Anthology (Alien Ant Farm album)

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Anthology
ANThology AAF.jpg
Studio album by Alien Ant Farm
Released United States March 6, 2001
Australia March 19, 2001
United Kingdom March 19, 2001
Recorded August – November 2000[citation needed]
Genre Alternative metal, alternative rock, nu metal, pop punk
Length 56:39
Label DreamWorks
Producer Jay Baumgardner
Alien Ant Farm chronology
Greatest Hits
(1999)Greatest Hits1999		 Anthology
(2001)		 Truant
(2003)Truant2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 65/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[2]
NME (6/10)[3]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[4]
Wall of Sound (62/100)[5]
Yahoo! Music UK 7/10 stars[6]

Anthology (styled as ANThology) is the second album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19, 2001 in Australia and the UK. It is the first major label album of the band. Similarly to how their debut album was entitled Greatest Hits, the album is not a compilation album.

"Smooth Criminal" was released as downloadable content for the Rock Band series of video games on May 5, 2009. The rest of the album has been licensed for release on the Rock Band Network over the course of 2011–12, starting with "Movies" and "Courage" and continuing with three songs per quarter until the full album is released.[7]

Song information

Their first single, "Smooth Criminal", was a cover of Michael Jackson's song of the same name, which started to bring popularity to the band. The song "Wish" was featured on the video game soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3,[8] and "Courage" was featured on the video game soundtracks of Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder and ATV Offroad Fury 2.[9][10]

Singles

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Originally, the band made a small-budget video for the song "Movies" (as they were still unknown). This was their intended first single. According to the band, they had never intended for "Smooth Criminal" to be a single. A radio station played the song (without permission from the band) and they received positive feedback. Instead of taking action against the radio station, they decided to accommodate the listeners and they quickly released their "Smooth Criminal" video and withdrew their "Movies" video. When it was time for a second single, they shot the current "Movies" video. There were a total of 3 videos made for this track.

Recording

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The album was recorded and mixed at NRG Recording in North Hollywood.[11]

Commercial reception

The album has been certified Platinum in the United States for sales of over 1,000,000 units.[12]

Track listing

  1. "Courage" – 3:30
  2. "Movies" – 3:15
  3. "Flesh and Bone" – 4:28
  4. "Whisper" – 3:25
  5. "Summer" – 4:15
  6. "Sticks and Stones" – 3:16
  7. "Attitude" – 4:54
  8. "Stranded" – 3:57
  9. "Wish" – 3:22
  10. "Calico" – 4:10
  11. "Happy Death Day" – 4:33
  12. "Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson cover)" – 3:29
  13. "Universe" – 9:07 (includes hidden track "Orange Appeal")
  • The song "Wish" was the band's first song ever written and performed, and is also featured on their $100 EP.
  • The song "Movies" was originally from Greatest Hits.
  • The song "Universe" was originally from Love Songs EP, though it also featured on Greatest Hits.
  • An early version of the Michael Jackson cover, "Smooth Criminal", can also be found on Greatest Hits, labelled as "Slick Thief".

Personnel

Charts

Album

Singles

Year Title Peak position
AUS
[13]		 AUT
[14]		 BE (VI)
[15]		 BE (Wal)
[25]		 DEN
[26]		 FIN
[17]		 FRA
[27]		 HOL
[16]		 IRE
[28]		 IT
[29]		 NOR
[30]		 NZL
[19]		 SWE
[20]		 SWI
[21]		 UK
[22]		 US
[31]
2001 "Smooth Criminal" 1 6 3 4 3 2 27 4 2 11 7 4 5 4 3 23
"Movies" 29 32 4 — — — — — 13 — — 35 — 62 5 —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

References

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