''Return to Santa Monica'' is a 2011 album by the band Everclear. It is the band's first album with label Cleopatra Records. The album consists of a mix of re-recorded Everclear originals and covers of other bands' hits.

''Greatest Hits''

A variation of the album titled ''Greatest Hits'' was released December 27, 2011 in digital formats only. It omits two of the covers from ''Return to Santa Monica'', The Police's ''

Every Breath You Take "Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album ''Synchronicity'' (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart for ei ...

'' and the Steve Miller Band's ''

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''.

Track listing

# " Santa Monica" – 3:14 #* (Originally released on the album ''

Sparkle and Fade ''Sparkle and Fade'' is the second album by Everclear, released in 1995. It was their first album to be released exclusively on Capitol Records; their previous effort, '' World of Noise'', was re-released on Capitol after its introduction thro ...

''.) # " Wonderful" – 4:23 #* (Originally released on the album '' Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile''.) # "

Father of Mine "Father of Mine" is a rock song by American rock band Everclear from their 1997 album ''So Much for the Afterglow''. This song is autobiographical, as lead singer Art Alexakis's father left his family when he was a young boy. "Father of Mine" ...

" – 3:55 #* (Originally released on the album ''

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 t ...

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I Will Buy You A New Life "I Will Buy You a New Life" is a rock song by American rock band Everclear from their third studio album, ''So Much for the Afterglow'' (1997). The song peaked at number three on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, number 20 on th ...

" – 3:54 #* (Originally released on the album ''So Much For The Afterglow''.) # "

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" – 3:21 #* (Originally released on the album ''So Much For the Afterglow''.) # "

I Won't Back Down "I Won't Back Down" is a song by American rock musician Tom Petty. It was released in April 1989 as the lead single from his first solo album, ''Full Moon Fever''. The song was co-written by Petty and Jeff Lynne, also his writing partner for the ...

" – 3:06 #* (Cover of the song originally released on the

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solo album ''

Full Moon Fever ''Full Moon Fever'' is the debut solo studio album by Tom Petty, released on April 24, 1989, by MCA Records. It features contributions from members of his band the Heartbreakers, notably Mike Campbell, as well as Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison (who di ...

''.) # "Unemployed Boyfriend" – 4:06 #* (Originally released on the album '' Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile''.) # "

" – 4:58 #* (Cover of the

Steve Miller Band The Steve Miller Band is an American rock music, rock band formed in 1966 in San Francisco, California. The band is led by Steve Miller (musician), Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals. The group had a string of mid- to late-1970s hit singles t ...

song originally released on the album ''

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I Will Follow You Into the Dark "I Will Follow You into the Dark" is a song by American rock band Death Cab for Cutie, the third single from their fifth album, '' Plans'', released on August 30, 2005. Written and performed by Ben Gibbard, it is an acoustic solo ballad, and was ...

" – 2:38 #* (Cover of the

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song originally released on the album ''

Plans A plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with details of timing and resources, used to achieve an objective to do something. It is commonly understood as a temporal set of intended actions through which one expects to achieve a goal. ...

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" – 3:20 #* (Cover of

The Police The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For most of their history the line-up consisted of primary songwriter Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion). The Police ...

song originally released on the album ''

Synchronicity Synchronicity (german: Synchronizität) is a concept first introduced by analytical psychologist Carl G. Jung "to describe circumstances that appear meaningfully related yet lack a causal connection." In contemporary research, synchronicity ...

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AM Radio AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions. It was the first method developed for making audio radio transmissions, and is still used worldwide, primarily for medium wave (also known as "AM band") transm ...

" – 3:56 #* (Originally released on the album '' Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile''.) # "

Brown Eyed Girl "Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967 for Bang Records owner and producer Bert Berns, it was released as a single in June of the same year on the Bang la ...

" – 4:11 #* (Originally released on the album '' Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile'' and a cover of the

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

song from the album Blowin' Your Mind.)

Personnel

Art Alexakis Arthur Paul "Art" Alexakis (born April 12, 1962) is an American musician best known as the singer-songwriter and guitarist of the rock band Everclear. He has been a member of several notable bands, in addition to his own work as a songwriter f ...

– lead vocals, guitar *Dave French – guitar, backing vocals *Freddy Herrera – bass, backing vocals *Sean Winchester – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals

References

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