Get the Picture? (Smash Mouth album)

Get the Picture? is the fourth studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth. It was released on August 5, 2003, by Interscope Records. The first released single was "You Are My Number One", which was written by Neil Diamond, and featured guest vocals by Ranking Roger.

Get the Picture?
Studio album by
Smash Mouth
ReleasedAugust 5, 2003
RecordedInterscope Studios, Santa Monica, California
GenreAlternative rock, pop punk, ska punk
Length39:31
LabelInterscope
ProducerSmash Mouth, Karl Derfler
Smash Mouth chronology
Smash Mouth
(2001)		 Get the Picture?
(2003)		 All Star Smash Hits
(2005)
Singles from Get the Picture?
  1. "You Are My Number One"
    Released: October 27, 2003
  2. "Hang On"
    Released: November 4, 2003
  3. "Always Gets Her Way"
    Released: January 5, 2004

"Hang On" was also released as a single, and appears in the end credits of the 2003 film The Cat in the Hat. A music video for "Hang On" was also released, designed specifically for the film. The song "Hot" appears in the 2003 video game Hot Wheels: World Race based on the film with the same name (in which the song also appears), as well as the 2010 film Diary of a Wimpy Kid and an episode of What's New, Scooby Doo?

The art for the album was created by Shag.

Track listing

All songs by Greg Camp, except where noted.

  1. "Hang On" – 2:53
  2. "Always Gets Her Way" – 3:12
  3. "You Are My Number One" (feat. Ranking Roger) (Neil Diamond) – 2:32
  4. "Whole Lotta Love" (Camp, Paul Barry) – 3:21
  5. "Space Man" – 4:14
  6. "Hot" (Camp, Barry, Mark Taylor) – 2:31
  7. "Looking for a Wall" – 3:18
  8. "Seventh Grade Dance" – 3.30
  9. "105" – 3:31
  10. "Fun" – 2:39
  11. "New Planet" (Camp, Paul De Lisle) – 2:17

Bonus tracks
  1. "Get the Picture?" – 2:59 UK/Japan bonus track
  2. "Spooky Thing" (with George Clinton) – 3:37 Japan bonus track
  3. "Boulevard" – 4:19 Japan bonus track

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
E! OnlineD[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB–[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Personnel

Smash Mouth

Additional personnel

  • Michael Klooster – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ranking Roger – vocals on "You Are My Number One"

References
  1. "Get The Picture by Smash Mouth". Metacritic. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Get the Picture? – Smash Mouth". AllMusic. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  3. "Smash Mouth Get the Picture?". E! Online. Archived from the original on March 2, 2004. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  4. Kot, Greg (August 8, 2003). "Get the Picture?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  5. Hoard, Christian (July 29, 2003). "Smash Mouth: Get The Picture?". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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