The Best of Everclear

Performer: Everclear
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Photographer: Frank Ockenfels. Though Everclear's sound wasn't particularly distinctive in the post-grunge 1990s, the band's singer and songwriter Art Alexakis penned melodies and lyrics substantial enough to make them stand out from the pack. BEST OF brings together 10 of Everclear's biggest hits, providing a concise, well-selected sampler of Alexakis's songcraft and the band's expansive, melodic rock. Fans seeking a more complete collection should look for the 2004 compilation TEN YEARS GONE, which doubles the number of BEST OF's tracks, but in many ways this pared-down blast of the band's best is the ideal introduction.

In the aftermath of the Nirvana-led grunge explosion of the early 1990s, Everclear's grunged-out roots rock brought it all back home without a trace of pretension. At first glance, songs like "Santa Monica" and "Everything to Everyone" are deceptively simple-sounding, grunge pop affairs. By the end of the '90s, however, people listened a little harder and began to realize that bandleader Art Alexakis was actually a major songwriter of his time.

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