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The Very Best Things (1995–2008)
''The Very Best Things (1995–2008)'' is a greatest hits compilation album by American rock band Filter (band), Filter. It was released on March 31, 2009 through Rhino Records. Overview The album contains songs from Filter's first four studio albums: ''Short Bus (album), Short Bus'', ''Title of Record'', ''The Amalgamut'', and ''Anthems for the Damned''. Additionally, the compilation features songs from ''The Crow: City of Angels (soundtrack), The Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack'', ''Spawn: The Album'', ''The X-Files: The Album'', and ''Songs in the Key of X''. All of the songs were remastered for the compilation. Track listing Personnel ;Filter *Richard Patrick – lead vocals, guitar, programming, keyboards, bass, drums *Brian Liesegang – guitar, programming, keyboards, drums (tracks 1, 3, 4 and 8) *Geno Lenardo – guitar, bass, programming (tracks 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13) *John 5 – guitar (track 6) *Frank Cavanagh – bass (tracks 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13) *Steven Gillis ...
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Filter (band)
Filter is an American rock music, rock band formed in 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio, by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist and programmer Brian Liesegang. The band was formed when Patrick desired to start his own band after leaving Nine Inch Nails as their touring guitarist. Their debut album ''Short Bus (album), Short Bus'' was released in 1995 and ended up going platinum, largely due to the success of the single "Hey Man Nice Shot". After the album, the band would go through the first of many lineup changes, leaving Patrick as the only consistent member across all releases. After Liesegang's departure in 1997, Patrick recorded a follow up album with the ''Short Bus'' Title of Record#Personnel, touring band members, who became full-time members thereafter. The resulting effort, 1999's ''Title of Record'', also went platinum driven by the success of the song "Take a Picture (Filter song), Take a Picture". A third album, ''The Amalgamut'', was released in 2002 with the same members, t ...
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. Erlewine was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a nephew of the former musician and AllMusic founder Michael Erlewine. He studied at the University of Michigan, where he majored in English, and was a music editor (1993–94) and then arts editor (1994–1995) of the school's paper ''The Michigan Daily'', and DJ'd at the campus radio station, WCBN. He has contributed to many books, including ''All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul'' and ''All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-Hop''. References External linksErlewine's pageat Pitchfork.comContributionsto ''Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music ...
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Soldiers Of Misfortune (song)
"Soldiers of Misfortune" is the lead single from Filter's fourth studio album, ''Anthems for the Damned''. It premiered on Myspace on February 25, 2008 and was released to radio stations on March 18, 2008. "Soldiers of Misfortune" was added to Amazon MP3 and iTunes on April 29, 2008. The song is described by singer Richard Patrick as a "sardonic anti-war/pro-troops song." Its first-person narrative was inspired by a letter from Sgt. Justin L. Eyerly, a Filter fan who had enlisted in the Army National Guard to get his college tuition paid; in his final year of college, he was shipped off to Iraq where he died from an improvised explosive device An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechan ... attack after only two months of duty. Music video The video for the song features the ba ...
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Take A Picture (Filter Song)
"Take a Picture" is a song by American rock band Filter, released to radio in September 1999 as the second single from their second studio album, ''Title of Record'' (1999). The song became a hit at the start of 2000 following its January 18 retail release, peaking at number 12 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number three in Canada. It also became a top-ten hit in New Zealand, peaking at number eight on the RIANZ Singles Chart. Background and lyrics Filter frontman and founding member Richard Patrick has said that the song is about him getting drunk on an airplane and taking off all of his clothes. Patrick expanded in greater detail in a 2008 retrospective interview: "When I wrote the chorus to "Take a Picture" ..it was just after my friend was like, "Do you remember anything you did last night?" And I was like, "What are you talking about?" She said, "My God, you were throwing beer bottles out of a cab window at a cop car. Do you remember that?" And I said, "Good lord, co ...
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(Can't You) Trip Like I Do
"(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" is a reworking of "Trip Like I Do", a song featured on The Crystal Method's debut album ''Vegas''. The track was recorded for the 1997 film adaptation of the ''Spawn'' comic book series. The song was co-written by Richard Patrick and co-produced by Brian Liesegang, both from Filter who also appeared in the song's video. "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" is the opening song on the film's soundtrack release, '' Spawn: The Album'' and is heard in the end credits. The song was also used for the theatrical trailer of ''The Matrix'' and promotional trailers for the ''Enter the Matrix ''Enter the Matrix'' is a 2003 action-adventure video game developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Infogrames under the Atari brand name. It was the first game based on ''The Matrix'' film series. Its story is concurrent with that of ...'' video game but it does not appear in the film or on the soundtrack. Inspiration for the song came from a friend of Scott Kirkla ...
