Spend the Night (The Donnas album)

Spend the Night
Studio album by The Donnas
Released	October 22, 2002
Genre	Hard rock
Length	39:52
Label	Atlantic
Producer	David Anthony, Gloria Gabriel (DVD producers) Jason Carmer, Robert Shimp (Record producers)
The Donnas chronology
The Donnas Turn 21 (2001) Spend the Night (2002) Gold Medal (2004)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(74/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Alternative Press	[1]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B[4]
Hot Press	7/10[5]
Pitchfork Media	(2.9/10)[6]
Playlouder	[7]
PopMatters	[1][8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Robert Christgau	A−[10]
Uncut	[11]
Yahoo! Music UK	[12]

Spend the Night is the fifth studio album and major label debut by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2002 on Atlantic Records. It was the band's first charting record on the Billboard Hot 200, peaking at #62, and features their most successful single, "Take It Off," which peaked at #19 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Track listing

All songs by Brett Anderson, Torry Castellano, Maya Ford and Allison Robertson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It's on the Rocks"	2:54
2.	"Take It Off"	2:40
3.	"Who Invited You"	3:30
4.	"All Messed Up"	3:11
5.	"Dirty Denim"	3:26
6.	"You Wanna Get Me High"	2:55
7.	"I Don't Care (So There)"	2:47
8.	"Pass It Around"	3:27
9.	"Too Bad About Your Girl"	2:50
10.	"Not the One"	2:46
11.	"Please Don't Tease"	2:51
12.	"Take Me to the Backseat"	2:22
13.	"5 O'Clock in the Morning"	4:13

Bonus track
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Big Rig (International bonus track)"
15.	"Backstage (Japanese bonus track)"

Personnel

The Donnas

• Brett Anderson - vocals
• Allison Robertson - guitar, vocals
• Maya Ford - bass guitar
• Torry Castellano - drums, percussion, vocals

Additional personnel

• The Hellacopters - background vocals

Production

• Producer: Jason Carmer, Robert Shimp (Record)
• Producer: David Anthony, Gloria Gabriel (DVD)
• Engineers: Sean Beresford, Jason Carmer, Dime Assistant, Clint Roth, Robert Shimp
• Assistant Engineers: Jesse Nichols, Michael Rosen
• Mixing: Chris Lord-Alge
• Mastering: Emily Lazar
• Assistant Mastering Engineer: Sarah Register
• Audio Supervisor: Scott Smith
• A&R: Nick Casinelli, Mary Gormley
• Drum Technician: Paul Revelli
• Art Direction: Christina Dittmar
• Cover Art Concept: The Donnas
• Artwork: Stephen Stickler
• Photography: Stephen Stickler
• Cover Photo: Stephen Stickler
• Direction: Popglory Art
• Camera operators: The Donnas, Tim Baker, Jackie Kelso
• Animation: Chris Becker
• Interviewer: Andy Dick
• Interviewee: The Donnas
• Model: Davy Newkirk

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2002	Billboard 200	62

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2003	"Take It Off"	Modern Rock Tracks	17
2003	"Take It Off"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	31
2003	"Take It Off"	Dutch Singles Charts	100
2003	"Who Invited You"	Hot Singles Sales	65

In Popular Culture

• The song "Take It Off" has been featured in the films Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, The Hangover, and the PlayStation 2 version of Guitar Hero, and as a part of a 3-song downloadable pack via Xbox Live for the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. It appeared one more time in Guitar Hero Smash Hits. It was also featured in the Birds of Prey episode, "Gladiatrix".
• "Who Invited You" was featured in EA Sports' MVP Baseball 2003, Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild, and True Crime: Streets of LA.^[13]

References

1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. Allmusic review
3. Stacey Starfucker. "Review / The Donnas: Spend The Night". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2003-03-12.
4. Entertainment Weekly review
5. Murphy, Peter (2003). "Spend The Night". Hot Press (18 March). Retrieved 20 October 2015. (subscription required)
6. Pitchfork Media review
7. Playlouder review at the Wayback Machine (archived May 1, 2003)
8. PopMatters review
9. Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 1, 2007)
10. Robert Christgau review
11. Uncut review
12. Yahoo! Music UK review at the Wayback Machine (archived August 11, 2004)

External links

• Spend the Night at Metacritic