Sweet Oblivion
Sweet Oblivion is Screaming Trees' sixth full-length album, released on September 8, 1992. The recording was the band's highest landmark in terms of album sales, and was the closest they came to ever achieving mainstream success. Sweet Oblivion sold in excess of 300,000 copies on the strength of "Nearly Lost You". The band's biggest hit, it benefited from an appearance on Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, a Top Ten, platinum-selling hit album which featured many other popular Seattle-based music acts from the period.
Personnel changes around the time of the album also led to the replacing of original drummer Mark Pickerel, who left to pursue other musical interests, with Barrett Martin. Four years passed in between Sweet Oblivion and the band's follow-up album, Dust, a move that arguably hurt much of the Trees' commercial momentum.[1]
Reviews
Track listing
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1. | "Shadow of the Season" | L. Conner/Lanegan | 4:34 |
2. | "Nearly Lost You" | L. Conner/V. Conner/Lanegan | 4:07 |
3. | "Dollar Bill" | V. Conner/Lanegan | 4:35 |
4. | "More or Less" | L. Conner/V. Conner/Lanegan | 3:11 |
5. | "Butterfly" | L. Conner/V. Conner/Lanegan | 3:22 |
6. | "For Celebrations Past" | L. Conner/V. Conner/Lanegan/Martin | 4:09 |
7. | "The Secret Kind" | L. Conner/V. Conner/Lanegan/Martin | 3:08 |
8. | "Winter Song" | L. Conner/Lanegan | 3:43 |
9. | "Troubled Times" | L. Conner/V. Conner/Lanegan/Martin | 5:20 |
10. | "No One Knows" | L. Conner/Lanegan | 5:13 |
11. | "Julie Paradise" | V. Conner/Lanegan | 5:05 |
Personnel
Charts
Album
Year |
Chart |
Peak |
1992 |
Heatseekers |
4 |
1993 |
The Billboard 200 |
141 |
Singles
Year |
Single |
Chart |
Peak |
1992 |
"Nearly Lost You" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
12 |
"Nearly Lost You" |
Modern Rock Tracks |
5 |
Hot 100 Airplay |
62 |
UK Singles Chart |
50 |
1993 |
"Dollar Bill" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
40 |
Modern Rock Tracks |
28 |
References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "allmusic ((( Dust > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ↑ Huey, Steve. "allmusic ((( Sweet Oblivion > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan. "Screaming Trees". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 721, cited March 17, 2010
- ↑ Farber, Jim. "Sweet Oblivion". Entertainment Weekly. October 1992. pg. 58, cited March 17, 2010
- ↑ "Screaming Trees". Q. October 1992. pg. 90, cited March 17, 2010
- ↑ "Screaming Trees". NME. October 1992. pg. 37, cited March 17, 2010
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Screaming Trees". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
- ↑ Watts, Chris (31 October 1992). "Screaming Trees 'Sweet Oblivion'". Kerrang!. 416. London, UK: EMAP.
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