"Big Shiny Tunes 3" is the third edition of the
MuchMusic compilation series, ''
Big Shiny Tunes''. The album was assembled by having its audience vote on which songs they would like to have included, a novel process.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at #1 on the
Canadian Albums Chart, selling 112,000 copies in its first week. During the week of
Christmas
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, the album sold 138,661 copies. The album was certified 8× Platinum (800,000 units) by the
CRIA
A ''cria'' (pronounced ) is a juvenile llama, alpaca, vicuña, or guanaco.
Etymology
The term comes from the Spanish word cría, meaning "baby". Its false cognate in English, ''crya'' (pronounced ), was coined by British sailors who explored C ...
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Track listing
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The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins (also referred to as simply Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Ch ...
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Ava Adore" – 4:20
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Fastball
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– "
The Way" – 4:16
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Foo Fighters – "
My Hero" – 4:20
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Matthew Good Band
Matthew Good Band was a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Coquitlam, British Columbia in 1995. The band consisted of singer-songwriter/guitarist Matthew Good, guitarist/keyboardist Dave Genn, drummer Ian Browne and bassist Geoff Lloyd. Ll ...
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Apparitions
Apparition may refer to:
Supernatural
*Apparitional experience, an anomalous, quasi-perceptual experience
* A vision, something seen in a dream, trance, or religious ecstasy
*Ghost, the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear ...
(edit)" – 4:00
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Semisonic
Semisonic is an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1995, consisting of Dan Wilson (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), John Munson (bass, keyboards, backing vocals, guitar), and Jacob Slichter (drums, percussion, keyboards, ...
– "
Closing Time" – 4:38
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Barenaked Ladies – "
One Week One Week may refer to:
* One Week (1920 film), ''One Week'' (1920 film), a short film starring and co-directed by Buster Keaton
* One Week (2008 film), ''One Week'' (2008 film), a Canadian feature film directed by Michael McGowan
* One Week (song), ...
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Beastie Boys – "
Three MC's and One DJ" – 2:50
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Rob Zombie – "
Dragula
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The car
The fiberglass body ...
(The Hot Rod Herman Mix)" – 4:30
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Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1993. After years of lineup changes in the early and mid-1990s, the songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major-label reco ...
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How's It Going to Be
"How's It Going to Be" is a song by American rock band Third Eye Blind from their eponymous debut studio album (1997). It was released to radio as the third single from the album on October 20, 1997, by Elektra Records. Frontman Stephan Jenkin ...
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Sloan – "
Money City Maniacs
"Money City Maniacs" is a song by Canadian rock band Sloan. It was released as the lead single from the band's 1998 album, '' Navy Blues''. In a 2000 poll conducted by the music magazine ''Chart'', the song was voted the 12th greatest Canadian so ...
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Lenny Kravitz – "
Fly Away" – 3:41
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Placebo
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In general, placebos can af ...
– "
Pure Morning" – 3:52
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Garbage – "
Push It" – 4:01
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Radiohead – "
Karma Police
"Karma Police" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released on 25 August 1997, as the second single from their third studio album, ''OK Computer'' (1997). It reached number one in Iceland and number eight on the UK Singles Ch ...
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Goo Goo Dolls
The Goo Goo Dolls are an American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by guitarist/vocalist John Rzeznik, bassist/vocalist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska.
After starting off as a cover band and then developing a punk sou ...
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Iris
Iris most often refers to:
*Iris (anatomy), part of the eye
*Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess
* ''Iris'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants
* Iris (color), an ambiguous color term
Iris or IRIS may also refer to:
Arts and media
Fictional ent ...
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Big Wreck
Big Wreck are a Canadian-American rock band formed by Ian Thornley and Brian Doherty in Boston, Massachusetts in 1994. The band was rounded out with David Henning and Forrest Williams. They disbanded in 2002 and Ian Thornley pursued a solo car ...
– "
That Song" – 5:04
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Monster Magnet
Monster Magnet is an American rock band. Hailing from Red Bank, New Jersey, the group was founded in 1989 by Dave Wyndorf (vocals and guitar), John McBain (guitar) and Tim Cronin (vocals and drums); they have since gone through several lineup ...
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Space Lord
"Space Lord" is a 1998 single by American rock band Monster Magnet from the album '' Powertrip''. The song is in the key of C minor. It brought them mainstream success, with its accompanying music video directed by Joseph Kahn. The song peaked at ...
" – 5:55
References
1998 compilation albums
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