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Welcome To The Fold
"Welcome to the Fold" is a song by American rock band Filter, released in August 1999 as the lead single from their second studio album, '' Title of Record''. The song was included on ''Spin''s list of "The 69 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1999." Background The title of the song is based on an album of the same name released in 1998 by a novelty folk-rock band from Cleveland called 100,000 Leagues Under My Nutsack. Filter's bassist, Frank Cavanagh, was friends with 100,000 Leagues' lead singer, and Richard Patrick liked the album so much that he named the song after it. In 1999, singer Richard Patrick said, "'Welcome to the Fold' is based on being a crazed lunatic. That's what being a mid-20's decadent bachelor is all about. Not giving a flying fuck. I got money. I got a platinum record. I got a band. I've got everything I want and I don't give a flying fuck what I do." Patrick also described it as his favorite song on the album, and said "it's a 10-minute song with three son ...
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Hey Man Nice Shot
"Hey Man Nice Shot" is a song by American rock band Filter, released on April 25, 1995, as the lead single from their debut studio album '' Short Bus''. Some radio stations were playing it as early as March. The guitar line in the chorus was previously used in the Stabbing Westward song "Ungod" in 1994. Stuart Zechman, who was also playing guitar for Stabbing Westward at the time, took the riff and showed it to Stabbing Westward who ended up using it as well. Lyrics and music The song was written about the public suicide of Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer on January 22, 1987, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Dwyer had been convicted of bribery charges in December 1986, and was expected to receive a long sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Malcolm Muir. Professing his innocence and decrying the legal system, Dwyer shot and killed himself with a .357 Magnum revolver during a press conference
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Apple Music
Apple Music is a music, audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. Users select music to stream to their device on-demand, or they can listen to existing playlists. The service also includes the Internet radio stations Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, and Apple Music Country, which broadcast live to over 200 countries 24 hours a day. The service was announced on June8, 2015, and launched on June30, 2015. New subscribers get a one-month free or six months free trial with the purchase of select products before the service requires a monthly subscription. Originally strictly a music service, Apple Music began expanding into video in 2016. Executive Jimmy Iovine has stated that the intention for the service is to become a "cultural platform", and Apple reportedly wants the service to be a "one-stop shop for pop culture". The company is actively investing heavily in the production and purchasing of video content, both in terms of music videos and concert footage th ...
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Songs In The Key Of X
''Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files'' is a 1996 compilation album released in association with the American science fiction television series ''The X-Files''. The album contained a mixture of songs that were either featured in the series, or shared thematic elements with it. ''Songs in the Key of X'' peaked at No. 47 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album sales chart after its release. The album's title is a play on the title of Stevie Wonder's 1976 album ''Songs in the Key of Life''. The album has received positive reviews from critics, with one review describing it as "easily the most ambitious record ever assembled for a TV soundtrack". The song " Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1997, losing to Rage Against the Machine. The album also features two songs hidden in the pregap before the start of the first track, both recorded by Nick Cave and The Dirty Three. Production When plans f ...
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The Album
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City Of Angels (soundtrack)
''City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture'' is the soundtrack album for the film '' City of Angels'', released by Warner Bros. Records on March 31, 1998 (see 1998 in music). Reception Yahoo! Music's Craig Rosen, who called the album "a stroke of marketing genius", speculated that executive producer Rob Cavallo, who was head of Morissette and the Goo Goo Dolls' management firm, "was instrumental in making sure the soundtrack provided a nice set-up for the forthcoming Morissette and Goo Goo Dolls albums Supposed_Former_Infatuation_Junkie.html" ;"title="'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie">'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' and ''Dizzy Up the Girl'', respectively] ... Record executives and managers love big hits from soundtracks, especially when they dovetail into a new release by one of their artists. That's the case with both Morissette and the Goo Goo Dolls and it's not a mere coincidence." Bob Bell, a new release buyer for the Wherehouse Entertainment chain of stores ...
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The Amalgamut
''The Amalgamut'' is the third studio album by American rock band Filter, released on July 30, 2002 by Reprise Records. Unlike their first two albums '' Short Bus'' (1995) and ''Title of Record'' (1999), which were both certified platinum, the album stalled prior to hitting 100,000 copies sold, in part due to frontman Richard Patrick cancelling its main tour in order to enter a rehab facility. The album still had two singles released in its promotion: "Where Do We Go from Here" and "American Cliché". ''The Amalgamut'' was the last album to feature band members Geno Lenardo, Frank Cavanagh, and Steve Gillis, with Patrick starting up the band Army of Anyone upon getting out of rehab. It was the last Filter album to be released until six years later, when Patrick reformed the band with new members and released 2008's ''Anthems for the Damned''. Background In 1995, Filter found great success with their debut album '' Short Bus'', which went platinum in the United States, based on th ...
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