| Product Summary | | Label: 429 RECORDS/FONTANA | | UPC: 00795041774729 | | Release Date: 10/6/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 212121788 | | Item#: M4RHYH | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Everything to Everyone ~ Everclear |  | | 2. Wonderful ~ Everclear | | | 3. At the End of the Day ~ Everclear | | | 4. Santa Monica ~ Everclear | | | 5. Summerland ~ Everclear | | | 6. Here Comes the Darkness ~ Everclear | | | 7. Father of Mine ~ Everclear | | | 8. Fire Maple Song ~ Everclear | | | 9. Rock Star ~ Everclear | | | 10. Learning How to Smile ~ Everclear | | | 11. I Will Buy You a New Life ~ Everclear | |
| In a Different Light features brand new versions of previous hits and old fan favorites performed in a more stripped down and acoustic fashion. The brainchild of front man Art Alexakis, the album also includes two new Alexakis-penned songs, “Here Comes the Darkness” and “At the End of the Day.”
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Art Alexakis (vocals, guitar, banjo, mandola, percussion); Josh Crawley (vocals, keyboards); Sam Hudson (vocals); Tommy Stewart (drums, percussion). | | Audio Mixer: Nathaniel Kunkel. | | Instead of releasing another full-blown collection of new songs, Everclear issued In a Different Light in the fall of 2009. Harking back to the earliest days of rock & roll, when rock & rollers cut new versions of their old hits whenever they signed to a new label, Everclear redo their old tunes for 429 Records, but where Fats Domino and Chuck Berry pretty much stuck to the letter of their original hits, Everclear revamp these tunes, not so much making them into unplugged versions but turning them into something studiously mature and age appropriate, with the energy dialed down and the palette expanded yet muted. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | Biding time between full-blown collections of new songs, Everclear released In a Different Light in the fall of 2009. Harking back to the earliest days of rock & roll, when rock & rollers cut new versions of their old hits whenever they signed to a new label, Everclear redo their old tunes for 429 Records, but where Fats Domino and Chuck Berry pretty much stuck to the letter of their original hits, Everclear revamp these tunes, not so much making them into unplugged versions but turning them into something studiously mature, age appropriate for graying alt-rockers. No song here is drastically rearranged; rather, the energy is dialed down and the palette is expanded yet muted, resulting in an album that plays like a faded memory of a greatest-hits album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Producer: Dean Baskerville; A.P. Alexakis; Nathaniel Kunkel |
Engineer: Dean Baskerville; Bob Stark |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/06/2009 | | Original Release Date : 2009 | | Catalog ID : 17747 | | Label : 429 Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00795041774729 |
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| | Bio | | Everclear
Art Alexakis (b. Apr. 12, 1962, West Los Angeles, CA) was raised in a lower-middle-class household by his single mother. His father left the family during Alexakis' childhood, an incident that would later pepper many of Everclear's most popular songs. The dual deaths of his brother and girlfriend (his brother by heroin overdose; his girlfriend by suicide) convinced him to kick his own cocaine habit in the mid-'80s, and he later formed a country-punk band named Colorfinger in San Francisco. The group released one LP on Alexakis' own Shindig label, but the album (and an EP) became out of print after distributor Rough Trade folded. The band subsequently imploded, and Alexakis moved to his girlfriend's hometown of Portland, OR. In 1992, he met Craig Montoya (b. Sept. 14, 1970) and Everclear's first drummer, Scott Cuthbert; the trio recorded a demo EP for 400 and released the disc on Portland's Tim/Kerr label. Alexakis grew frustrated with the company's lack of promotion, so he hired an independent promoter to push the EP and personally mailed copies to media outlets and distributors.Everclear then added several songs to the EP, re-titled it World of Noise, and issued the expanded package in 1993 on Fire Records. Throughout the following year, the group toured relentlessly and underwent several key changes, replacing Cuthbert with Greg Eklund (b. Apr. 18, 1970) and singing to Capitol Records in June. Their second album, Sparkle and Fade, appeared in 1995 and attracted a much wider audience. Alternative radio outlet lent their support to the singles "Santa Monica" and "Heroin Girl," and the album eventually rose to platinum status. Meanwhile, Alexakis became a major alternative media figure, even reporting from the 1996 political conventions for MTV. So Much for the Afterglow followed in 1997 and went double-platinum, particularly due to the success of three Top 5 modern rock hits: "Everything to Everyone," "I Will Buy You a New Life," and "Father of Mine." Alexakis had become a father himself around this time, and the birth of his daughter prompted the singer to become even more politically active. He testified in front of Congress regarding child support laws and campaigned with several presidential tickets, among other efforts. Everclear was also hailed Modern Rock Artist of the Year by Billboard magazine in 1998. A double-barreled concept effort appeared in 2000 with the poppy Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile surfacing in early fall and the harder-rocking Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 2: Good Time for a Bad Attitude appearing a few months later. (Learning How to Smile was initially planned as a solo effort for Alexakis, given its deviation from the band's standard three-piece rock sound.) Both records produced several charting singles, with the AM radio pop of "Wonderful" finding the most success. Everclear returned with the more straightforward Slow Motion Daydream in 2003 before the aptly titled greatest-hits compilation Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004 appeared in October 2004. In between, Alexakis ventured on a brief 2003 solo acoustic tour before the entire Everclear lineup would shift around him. Alexakis remained the only original member as the group expanded past a trio to include bassist Sam Hudson, guitarist Dave French, drummer Brett Snyder, and keyboardist Josh Crawley. Now off the Capitol roster and back in the indie world, the newly minted Everclear released Welcome to the Drama Club on Eleven Seven Music (in association with ADA/Warner Music Group) in September 2006. Spearheaded by the single "Hater," the album was meant to be a homage to some of Alexakis' earliest influences. Drama Club cracked the Billboard Top 200 and hit number eleven on the Top Independent Albums chart.
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