Floored is the second studio album by American rock band Sugar Ray, released on June 24, 1997 through Atlantic and Lava Records. It includes the hit song "Fly", and another moderately successful single, "RPM". Two versions of "Fly" are found on the album, one of them featuring reggae artist Super Cat. Read more on Last.fm.
Sugar Ray is a rock band from Orange County, California. The band formed in 1992 with the name Shrinky Dinx, later changing it to Sugar Ray after the boxer Sugar Ray Leonard. They originally were a funk metal band, however later releases abandoned this genre in favour of pop rock.
Their debut album, Lemonade and Brownies, was released in 1995. It failed to produce a major hit. Their early work was strongly influenced by funk, punk, alternative rock and straight-up rhythm and blues, not a particularly fashionable combination at the time. Read more on Last.fm
Before becoming pop rock darlings, Sugar Ray were a well rounded hard rock outfit, combining metal, socal punk and 80’s pop to create Floored, a more than solid debut and a rare album that most people will remember for “Fly”, their career changing single and the one song that every album after would be crafted upon. If you want to hear a famous band at their near conception, this is a good place to start.