{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Stick Around for Joy | type = studio | artist = the Sugarcubes | cover = The Sugarcubes - Stick Around for Joy.png | alt = | released = 10 February 1992 | recorded = | studio = {{hlist|Bearsville (Woodstock, New York)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bjork.purplelodge.net/images/cocy-9486_back.jpg|title=Stick Around for Joy Booklet}}</ref>|Summa (Los Angeles)}} | genre = * Alternative rock * dance-pop<ref>{{cite book|last=Scapelliti|first=Christopher|chapter=Björk/Sugarcubes|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel|date=December 1, 1998|title=MusicHound Rock|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Detroit|pages=109}}</ref> | length = 37:24 | label = * Elektra * One Little Indian | producer = Paul Fox | prev_title = Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = It's-It | next_year = 1992 | misc = {{Singles | name = Stick Around for Joy | type = studio | single1 = Hit | single1date = 30 December 1991 | single2 = Walkabout | single2date = March 1992 | single3 = Vitamin | single3date = August 1992 }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stick-around-for-joy-mw0000263895|title=Stick Around for Joy - The Sugarcubes {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Calgary Herald'' | rev2score = B−<ref>Muretich, James (23 February 1992). "Recent Releases". ''Calgary Herald''.</ref> | rev3 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=Muze |volume=7 |page=830}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev4score = B−<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/02/07/stick-around-joy/|title=Stick Around for Joy|website=EW.com}}</ref> | rev5 = ''MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide'' | rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=109}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Orlando Sentinel'' | rev6score = {{rating|2|4}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-03-13-9203120806-story.html|title=The Sugarcubes|website=OrlandoSentinel.com}}</ref> | rev7 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev7score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=681}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Spin'' | rev8score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Phoebe |date=June 2007 |title=Discography: Björk |magazine=Spin |page=74}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Spin Alternative Record Guide'' | rev9score = 3/10<ref name="SP">{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |pages=381–382}}</ref> | rev10 = Sputnikmusic | rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/25645/The-Sugarcubes-Stick-Around-for-Joy/|title=Review: The Sugarcubes - Stick Around for Joy|website=Sputnikmusic}}</ref> }} '''''Stick Around for Joy''''' is the third and final studio album by Icelandic alternative rock band the Sugarcubes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-sugarcubes-mn0000919525/biography|title=The Sugarcubes {{!}} Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&dq=Stick+Around+for+Joy+sugarcubes+1992&pg=PA1030|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=24 January 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050|via=Google Books}}</ref> It was released on 10 February 1992 by One Little Indian and in the US on 18 February 1992 by Elektra Records.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=8 February 1992 |title=New Releases |magazine=Music Week |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-04-22-9202050859-story.html|title=Sugarcubes Leave Bad Taste While Cracker Is Appetizing|first=Mark|last=Caro|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref> The album was supported by four singles: "Hit", which reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US and number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, "Walkabout", "Vitamin" and "Leash Called Love", which went to number one on the US Dance chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=248}}</ref>

The album peaked at number 95 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart, marking the band's lowest charting positions on both charts.

==Production== The band recorded the album in the United States, with producer Paul Fox.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/04/10/sugarcubes-busy-as-bjork/78218ec3-a1f9-47e9-920c-2458b8a0945d/|title=SUGARCUBES BUSY AS BJORK|first=Joe|last=Brown|date=April 10, 1992|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>

==Critical reception== ''Trouser Press'' wrote that "Björk's singing is shapely, passionate and willfully bizarre; she carries the album pretty much on her own."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Sugarcubes |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/sugarcubes/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> ''MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide'' deemed ''Stick Around for Joy'' the band's "most accessible and, true to its name, happiest sounding album, packed end to end with lively and tuneful dance pop."<ref name=MH/> ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' thought that "it's the churning interplay of guitarist Thor Eldon and the rhythm section that ultimately carries the album."<ref name=RS/> The ''Orlando Sentinel'' wrote that "bassist Bragi Olafsson and drummer Siggi Baldursson don't do much to dispel the notion that funk just isn't a Nordic thing."<ref name="auto"/> The ''Spin Alternative Record Guide'' wrote that by ''Stick Around for Joy'' the Sugarcubes had "already degenerated into mind-numbing mediocrity."<ref name=SP/>

==Music videos== *"Hit", directed by Óskar Jónasson. Another version was directed by Pedro Romhanyi<ref name="Mvdbase.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2607/year/1993.html |title=Mvdbase: Pedro Romhanyi |accessdate=2010-05-05|work=Mvdbase.com}}</ref> *"Walkabout", directed by Óskar Jónasson *"Vitamin"

==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Stick Around for Joy'' track listing | all_writing = the Sugarcubes | title1 = Gold | length1 = 3:39 | title2 = Hit | length2 = 3:56 | title3 = Leash Called Love | length3 = 3:42 | title4 = Lucky Night | length4 = 4:03 | title5 = Happy Nurse | length5 = 3:36 | title6 = I'm Hungry | length6 = 4:33 | title7 = Walkabout | length7 = 3:48 | title8 = Hetero Scum | length8 = 3:07 | title9 = Vitamin | length9 = 3:40 | title10 = Chihuahua | length10 = 3:29 }}

==Personnel== '''The Sugarcubes''' *The Sugarcubes – mixing, lyrics and music *Björk Guðmundsdóttir – vocals *Einar Örn Benediktsson – vocals, trumpet *Þór Eldon Jónsson – guitar *Margrét Örnólfsdóttir – keyboards *Bragi Ólafsson – bass *Sigtryggur Baldursson – Drums and percussion

'''Additional personnel''' *John McGeoch – guitar <small>(track 1)</small> *Paul Fox – producer, mixing *Ed Thacker – engineer, mixing *Chris Laidlow – assistant engineer *Stephen Marcussen – mastering *Me Company – cover design

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for ''Stick Around for Joy'' !scope="col"|Chart (1992) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=271}}</ref> |align="center"|74 |- {{album chart|Netherlands|71|artist=The Sugarcubes|album=Stick Around for Joy|rowheader=true|access-date=11 December 2011}} |- {{album chart|Germany|58|id=31791|artist=The Sugarcubes|album=Stick Around for Joy|rowheader=true|access-date=18 August 2022}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|29|artist=The Sugarcubes|album=Stick Around for Joy|rowheader=true|access-date=11 December 2011}} |- {{album chart|UK2|16|date=19920216|rowheader=true|access-date=18 August 2022}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|95|artist=The Sugarcubes|rowheader=true|access-date=11 December 2011}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ 2022 chart performance for ''Stick Around for Joy'' !Chart (2022) !Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Scotland|90|date=20220902|rowheader=true|access-date=3 September 2022}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|31|date=20220902|rowheader=true|access-date=3 September 2022}} |}

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