Happy Love Sick

Happy Love Sick is the only solo album by Shifty Shellshock who was best known as frontman of rap rock band Crazy Town. The album includes the original singles "Slide Along Side" and "Turning Me On". The single "Starry Eyed Surprise", a collaboration between Paul Oakenfold and Shellshock that was originally released in 2002 on Oakenfold's album Bunkka, also appears on this CD.

Musical style and reception

Regarding his new direction on the album, Shellshock stated to the Los Angeles Times in 2004 "I tried to remove the heavy rock element [of Crazy Town]. This is more surfer hip-hop: hip-hop with reggae overtones, some dance music and R&B influences." Tim Sendra of Allmusic ranked the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote in his review that while Happy Love Sick was marred by a somewhat repetitive series of songs, it was nonetheless "a surprisingly good album that should be a feature at late-summer slow drags, beach bonfires, and freshman mixers."

Track listing

Singles

References

1. Shifty Shellshock
2. Slide Along Side
3. Starry Eyed Surprise
4. The Gift of Game
5. Special
6. Crazy Town
7. Lolita (disambiguation)
8. DJ AM
9. Magical
10. 2004 in music
11. Turning Me On
12. Michael Patterson (producer)
13. When We Were Young
14. Sick Puppies
15. Madea
16. Sick Societies
17. Austin John Winkler
18. Redeeming Love (2022 film)
19. List of Happy Tree Friends episodes
20. Ricky Eat Acid