Happy Love Sick
2004 studio album by Shifty
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Happy Love Sick is the only solo studio album by Shifty Shellshock who was 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.
| Happy Love Sick | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | July 13, 2004 |
| Recorded | 2001–2004 |
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| Length | 44:35 |
| Label | Maverick |
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| Singles from Shifty | |
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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. | Title | Co-writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Special" | 3:05 | |
| 2. | "Ez Cuz You're Beautiful" | Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Slide Along Side" | TC, Kraig Tyler, Doug Miller, Bret "Epic" Mazur | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Turning Me On" | Paul Oakenfold | 4:00 |
| 5. | "Lolita" | 3:08 | |
| 6. | "Magical" | 3:36 | |
| 7. | "Shorty Rock" | Ko and the Knockouts | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Paul Oakenfold featuring Shifty Shellshock) | Andy Gray, Paul Oakenfold | 3:45 |
| 9. | "A Better Place" | 4:12 | |
| 10. | "When We Were Young" | Tom Dumont | 3:29 |
| 11. | "Take Away the Pain" | 4:23 | |
| 12. | "All Along" | 3:30 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | "Turning Me On" (video version) | 3:56 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
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| ITA [4] |
UK [5] |
SWE [6] |
SWI [7] |
FRA [8] |
AUS [9] |
NLD [10] |
GER [11] |
NZ [12] |
US Hot 100 [13] |
US Pop [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 | ||||||||||||