Sugar (Tonic album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Sugar

| type = studio

| artist = Tonic

| cover = Sugar (Tonic album - cover art).png

| alt =

| released = November 9, 1999

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Post-grunge

| length = 49:44

| label = Universal

| producer = Tonic

| prev_title = Lemon Parade

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Head on Straight

| next_year = 2002

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r443613|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

|rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev2score = B[https://web.archive.org/web/20090425214116/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,271730,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]

|rev3 = Rolling Stone

|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20071002032629/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tonic/albums/album/225438/review/5943605/sugar Rolling Stone review]

}}

Sugar is the second studio album by American band Tonic. Released on November 9, 1999 and produced by the band itself, the album's title shared the same name as the fifth track on the recording.{{cite web |title=Tonic Bridges Old And New With Universal's 'head On Straight' |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4653921-1.html |last=Olson |first=Catherine Applefeld |work=Billboard |accessdate=2009-09-05}}{{cite web |title=Sugar Overview |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r443613|pure_url=yes}} |last=Sheaks |first=Mathias |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=2009-09-10}} The creative and collaborative process spanned several geographic locations including Austin, Texas, and a {{convert|15000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana, where actual recording for the album was performed.{{cite web |title=An Interview with Tonic |url=http://www.ascap.org/musicbiz/tonic.html |publisher=The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) |date=2000-01-19 |accessdate=2009-09-10}} "Knock Down Walls" and "You Wanted More" were charting singles released off the record, with the latter having first appeared on the soundtrack to the movie American Pie.{{cite web |title=American Pie Original Soundtrack Overview |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r422266|pure_url=yes}} |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=2009-12-07}} With Kevin Shepard no longer part of the band, touring drummer Peter Maloney (of Dishwalla) played drums on the album. Music videos for the songs "You Wanted More" and "Mean to Me" were created as part of the album's promotion.{{cite web |title=Tonic on Yahoo! Music |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/tonic/ |publisher=Yahoo! Inc |accessdate=2009-09-18}} Tonic appeared on the television shows Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Martin Short Show in late 1999 as part of additional promotion.{{cite web |title=Late Night with Conan O'Brien episode dated 17 December 1999 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0627307/ |publisher=IMDb.com |accessdate=2009-09-28}}{{cite web |title=The Martin Short Show episode #1.53 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642622/ |publisher=IMDb.com |accessdate=2009-09-28}} Sugar spent eight total weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, reaching a peak of number 81 in its first week of release.{{cite web |title=Tonic Chart History |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tonic|chart=all}} |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |accessdate=2009-09-27}}