The Guest (album)

Not to be confused with Guest (album).

The Guest (originally titled Phantom Planet Was Here) is the second studio album by American rock band Phantom Planet, released on February 26, 2002^[5] by Epic Records. It was reissued in November 2003 with four additional bonus tracks, music videos, photos, and lyrics scanned from the notebook in which the album was originally written.

The Guest
Studio album by Phantom Planet
Released	February 26, 2002
Recorded	1999–2001
Studio	Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California, mastered at Gateway Mastering[1]
Genre	Alternative rock pop rock power pop
Length	42:56 57:23 (reissue)
Label	Epic
Producer	Mitchell Froom, Tchad Blake
Phantom Planet chronology
Phantom Planet Is Missing (1998) The Guest (2002) Phantom Planet (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	7.3/10[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

The album produced the band's breakthrough hit, "California", which became the theme song to the Fox TV series, The O.C., in August 2003. Its music video aired on MTV2 in mid-2002.

The track "Lonely Day" is also featured on the Smallville and Laguna Beach soundtracks.

The figure seen running across the photo on the album cover is Australian musician Ben Lee.^[6]

Track listing

The Guest track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"California"	Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman, Joseph Meyer, B.G. De Sylva	3:14
2.	"Always On My Mind"		3:27
3.	"Lonely Day"	Greenwald, Schwartzman	3:40
4.	"One Ray of Sunlight"		4:43
5.	"Anthem"		4:21
6.	"In Our Darkest Hour"	Greenwald, Adam Schlesinger	3:02
7.	"Turn, Smile, Shift, Repeat"		5:22
8.	"Hey Now Girl"		2:35
9.	"Nobody's Fault"	Jacques Brautbar, Greenwald, Schwartzman	3:23
10.	"All Over Again"		4:19
11.	"Wishing Well"		4:19
12.	"Something Is Wrong"		4:21
Total length:			42:56

All tracks are written by Alex Greenwald, except where noted.

Bonus tracks on 2003 remastered version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"California" (demo)	Greenwald, Schwartzman	3:16
14.	"Always On My Mind" (London version)		3:22
15.	"The Guest" (live at the Troubadour)	Greenwald, Brautbar, Sam Farrar, Darren Robinson, Schwartzman	3:43
16.	"This Is What You Get" (demo)		4:08
Total length:			57:23

Bonus disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"The Guest" (demo)	Greenwald, Brautbar, Farrar, Robinson, Schwartzman	3:44
14.	"Do the Panic" (live)	Greenwald, Schwartzman	3:03
15.	"California" (live)	Greenwald, Schwartzman	3:19

Personnel

Musicians

Phantom Planet Alex Greenwald – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards Sam Farrar – bass, backing vocals Jacques Brautbar – rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Darren Robinson – lead guitar Jason Schwartzman – drums

Additional musicians Adam Schlesinger – lyrics on "In Our Darkest Hour"[1]

Production

Tchad Blake – production, recording, mixing Jacquie Blake – engineering Bob Ludwig – mastering Mitchell Froom – production Detourists – programming

Charts

Chart performance for The Guest

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	133
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8]	42
US Billboard 200[9]	133

References

1. Vanderhoff, Mark. "The Guest - Phantom Planet". AllMusic. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
2. AllMusic review
3. Pitchfork Media review
4. Rolling Stone review
5. Vanderhoff, Mark. "The Guest - Phantom Planet | Release Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
6. Ben Lee "Rage" special guest interview 19/11/2016
7. "Custard ARIA peaks to July 2024, received from ARIA in September 2024". ARIA. Retrieved September 28, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
8. "Austriancharts.at – Phantom Planet – The Guest" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
9. "Phantom Planet Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2019.