Stick Around For Joy released in February 1992 was the third and final album released by the Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band The Sugarcubes

The Sugarcubes

The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic alternative rock band formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1992. They received critical and popular acclaim internationally.-History:...

. In terms of quality fans usually rate the album somewhere between the band's acclaimed debut, Life's Too Good

Life's Too Good

Life's Too Good, released in April 1988, was the first album by the Icelandic alternative rock-pop band The Sugarcubes, which brought fame to lead vocalist Björk...

and the widely panned follow-up Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week!

Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week!

Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! was the second album by the Icelandic alternative rock-pop band The Sugarcubes, released in October 1989.The name of the album was inspired by Mr...

. The album provided the band's first and only hit, aptly titled "Hit", which reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks

Modern Rock Tracks

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 chart in the U.S. and #17 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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Track listing

Track	Title	Length
01	Gold	03:39
02	Hit	03:56
03	Leash Called Love	03:42
04	Lucky Night	04:03
05	Happy Nurse	03:36
06	I’m Hungry	04:33
07	Walkabout	03:48
08	Hetero Scum	03:07
09	Vitamin	03:40
10	Chihuahua	03:29

Chart positions

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	16
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	95

Singles

Release	Title	Format	Label
December 1991	Hit	7”/12”/CD/Cass	One Little Indian/Rough Trade Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
March 1992	Walkabout	7”/12”/CD/Cass	One Little Indian/Rough Trade Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove... /Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... /Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
August, 1992	Vitamin	12”/CD	One Little Indian/Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
August 1992	Leash Called Love	12”	One Little Indian/Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....

Video clips

• ”Hit”, directed by Óskar Jónasson
  Óskar Jónasson
  Óskar Jónasson is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. His film Remote Control was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival...
  
  . Another version directed in 1992 by Pedro Romhanyi.
• ”Walkabout”, directed by Óskar Jónasson.
• ”Vitamin”.

Performers

Vocals: Björk Guðmundsdóttir

Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...

 and Einar Örn Benediktsson

Einar Örn Benediktsson

Einar Örn Benediktsson is a popular music singer and trumpet player who has worked with Björk and The Sugarcubes. Since the 2010 elections he is a member of the city council of Reykjavík....

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Trumpet: Einar Örn Benediktsson.

Guitars: Þór Eldon Jónsson.

Keyboards: Margrét Örnólfsdóttir.

Bass: Bragi Ólafsson

Bragi Ólafsson

Bragi Ólafsson is a musician and a writer.Internationally he is best known for his work as a bassist in The Sugarcubes, the avant-garde pop band from Iceland that brought fame to Björk, who went on to solo success with her unique brand of dance-pop.The Sugarcubes, who favored strange, offbeat...

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Drums and percussion: Sigtryggur Baldursson

Sigtryggur Baldursson

Sigtryggur Baldursson is an Icelandic drummer and singer.Sigtryggur was born in Norway to Icelandic parents. He was a founding member of the Sugarcubes and has been a longtime fixture on the Icelandic punk and alternative music scene. Other bands he has played in have included Þeyr, KUKL,...

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Lyrics and music: The Sugarcubes.


Guest musician: John McGeoch

John McGeoch

John Alexander McGeoch, , was a Scottish guitarist who played with a number of bands of the post-punk era, including Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage and Public Image Ltd....

, courtesy of Public Image Ltd, plays guitar on “Gold”.

Acknowledgement: Pat Mastelotto

Pat Mastelotto

Pat Mastelotto is a rock drummer who has worked with Mr. Mister and King Crimson, amongst others. For King Crimson he initially formed part of the "double trio" lineup, joining Bill Bruford on drums...

, Johnny Triumph, Franne Golde, Betsy, Rick, Sally Grossmann, Sean Perry, Dom T., Howard, Valerie, Arni, Derek, Netty.

Personnel

Production: Paul Fox

Paul Fox

Sir Paul Leonard Fox, CBE, is a British television executive, who spent much of his broadcasting career working for BBC Television, most prominently as the Controller of BBC One between 1967 and 1973.-Early life:...

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Engineering: Ed Thacker assisted by Chris Laidlow in Bearsville and Scott Blackland in Los Angeles.

Mix: Paul Fox

Paul Fox

Sir Paul Leonard Fox, CBE, is a British television executive, who spent much of his broadcasting career working for BBC Television, most prominently as the Controller of BBC One between 1967 and 1973.-Early life:...

, Ed Thacker, and The Sugarcubes.

Recording: Bearsville Studios

Bearsville Studios

Bearsville Studios was a recording studio at Bearsville, New York just west of Woodstock, New York.The studio was opened in 1969 by Albert Grossman, manager of Bob Dylan, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren....

. Additional recordings and mixing at Summa Studios, Los Angeles.

Mastering: Stephen Marcussen at Precision Lacquer.

Cover design: Me Company.