar Ray now emphasize the groove, not the guitars.
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Media Surf
Nothing on the album is quite as memorable as "Fly," but the other songs have similarly infectious beats and hooks, which is especially impressive considering that Lemonade and Brownies was devoid of both.
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