SO MUCH FOR THE AFTERGLOW

'''So Much for the Afterglow''' is the third album by Everclear, released on October 7, 1997 (see 1997 in music). It contained the singles "Everything to Everyone", "I Will Buy You a New Life", "Father of Mine" and "One Hit Wonder". This album strays noticeably from the band's past work, which is much less clean and polished. While those past attempts were clear examples of grunge, listeners have been more inclined to categorize ''So Much For The Afterglow'' as power pop. A number of the songs from this album, especially "Everything to Everyone" and "Father of Mine" received heavy rotation on MTV's Total Request Live and launched Everclear into mainstream popularity (ironic given the album's seeming insistence that the band's fifteen minutes of fame may almost be up). ''So Much for the Afterglow'' provided Everclear with their only Grammy nomination to date, a Best Rock Instrumental nod in 1998 for "El Distorto de Melodica".

Contents

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Track listing

# "So Much for the Afterglow" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 3:53
# "Everything to Everyone" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 3:20
# "Ataraxia (Media Intro)" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 0:34
# "Normal Like You" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 3:13
# "I Will Buy You a New Life" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 3:58
# "Father of Mine" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 3:51
# "One Hit Wonder" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 3:28
# "El Distorto de Melodica" (Instrumental) (Alexakis/Everclear) – 3:07
# "Amphetamine" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 3:35
# "White Men in Black Suits" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 3:32
# "Sunflowers" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 3:47
# "Why I Don't Believe in God" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 4:17
# "Like a California King" (Alexakis/Everclear) – 8:08
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★ Contains the hidden track "Hating You For Christmas".

Personnel

★ Art Alexakis - Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Guitar (Steel), Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements, Cover Art Concept, Cover Design, Toy Piano

★ Neal Avron - Trumpet, Producer, Engineer, Vocal Arrangement, Horn Arrangements, Mixing

★ Tom Banghart - Assistant Engineer

★ Mike Baumgartner - Assistant Engineer

★ Steven Birch - Coordination, Art Direction, Design, Cover Art Concept, Cover Design

★ Ian Blanch - Mixing Assistant

★ Nick Brophy - Assistant Engineer

★ Paul Cantelon - Violin

★ Greg Eklund - Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Assistant Producer, Slide Whistle

★ Lars Fox - Sampling, Loops, Assistant Producer

★ Dave Friedlander - Assistant Engineer

★ Krista Gaylor - Photography

★ Bill Jackson - Assistant Engineer

★ Rami Jaffee - Vox Organ, Vox Organ

★ Bob Ludwig - Mastering

★ Craig Montoya - Mandolin, Guitar (Bass), Keyboards, Sound Effects, Vocals, Assistant Producer

★ Derron Nuhfer - Saxophone

★ Frank Ockenfels - Photography, Cover Art

★ Ronnie Rivera - Assistant Engineer

★ Jim Rondinelli - Engineer, String Arrangements, Assistant Producer

★ Buddy Schnaub - Trombone

★ Gerri Sutyak - Cello

★ Kenneth A. Van Druten - Assistant Engineer

★ Andy Wallace - Mixing

★ Perry Watts-Russell - Executive Producer

★ Joe Zook - Editing, Editing Assistant, Transfer Assistant

Charts

'Album' - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1997	The Billboard 200	33

'Singles' - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1997	"Everything to Everyone"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	15
1997	"Everything to Everyone"	Modern Rock Tracks	1
1998	"Father of Mine"	Adult Top 40	23
1998	"Father of Mine"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	29
1998	"Father of Mine"	Modern Rock Tracks	4
1998	"Father of Mine"	The Billboard Hot 100	70
1998	"Father of Mine"	Top 40 Mainstream	24
1998	"I Will Buy You a New Life"	Adult Top 40	20
1998	"I Will Buy You a New Life"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	20
1998	"I Will Buy You a New Life"	Modern Rock Tracks	3
1998	"I Will Buy You a New Life"	Top 40 Mainstream	31
1999	"One Hit Wonder"	Modern Rock Tracks	12