So Much for the Afterglow

So Much for the Afterglow by Everclear
Information
Name	So Much for the Afterglow
Album Type	Studio Albums
Genres	Alternative Rock, Grunge, Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Power Pop
Release Date	October 7, 1997
Recorded Date and Place	November 1996 – March 1997
Label	Capitol
Label ID	CDP 7243 8 36503 2 3
Producer	Art Alexakis, Neal Avron, Lars Fox
Length	55:30
Preceded By	White Trash Hell
Followed By	Live from Toronto

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 remains Everclear's best selling album with a 2x Platinum certification by the RIAA in 1998.

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.

Tracklist

No.	Name	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"So Much for the Afterglow"	Art Alexakis	Alexakis, Craig Montoya, Greg Eklund	3:53
2.	"Everything to Everyone"	Alexakis	Alexakis, Montoya, Eklund	4:00
3.	"Ataraxia (Media Intro)"			0:34
4.	"Normal Like You"	Alexakis	Alexakis, Montoya, Eklund	3:13
5.	"I Will Buy You a New Life"	Alexakis	Alexakis, Montoya, Eklund	5:48
6.	"Father of Mine"	Alexakis	Alexakis, Montoya, Eklund	4:21
7.	"One Hit Wonder"	Alexakis	Alexakis, Montoya, Eklund	3:28
8.	"El Distorto de Melodica"		Alexakis, Montoya, Eklund	3:07
9.	"Amphetamine"	Alexakis	Alexakis, Montoya, Eklund	3:36
10.	"White Men in Black Suits"	Alexakis	Alexakis, Montoya, Eklund	3:32
11.	"Sunflowers"	Alexakis	Alexakis, Montoya, Eklund	3:48
12.	"Why I Don't Believe in God"	Alexakis	Alexakis, Montoya, Eklund	4:17
13.	"Like a California King"	Alexakis	Alexakis, Montoya, Eklund	8:08

Personnel

Everclear

• Art Alexakis - Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Steel guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements, Cover Art Concept, Cover Design, Toy piano
• Greg Eklund - Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Assistant Producer, Slide whistle
• Craig Montoya - Mandolin, Bass guitar, Keyboards, Sound Effects, Vocals, Assistant Producer

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

Sources

• Wikipedia: [1]