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The Guest (originally titled Phantom Planet Was Here) is the second studio album by American rock band Phantom Planet, released on February 26, 2002[5] by Epic Records. It was reissued in November 2003 with four additional bonus tracks, music videos, photos, and lyrics scanned from the notebook in which the album was originally written.

Not to be confused with Guest (album).
The Guest
Studio album by
Phantom Planet
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2002
November 4, 2003 (reissue)
Recorded1999–2001
StudioSunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California, mastered at Gateway Mastering[1]
Genre
  • Alternative rock
  • pop rock
  • power pop
Length42:56
57:23 (reissue)
LabelEpic
ProducerMitchell Froom, Tchad Blake
Phantom Planet chronology
Phantom Planet Is Missing
(1998)		 The Guest
(2002)		 Phantom Planet
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork7.3/10[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

The album produced the band's breakthrough hit, "California", which became the theme song to the Fox TV series, The O.C., in August 2003. Its music video aired on MTV2 in mid-2002.

The track "Lonely Day" is also featured on the Smallville and Laguna Beach soundtracks.

The figure seen running across the photo on the album cover is Australian musician Ben Lee.[6]


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."California"Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman, Joseph Meyer, B.G. De Sylva3:14
2."Always On My Mind"Alex Greenwald3:27
3."Lonely Day"Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman3:40
4."One Ray of Sunlight"Alex Greenwald4:43
5."Anthem"Alex Greenwald4:21
6."In Our Darkest Hour"Alex Greenwald, Adam Schlesinger3:02
7."Turn, Smile, Shift, Repeat"Alex Greenwald5:22
8."Hey Now Girl"Alex Greenwald2:35
9."Nobody's Fault"Jacques Brautbar, Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman3:23
10."All Over Again"Alex Greenwald4:19
11."Wishing Well"Alex Greenwald4:19
12."Something Is Wrong"Alex Greenwald4:21
Total length:42:56
Bonus tracks on 2003 remastered version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."California" (demo)Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman3:16
14."Always On My Mind" (London version)Alex Greenwald3:22
15."The Guest" (live at the Troubadour)Alex Greenwald, Jacques Brautbar, Sam Farrar, Darren Robinson, Jason Schwartzman3:43
16."This Is What You Get" (demo)Alex Greenwald4:08
Total length:57:23
Bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."The Guest" (demo)Alex Greenwald, Jacques Brautbar, Sam Farrar, Darren Robinson, Jason Schwartzman3:44
14."Do the Panic" (live)Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman3:03
15."California" (live)Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman3:19

Personnel



Musicians



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Charts


Chart (2002) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 42
US Billboard 200[8] 133

References


  1. Vanderhoff, Mark. "The Guest - Phantom Planet". AllMusic. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  2. AllMusic review
  3. Pitchfork Media review
  4. Rolling Stone review
  5. Vanderhoff, Mark. "The Guest - Phantom Planet | Release Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  6. Ben Lee "Rage" special guest interview 19/11/2016
  7. "Austriancharts.at – Phantom Planet – The Guest" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  8. "Phantom Planet Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2019.


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