Big Shiny Tunes

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The album cover for the most recent album in the series: Big Shiny Tunes 11

Big Shiny Tunes is a series of rock albums featuring Various Artists compiled and released by the Canadian television station MuchMusic, beginning in 1996. It has been cited as the best-selling album series in Canadian history, [1] with 5 million albums sold in ten years. [2]

1 Characteristics
2 History
3 Albums
4 Links

[edit] Characteristics

The Big Shiny Tunes albums are each thought to be comprised of a combination of rock songs that are major hits by well-known artists, less successful songs by well-known artists and songs by more obscure artists, released in the same year as the albums' publication. [3] There are a combination of Canadian, British and American performers. In addition to the ordinary albums in the series, MuchMusic also released albums such as Big Shiny 80's (2005) that included classics like Billy Idol's "White Wedding." [4] There have also been two volumes of Big Shiny 90's released.

[edit] History

The album Big Shiny Tunes was released in 1996. A new edition has since been released every year, with Big Shiny Tunes 2 being particularly successful (the second and third albums alone account for 2,000,000 of the CDs and tapes sold under the brand) [5]. The next year, MuchMusic assembled Big Shiny Tunes 3 by having its audience vote on which songs they would like to have included, a novel process. [6] The success of the series continued as Big Shiny Tunes 6 sold 68,500 copies in its first week in 2001, more than any other album in Canada that week. However, the series would soon lose its predominance with the growth in popularity of rap music, as the next year Big Shiny Tunes 7 was outsold in its first week in Canada by Eminem's soundtrack to the film 8 Mile. Still, Big Shiny Tunes 7 sold 25,100 copies that week. [7] Big Shiny Tunes 8, released in 2003, would also make the best-seller list in Canada. [8] The latest album in the series, Big Shiny Tunes 11, was released on November 7, 2006.

[edit] Albums

[edit] Muchmusic's Big Shiny Tunes

Various chronology
Muchmusic's Big Shiny Tunes

Compilation album by Various
Released	12/3/1996
Label	Universal Music
	Big Shiny Tunes (1996)	Big Shiny Tunes 2 (1997)

I Mother Earth - "One More Astronaut"
Bush X - "Machinehead"
Porno For Pyros - "Tahitian Moon"
Garbage - "Queer"
Marilyn Manson - "Sweet Dreams"
Fun Lovin' Criminals - "Scooby Snacks"
No Doubt - "Just a Girl"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Aeroplane"
Sloan - "The Good in Everyone"
Better Than Ezra - "King of New Orleans"
Limblifter - "Tinfoil"
Foo Fighters - "Alone & Easy Target"
Moist - "Ophelia"
Radiohead - "Just"
Poe - "Angry Johnny"
The Killjoys - "Rave & Drool"
Pluto - "Paste"
Beck - "Novacane"

[edit] Big Shiny Tunes 2

Various chronology
Big Shiny Tunes 2

Compilation album by Various
Released	12/2/1997
Length	66:22
Label	Warner Music Canada
Big Shiny Tunes (1996)	Big Shiny Tunes 2 (1997)	Big Shiny Tunes 3 (1998)

Prodigy - "Breathe (Edit)"
Blur - "Song 2"
Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
Smash Mouth - "Walkin' on the Sun"
Sugar Ray - "Fly" (featuring Supercat)
Bran Van 3000 - "Drinking in LA"
Marilyn Manson - "Beautiful People"
Holly McNarland - "Numb"
Bush - "Swallowed"
Matchbox 20 - "Push"
Collective Soul - "Precious Declaration (Remix)"
The Tea Party - "Temptation (Edit) (Tom Lord-Alge Mix)"
The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats (Radio Edit)"
Wide Mouth Mason - "My Old Self"
Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
The Age of Electric - "Remote Control"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Lady Picture Show"

[edit] Big Shiny Tunes 3

Various chronology
Big Shiny Tunes 3

Compilation album by Various
Released	12/1/1998
Label	EMI Music Canada
Big Shiny Tunes 2 (1997)	Big Shiny Tunes 3 (1998)	Big Shiny Tunes 4 (1999)

The Smashing Pumpkins - "Ava Adore"
Fastball - "The Way"
Foo Fighters - "My Hero"
Matthew Good Band - "Apparitions (edit)"
Semisonic - "Closing Time"
Barenaked Ladies - "One Week"
Beastie Boys - "Three MCs and One DJ"
Rob Zombie - "Dragula (The Hot Rod Herman Mix)"
Third Eye Blind - "How's It Going to Be"
Sloan - "Money City Maniacs"
Lenny Kravitz - "Fly Away"
Placebo - "Pure Morning"
Garbage - "Push It"
Radiohead - "Karma Police"
Goo Goo Dolls - "Iris"
Big Wreck - "That Song"
Monster Magnet - "Space Lord"

[edit] Big Shiny Tunes 4

Various chronology
Big Shiny Tunes 4

Compilation album by Various
Released	11/23/1999
Label	EMI Music Canada
Big Shiny Tunes 3 (1998)	Big Shiny Tunes 4 (1999)	Big Shiny Tunes 5 (2000)

