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░██░ ▀ Album :.......: Platinum And Gold CollectionAlbum ▀ ░██░
░░██▓ ░ Rls Date :....: Mar-24-2004 ░ ▓██░
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01 04:54 Photograph
02 04:30 The Freshman
03 03:34 Hero
04 03:35 Never Let You Down
05 04:44 Villains
06 04:27 Cup Of Tea
07 03:30 Penny Is Poison
08 04:48 Kiss Me Idle
09 04:10 La La
10 03:32 Happiness Is
11 04:28 Colorful
12 04:53 Spoonful Of Sugar (Live Version)
51:05 min Total Playing Time - Total Size 81,8 MB
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The Verve Pipe were one of the handful of
post-grunge bands that had a hit in the
mid- to late '90s that was ubiquitous,
and then had the bottom suddenly fall out
from underneath them. That hit, of
course, was "The Freshmen," a pained,
earnest mid-tempo dissection of a
relationship gone wrong that the band's
lead singer/songwriter, Brian Vander Ark,
wrote years before the Verve Pipe had
formed. Starting as an acoustic ballad,
by the time it turned into a radio hit it
was given a brooding sensibility, heavy
on heavy guitars and echo, that didn't
just fit into the post-Nirvana landscape
of '90s modern rock, it epitomized how
alternative rock was no longer
underground ù it was a commercial
juggernaut. If the Verve Pipe never had
another hit to match "The Freshmen," it
was not for lack of trying, nor was it
for lack of material ù as their first
hits compilation, Platinum & Gold
Collection, proves, they had similarly
hooky material that fit well into
mainstream alt-rock radio. And they did
have other hits, like "Photograph,"
"Villains," and "Hero," but while sturdy,
none of them became a touchstone like
"The Freshmen" since they had neither the
immediate hook nor the universal subject
matter of that single. The Verve Pipe
might have been able to retain a small
cult if their second major-label album,
an eponymous 1999 effort helmed by
superstar producer Michael Beinhorn,
didn't tank, bringing their career down
with it; by the time they released their
very good, Adam Schlesinger-produced 2001
album Underneath, they were already
considered a footnote to the alt-rock
era. While they were by no means
trendsetters, they were a solid, reliable
band, and this compilation proves that
out. This naturally relies very heavily
on their one big LP, 1996's Villains,
with three tracks apiece from Verve Pipe
and Underneath and a live version of the
Pop Smear favorite "Spoonful of Sugar"
added as a closing cut. It's an excellent
summary of their three-album stint with
RCA, and while this music is emblematic
of its time, it does prove that of the
one-hit post-grunge wonders of the second
half of the '90s, the Verve Pipe had one
of the most consistent bodies of work.
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