So Much for the Afterglow

So Much for the Afterglow is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Everclear, released on October 7, 1997. It contained the singles "Everything to Everyone", "I Will Buy You a New Life", "Father of Mine", "So Much for the Afterglow", and "One Hit Wonder". "Everything to Everyone", "I Will Buy You A New Life" and "Father of Mine," received heavy rotation on MTV's Total Request Live and launched Everclear into mainstream popularity in the late-90s. 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."

So Much for the Afterglow
Studio album by
Everclear
ReleasedOctober 7, 1997
RecordedNovember 1996 – March 1997
GenreRock[1]
Length49:11
LabelCapitol
ProducerArt Alexakis, Neal Avron, Lars Fox[2]
Everclear chronology
White Trash Hell
(1997)		 So Much for the Afterglow
(1997)		 Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile
(2000)
Singles from So Much for the Afterglow
  1. "Everything to Everyone"
    Released: September 9, 1997
  2. "I Will Buy You a New Life"
    Released: September 27, 1997
  3. "Father of Mine"
    Released: November 17, 1998
  4. "So Much for the Afterglow"
    Released: 1998
  5. "One Hit Wonder"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[5]
The Guardian[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
Pitchfork8.2/10[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Spin8/10[11]
The Village VoiceB+[12]

So Much for the Afterglow remains Everclear's best selling album with a 2x Platinum certification by the RIAA in 1998.[13]

In January 2016 independent record label Intervention Records released 20th anniversary vinyl reissue of So Much for the Afterglow. The reissue was the first time that the album was mastered using high-resolution archives and was pressed on 180-gram vinyl at record pressing plant RTI then packaged in a gate-fold jacket that was printed at Stoughton Printing Company.[14]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Art Alexakis; all music is composed by Alexakis, Craig Montoya and Greg Eklund.

No.TitleLength
1."So Much for the Afterglow"3:53
2."Everything to Everyone"3:20
3."Ataraxia (Media Intro)" (Actually an excerpt from "The Relaxed Wife.")0:34
4."Normal Like You"3:13
5."I Will Buy You a New Life"3:58
6."Father of Mine"3:52
7."One Hit Wonder"3:28
8."El Distorto de Melodica (Instrumental)"3:07
9."Amphetamine"3:36
10."White Men in Black Suits"3:32
11."Sunflowers"3:48
12."Why I Don't Believe in God"4:17
13."Like a California King / Hating You for Christmas"8:08
Australian edition
No.TitleLength
13."Like a California King"3:37
14."Local God / Hating You for Christmas"8:30
Japanese edition
No.TitleLength
13."Like a California King"3:35
14."Southern Girls"2:51
15."Speed Racer / Hating You for Christmas"7:01

Personnel
Band
Additional musicians
  • Paul Cantelon - Violin
  • Derron Nuhfer - Saxophone
  • Buddy Schaub - Trombone
  • Gerri Sutyak - Cello
  • Rami Jaffee - Vox Organ
Production
  • 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
  • Lars Fox - Sampling, Loops, Assistant Producer
  • Dave Friedlander - Assistant Engineer
  • Krista Gaylor - Photography
  • Bill Jackson - Assistant Engineer
  • Bob Ludwig - Mastering
  • Frank Ockenfels - Photography, Cover Art
  • Ronnie Rivera - Assistant Engineer
  • Jim Rondinelli - Engineer, String Arrangements, Assistant Producer
  • 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

References
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  2. "Lars Fox | Credits". AllMusic.
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "So Much for the Afterglow – Everclear". AllMusic. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  4. Kot, Greg (October 10, 1997). "Everclear: So Much for the Afterglow (Capitol)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  5. Browne, David (October 10, 1997). "So Much for the Afterglow". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  6. Sullivan, Caroline (March 6, 1998). "Everclear: So Much for the Afterglow (Capitol)". The Guardian.
  7. Cromelin, Richard (October 5, 1997). "Everclear 'So Much for the Afterglow' Capitol". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  8. Schreiber, Ryan. "Everclear: So Much For The Afterglow". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 9, 2000. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  9. Hoskyns, Barney (October 7, 1997). "Everclear: So Much For The Afterglow". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 18, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  10. Harris, Keith (2004). "Everclear". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 285–86. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  11. Eddy, Chuck (November 1997). "Everclear: So Much for the Afterglow". Spin. 13 (8): 141. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  12. Christgau, Robert (March 3, 1998). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  13. "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  14. Records, Intervention. "Intervention Records | (Re)living Music". www.interventionrecords.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
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