Darkhorse

This article is about the Crazy Town album. For other uses, see Dark Horse.
Darkhorse
Studio album by
Crazy Town
ReleasedNovember 12, 2002
Studio
Genre
Length47:50
LabelColumbia
ProducerHoward Benson, Crazy Town
Crazy Town chronology
The Gift of Game
(1999) 		Darkhorse
(2002) 		The Brimstone Sluggers
(2015)
Singles from Darkhorse
  1. "Drowning"
    Released: November 16, 2002
  2. "Hurt You So Bad"
    Released: March 19, 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic(no rating)[1]
Counterculture.co.uk[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC−[3]
Melodic[4]
PopMatters(unfavorable)[5]

Darkhorse is the second studio album by American rap rock band Crazy Town, released on November 12, 2002.[6] The album peaked at No. 120 on the Billboard 200 and No. 164 in the UK. It sold fewer than 13,000 units in its first week.[7]

Crazy Town stated they were not personally disappointed that the album did not sell as well as their last, The Gift of Game, considering they were moving the band in a new direction, away from the pop success they achieved with their number 1 song "Butterfly".[7] Crazy Town broke up several months after the album's release, citing amongst other things including pressure from their record company for a "Butterfly" follow-up.[8]

The second and final single, "Hurt You So Bad", features Rivers Cuomo from Weezer on the track's guitar solo.[9]

  1. ^ "Crazy Town : Darkhorse". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Shaeffer, Rowan. "Crazy Town : Darkhorse". Counterculture.co.uk. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Brunner, Rob (November 15, 2002). "darkhorse (2002)". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012.
  4. ^ Wippsson, Johan. "Crazy Town - Darkhorse". Melodic. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012.
  5. ^ Tranter, Nikki (July 28, 2003). "Darkhorse". PopMatters. Archived from the original on January 3, 2006.
  6. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (September 23, 2002). "Crazy Town Take On All Comers With Darkhorse". MTV. Archived from the original on February 12, 2021.
  7. ^ a b DAngelo, Joe (November 21, 2002). "Crazy Town Hope To Put An End To 'Butterfly Boys' Taunts". MTV. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021.
  8. ^ Kaufman, Gil (July 2, 2007). "Where Ya Been?: City High Drop Out, Crazy Town Stop The Insanity". MTV. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021.
  9. ^ DAngelo, Joe (July 9, 2002). "Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Records With Crazy Town". MTV. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021.