"[5] Sugar Ray had previously covered the 1981 new wave song "Stand and Deliver" by Adam and the Ants, with it appearing on their second album Floored.

The back of the album shows the song titles as if they were a digital menu with a programming guide for what was on television for the date of Saturday, October 24th.

[6] To support the album in the summer of 2003, Sugar Ray embarked on a month long American tour with Michelle Branch, The Goo-Goo Dolls and Uncle Kracker.

[9] In 2004, McGrath got a role as host of entertainment news program Extra, and the band started only playing a few shows a year up until their comeback with Music for Cougars.

McGrath reflected in 2009 that the pop radio scene was starting to shift at that time, saying "the Ushers and Lil Jons were moving in and I'm like, 'you know what, man?

"[11] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called it "another winning record by a band who has proven to be far more resilient than anybody could have guessed when 'Fly' flew to the top of the charts in 1997.

"[13] Rolling Stone's Pat Blashill had a more negative review, saying that "Sugar Ray are a synthesis of everything that's dumb about pop music; like Prell shampoo, they make you feel bouncy, resilient and full of pep."

"[14] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine also had a negative review in 2003, saying that "Sugar Ray’s 1999 album 14:59 was such a blatant, no-apologies capitalist cash-in it was difficult not to admire it.