On July 9, 2002, the band released its fourth studio album, Hard Candy . The album included a cover of Joni Mitchell ‘s song ” Big Yellow Taxi “. Vanessa Carlton contributed backing vocals to the single edit of the track, which appeared on the soundtrack for Two Weeks Notice and was re-released on future Hard Candy albums. The original version, without vocals by Carlton, appeared on the first album release as a hidden track. Hard Candy received better reviews than the previous efforts, with “radio friendly” songs, like ” American Girls ” (which featured Sheryl Crow on backing vocals), and contains a more upbeat feel and tempo. The band toured with the Dutch band, Bløf . A song, “Holiday in Spain”, came together as a result of the camaraderie between the two groups: it is sung partly as a dual language duet, and partly as a musical “round”, with both lead singers singing in differing languages at the end of the song.
On July 9, 2002, the band released its fourth studio album, Hard
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