Sunburn (Fuel album)

Sunburn is the debut studio album by American rock band Fuel, released by 550 Music, an imprint of Epic Records on March 3, 1998. It was produced by Steven Haigler. The songs "Shimmer", "Jesus or a Gun", and "Bittersweet" were issued as commercial singles following its release; the former peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[6] Critically, the album was met with average reviews, and commercially, the album modestly entered the Billboard 200 at number 77. Sunburn received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) — signifying sales of one million units — on May 24, 2000.^[7]

Sunburn
Studio album by Fuel
Released	March 31, 1998
Recorded	1997–1998
Studio	Long View Farm (North Brookfield, Massachusetts)
Genre	Post-grunge[1]
Length	41:55
Label	550 Epic
Producer	Steve Haigler
Fuel chronology
Hazleton (1997) Sunburn (1998) Something Like Human (2000)
Alternative cover
Expanded edition album artwork
Singles from Sunburn
"Shimmer" Released: August 25, 1998 "Bittersweet" Released: November 5, 1998 "Jesus or a Gun" Released: April 20, 1999 "Sunburn" Released: May 7, 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
Miami New Times	(favorable)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Carl Bell.^{[note 1]}

Sunburn track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Untitled"	3:58
2.	"Bittersweet"	3:51
3.	"Shimmer"	3:33
4.	"Jesus or a Gun"	3:58
5.	"Sunburn"	4:23
6.	"New Thing"	3:19
7.	"It's Come to This"	3:39
8.	"Song for You"	3:46
9.	"Mary Pretends"	3:36
10.	"Ozone"	3:49
11.	"Hideaway"	4:03

Reissue version

No.	Title	Length
12.	"King for a Day"	3:42
13.	"Walk the Sky"	3:18

• The "special expanded edition" re-issue of the album including two bonus tracks^[8] was released on September 23, 2003. "Walk the Sky" was initially recorded in 1998 with producer Brendan O'Brien for the Godzilla soundtrack.

Personnel

Fuel

• Brett Scallions – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Carl Bell – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jeff Abercrombie – bass
• Kevin Miller – drums (credited but does not perform on album)
• Jonathan Mover – drums (on album)
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello on “Shimmer” and “It Comes to This”

Production

• Steven Haigler – producer
• Brendan O'Brien – producer on "Walk the Sky"
• Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Sunburn Chart (1998–1999) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 16 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 17 US Billboard 200[11] 77 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[12] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Sunburn Chart (1999) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 82

Certifications

Certifications for Sunburn

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[14]	Gold	35,000^
United States (RIAA)[15]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. The Sunburn liner notes state Bell as sole writer of all the songs on the album, though BMI publishing lists Bell and Brett Scallions as writers of "Jesus or a Gun" and "Ozone".