The Guest (originally titled Phantom Planet Was Here) is the second studio album by American rock band Phantom Planet, released on February 26, 2002 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 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.Ben Lee "Rage" special guest interview 19/11/2016
Track listing
Personnel
Phantom Planet Alex Greenwald – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards Sam Farrar – bass, backing vocals Jacques Brautbar – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Darren Robinson – guitar Jason Schwartzman – drums
Additional musicians Adam Schlesinger – lyrics on "In Our Darkest Hour"
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) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. 133
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