Summer Girl is the sixth studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth, released on September 19, 2006 through Beautiful Bomb Records. This is the last album featuring original guitarist and songwriter Greg Camp.

Summer Girl
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2006
Length31:21
LabelBeautiful Bomb
ProducerJeffrey Saltzman
Smash Mouth chronology
The Gift of Rock
(2005)
Summer Girl
(2006)
Magic
(2012)
Singles from Summer Girl
  1. "Story of My Life"
    Released: 2006
  2. "So Insane"
    Released: 2006
  3. "Getaway Car"
    Released: 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic(favorable)[1]

The album was released with the promo single "Story of My Life". The "Story of My Life" music video was filmed in an episode in Season 6 of the VH1 reality show The Surreal Life.

"So Insane" was featured as the opening theme to the 2006 film Zoom. An instrumental version of "So Insane" was also used in the opening of the infamous ABC series Cavemen, in its unaired pilot. "Everyday Superhero" was used on the soundtrack of The Pacifier and Zoom. It was used to advertise the CBS sitcom, The King of Queens, when the show entered its final season. It was also heard in an America's Funniest Home Videos blooper compilation.

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Greg Camp except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Crawl" 3:20
2."Everyday Superhero"Steve Harwell, Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil3:28
3."So Insane"Camp, Paul De Lisle2:55
4."Girl Like You"De Lisle2:22
5."Getaway Car" 2:40
6."Story of My Life"Harwell, Gerrard, Nevil3:21
7."Right Side, Wrong Bed" 3:13
8."Summer Girl" 2:28
9."Hey L.A." 2:29
10."Quality Control" 3:17
11."Beautiful Bomb" 1:49

Credits edit

Smash Mouth[2] edit

Additional musicians edit

  • RV (Hervé Salters) – additional keyboards (1, 5)
  • Mark Cervantes – percussion (unspecified tracks), additional percussion (4)
  • Leslie Lala Damage Stevens – additional backing vocals (5)
  • Moushumi Motor Wilson – additional backing vocals (5)

Production edit

  • Michael Urbano – producer (1, 2, 5, 8-11)
  • Jeff Saltzman – producer (1, 5, 8-11)
  • Matthew Gerrard – lead vocal producer (2, 6)
  • Michael Perfitt – additional production (2)
  • Greg Camp – producer (tracks 3, 4, 7)
  • Eric Valentine – producer (3, 6, 7), drum producer (4), lead vocal producer (10)
  • Paul De Lisle – producer (4)
  • Karen Sundell – product manager
  • Kelly Castro – art direction, photography, design
  • Robert Hayes – management

Technical edit

  • Chris Bellman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
  • Marco Martin – engineer (1, 5, 8-11)
  • Michael Perfitt – mixing (1, 5, 8-11), engineer (2)
  • Eric Valentine – mixing (2, 3, 6, 7), engineer (3, 6, 7)
  • Greg Camp – engineer (4)
  • Chris Roach – engineer (4), assistant engineer
  • Chris Dugan – mixing (4)
  • Steve Beacham – assistant engineer
  • Mikael Johnston – assistant engineer

References edit

  1. ^ Summer Girl at AllMusic
  2. ^ Summer Girl (liner notes). Smash Mouth. Beautiful Bomb Records. 2006. BBR0000002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)