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 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.
Track listing
Personnel
;Band- 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
- Paul Cantelon - Violin
- Derron Nuhfer - Saxophone
- Buddy Schaub - Trombone
- Gerri Sutyak - Cello
- Rami Jaffee - Vox Organ
- 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
| Year | Chart | Position |
| 1997 | The Billboard 200 | 33 |
Singles - Billboard
| 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 |