Everclear

Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 384 MB | Full Artwork: 126 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Capitol # TOCP-50310 | Country/Year: Japan 1997
Genre: Rock | Style: Alternative Rock, Grunge, Pop Rock

"…There are several songs on the album that do showcase the group at their best…" ~allmusicguide

CD available through the mail for free from MTV, including enhanced features and an action guide explaining how to defuse violent situations teens might go through. A collection consists of music tracks and "Sound Bite" tracks, which are non-music tracks from various artists. Tracks 14 to 16 consist of nothing but 8 seconds of silence.

MOM: Music for Our Mother Ocean is a series of three compilations produced by Surfdog Records to benefit the Surfrider Foundation. The albums feature original songs as well as covers – many sharing a surfing or summer theme – by a range of popular artists.

A special Christmas compilation released by Capitol Records in 2007. Jimmy Eat World, The Decemberists, Relient K, Luscious Jackson and others.

Now That’s What I Call the 1990s focuses on the decade’s second half, splitting its time between pop songs and the alternative music that followed in grunge’s footsteps. Pearl Jam and other hard-edged bands are absent from this compilation; instead, slicker groups like Live (“I Alone”) and Collective Soul (“Shine”) represent the wave of mainstream rock that swept through the Clinton era, with Everclear (“Father of Mine”) and Sublime (“What I Got”) thrown in for good measure. Des’ree’s “You Gotta Be” and New Radicals’ “You Get What You Give” help anchor the album’s pop side, while the inclusion of Edwin McCain’s “I’ll Be” is a reminder that the decade also spawned many an omnipresent wedding song. Ignoring grunge, Euro-dance, and teen pop makes this a narrow-minded compilation, but for those who like the aforementioned songs, Now That's What I Call the 1990s is an easy way to get them all in one place.

Baz Luhrmann's garish, flamboyant adaptation of Romeo + Juliet was hyper-kinetic and colorful, boasting a heavy inspiration from the visual style of MTV, so it's only appropriate that the soundtrack was tailored for the alternative nation that MTV fostered. Combining modern rock acts like Garbage, Radiohead, the Cardigans, and the Butthole Surfers with contemporary soul like Des'ree and adult alternative like Gavin Friday, the album is slick, polished, catchy – and surprisingly strong. Though the soul and pop is good, the alternative rock acts on the soundtrack fare the best, with Garbage and Radiohead both contributing excellent B-sides ("Number One Crush" and "Talk Show Host," respectively), with the Cardigans' sleek, sexy lounge-disco number "Lovefool" stealing the show.