It is the bands first album with label 429 records. Everclear sparkle and fade scarce 1995 us 14track cd slbum complete with lyric booklet picture sleeve. Please feel free to like, share, comment, subscribe, and playlist as you see fit. Everclear was a power trio from oregon who merged such erstwhile entities as classic rock, power pop, punk and grunge. Everclear sparkle and fade the twistinside youtube.
Time stops when the whispers blare the voices drop hard, but the eyes still stare the world resolves into a deaths head grin because i walk with pride with a black. So yeah, i just threw in everclear s sparkle and fade. Everclear you make me feel like a whore by everclear. Made during the height of 90s grunge rock, sparkle and fade is quintessential listening from the decade. Though less directly biographical, everclear s second album, sparkle and fade, deals deeply with the themes of escape and redemption that pervaded his life upon leaving san francisco. Everclear pandora were having trouble loading pandora try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. As the singerguitaristsongwriter of everclear, art alexakis penned some of the. I shake the dust from this small town i turn and follow the western wind down i go and pack up my shiny things amd go, yeah just go ill find a.
What makes this copy so special is that the picture sleeve has been dedicated to grandpa jed and autographed by art alexakis craigmontoya and greg eklund in black marker pen. Remastered from highres archives for the first time. Jun 16, 2009 everclear s sparkle and fade is one of my alltime favorite rock album that i bought when i was 16. Capitol records c1 7243 8 30929 1 8,timkerr records 7pro79594 format. Sparkle and fade 180g lp back in stock shipping now. Everclear tickets, 2020 concert tour dates ticketmaster. As sparkle and fade reached its audience, everclear had to endure consistent. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Sure, the angst and crunchy postpunk riffs of sparkle and fade owe a debt to st.
This is a red vinyl seveninch that was released only with the vinyl version of sparkle and fade. Albums include so much for the afterglow, sparkle and fade, and songs from an american movie vol. Mastered from the original master tapes by kevin gray at cohearent audio and pressed at rti. Discover video clips of recent music performances and more on mtv. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod.
Sparkle and fade is the second studio album by portland, oregon altrockers everclear, and combines references to their west coast roots with descriptions of the troubled life lead singer and. Everclear s breakout altrock album includes smashhit santa monica. A driving passion at ir is bringing music from the dark days of the cd era to. Everclear sparkle and fade 2016, 180g, gatefold, vinyl discogs. You probably remember these guys from their radio success, santa monica. A combination of the same classic 70s rock that drives foo fighters or queens of the stone age and the melodic punk that inspired nirvana, everclear emerged on the pop culture landscape as part of the wave the pixies and husker du ushered in, a time when abrasive guitars. Jul 03, 2010 taken from the 1995 album sparkle and fade lyrics. Volvo driving soccer mom remastered, ten years gone. The album produced the singles heroin girl, santa monica, heartspark dollarsign and you make. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Everclear sparkle and fade 180g vinyl lp shop music direct. Everclears sparkle and fade was captured on analog master tapes, but.
Everclear news, music performances and show video clips mtv. The instability and personal turmoil alexakis has endured in his lifetime has left him with a wide breadth of subject matter for his songs. Track list electra made me blind heroin girl you make me feel like a whore santa monica summerland strawberry heartspark dollarsign the twistinside her brand new skin nehalem queen of the air pale green stars chemical smile my sexual life protection each record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum antidust sleeve. Since my prior streaming audio provider went bellyup. Sparkle and fade is the second album by everclear, released on may 23, 1995.
Art alexakis was the bandleader, lyricist, singer and guitarist, and he had a real knack and passion for singing about the tragic events of his own life mothers suicide, drug addiction, dating a black girl much to his communitys chagrin, beating his wife, becoming a rock. Preorder everclear sparkle and fade remastered, repress. That momentum continued to grow with their next release, 1997s so much for the afterglow, which went double platinum thanks to modernrock hits everything to everyone, father of mine, and i will buy. On sparkle and fade, everclear found universality in drug. Everclear sparkle and fade 1995, green, vinyl discogs. Girl, girl, yeah yeah i take your word like it was gospel im so eager to please yeah, i like it when you talk to me it feels so good inside your shadow its the place i need to be yeah, you know i need to climb you like a tree there is this place inside where all the. On top of that we also talked about his 9 years in the band and what hes up to now. Listen free to everclear sparkle and fade electra made me blind, heroin girl and more. Everclear electra made me blind by mega man rush jet renegade. After the limited release of their independently released debut album, world of noise, the band found success with. Many were secondrate ripoffs, but everclear was one deserving of the opportunity.
In a different light is a 2009 album by the band everclear. Never been here, never coming back never want to think about the things that happened today want to. The band was formed by art alexakis, the bands lead songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist. Sep 23, 2015 everclear sparkle and fade the twistinside. Vinyl, lp, album, deluxe edition, reissue, remastered, 180g.
Sure, the angst and crunchy postpunk riffs of sparkle and fade owe a debt. An easy comparison is nirvana, but everclear s music is closer to the countryrock leanings of screaming trees underneath their loud, grungy guitars there is a distinct rootsiness lacking in most seattle bands and that gives sparkle and fade its edge. The nirvana revolution smashed opened the door for countless likeminded bands. Singles like am radio, rock star, and volvo driving soccer mom were vapid enough that, to everclear fans, the bands evolution from post. A few hours ago i was drinking some random shots of citron, hennesey, and whatever at my friends house. Edit release all versions of this release new submission. World of noise, which would be reissued as their debut album a year later.
Everclear sparkle and fade lyrics and tracklist genius. Everclear is an american rock band formed in portland, oregon, in 1991. Sparkle and fade was everclears second release, and it broke huge. Everclears majorlabel debut is a tough, melodic set of gnarled postpunk hard rock. Everclear sparkle and fade 2016, 180g, gatefold, vinyl. Here is another outstanding deep cut from the 20th century. Never, ever, ever, take a straight up shot of everclear. Everclear s majorlabel debut is a tough, melodic set of gnarled postpunk hard rock. Add to collection add to wantlist remove from wantlist. The album is a collection of older everclear songs from previous albums performed in a more stripped down and acoustic fashion, with two previously unreleased songs, at the end of the day and here comes the darkness. Electra made me blind, heroin girl, you make me feel like a whore, santa monica, summerland, strawberry, heartspark dollarsign, the twistinside, her brand new skin, nehalem, queen of the air, pale green stars, chemical smile, my sexual life. It was an absolute honor to talk to him and thought other fans might like hearing gregs thoughts on sparkle and what hes up to. While the cd has a downcast, gritty feel and speaks to the hopelessness of drug addiction, the music always rises above loathing and selfpity. There we were at a boarding school in rural kelantan, surrounded by palm oil trees and secondary jungle, no internet, mtv or whatever but still we were.
On sparkle and fade, everclear found universality in drugaddled. All of a sudden, i felt bold, and stupid, and decided to down a shot of 95% alc. The trio, especially lead singer art alexakis, went through a lot of changes throughout their careers and these changes helped to shape their lyrics and mood. Their second album and first for capitol, sparkle and fade, appeared in 1995 and caught on quickly with catchy singles like santa monica. Permanent records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most in 1998, everclear appeared on fanatic, an mtv show where superfans met their favorite celebrities and conducted weirdly formal interviews with them. I had greg eklund on my show this week and we had an in depth conversation about sparkle and fade for its 25th anniversary. It was their first album to be released exclusively on capitol records. Packaging all items are shipped brandnew and unopened in. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from everclear. In this episode, everclear then including frontman art alexakis, bassist craig montoya, and drummer greg eklundwere sitting down with eric keown who claims, i. Everclear heartspark dollarsign lyrics genius lyrics. Listening to this album again today, brought back fond memories of my high school years.
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