Lenny Kravitz - "American Woman"
Moist - "Breathe (TLA Mix)"
Sugar Ray - "Someday"
Matthew Good Band - "Hello Time Bomb"
Blink-182 - "What's My Age Again?"
Goo Goo Dolls - "Slide"
Fatboy Slim - "Praise You"
Kid Rock - "Bawitdaba"
Smash Mouth - "All Star"
The Tea Party - "Heaven Coming Down"
The Chemical Brothers - "Let Forever Be"
Orgy - "Blue Monday"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Scar Tissue"
I Mother Earth - "Summertime in the Void"
Silverchair - "Anthem for the Year 2000"
Serial Joe - "Mistake"
Econoline Crush - "You Don't Know What It's Like"

[edit] Big Shiny Tunes 5

Various chronology
Big Shiny Tunes 5

Compilation album by Various
Released	11/28/2000
Label	WEA (Canada)
Big Shiny Tunes 4 (1999)	Big Shiny Tunes 5 (2000)	Big Shiny Tunes 6 (20001)

Matchbox Twenty - "Bent"
Matthew Good Band - "Load Me Up"
3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Sour Girl"
Bloodhound Gang - "The Bad Touch"
Treble Charger - "American Psycho"
Filter - "Take a Picture"
Everclear - "Wonderful"
Blink-182 - "Adam's Song"
Limp Bizkit - "Re-Arranged"
Wheatus - "Teenage Dirtbag"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Otherside"
Sum 41 - "Makes No Difference"
Deftones - "Change (In the House of Flies)"
Disturbed - "Stupify"
j. englishman - "More"
Kid Rock - "Only God Knows Why"
Nickelback - "Breathe"

[edit] Big Shiny Tunes 6

Various chronology
Big Shiny Tunes 6

Compilation album by Various
Released	11/13/2001
Label	Universal
Big Shiny Tunes 5 (2000)	Big Shiny Tunes 7 (2001)	Big Shiny Tunes 8 (2002)

Linkin Park - "One Step Closer"
Blink-182 - "The Rock Show"
American Hi-Fi - "Flavor of the Weak"
Sum 41 - "Fat Lip"
Default - "Wasting My Time"
Limp Bizkit - "My Way"
Puddle of Mudd - "Control"
Weezer - "Hash Pipe"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Days of the Week"
Sugar Ray - "When It's Over"
Our Lady Peace - "Life"
Gorillaz - "Clint Eastwood"
Moby - "South Side"
Bif Naked - "I Love Myself Today"
3 Doors Down - "Be Like That"
David Usher - "Alone in the Universe"
Tantric - "Breakdown"
The Tea Party - "Walking Wounded"

[edit] Big Shiny Tunes 7

Various chronology
Big Shiny Tunes 7

Compilation album by Various
Released	11/12/2002
Label	Universal
Big Shiny Tunes 6 (2001)	Big Shiny Tunes 7 (2002)	Big Shiny Tunes 8 (2003)

Nickelback - "Too Bad"
P.O.D. - "Youth of the Nation"
Staind - "It's Been Awhile"
Puddle of Mudd - "Drift & Die"
Theory of a Deadman - "Nothing Can Come Between Us"
Sam Roberts - "Brother Down"
Coldplay - "In My Place"
Matthew Good - "Weapon"
Jimmy Eat World - "Sweetness"
Not By Choice - "Standing All Alone"
Sum 41 - "In Too Deep"
New Found Glory - "My Friends Over You"
Weezer - "Dope Nose"
Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott - "Hero"
Danko Jones - "Lovercall"
The Vines - "Get Free"
Papa Roach - "She Loves Me Not"
Filter - "Where Do We Go From Here?"

[edit] Big Shiny Tunes 8

Various chronology
Big Shiny Tunes 8

Compilation album by Various
Released	11/18/2003
Length	64:27
Label	Warner
Big Shiny Tunes 7 (2002)	Big Shiny Tunes 8 (2003)	Big Shiny Tunes 9 (2004)

Linkin Park - "Somewhere I Belong"
Jane's Addiction - "Just Because"
A.F.I. - "Girl's Not Grey"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Dosed"
Queens of the Stone Age - "Go with the Flow"
Three Days Grace - "I Hate Everything About You"
Sum 41 - "The Hell Song"
The All-American Rejects - "Swing, Swing"
Sam Roberts - "Where Have All the Good People Gone?"
Simple Plan - "Addicted"
Theory of a Deadman - "Point to Prove"
Fefe Dobson - "Bye Bye Boyfriend"
Nickelback - "Flat on the Floor"
Trapt - "Headstrong"
Not By Choice - "Now That You're Leaving"
Coldplay - "The Scientist"
Gob - "Give Up the Grudge"
The Salads - "Get Loose"

[edit] Big Shiny Tunes 9

Various chronology
Big Shiny Tunes 9

Compilation album by Various
Released	11/9/2004
Label	EMI Canada
Big Shiny Tunes 8 (2003)	Big Shiny Tunes 9 (2004)	Big Shiny Tunes 10 (2005)

Billy Talent - "River Below"
The Killers - "Somebody Told Me"
Evanescence - "Everybody's Fool"
Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out"
Blink-182 - "Feeling This"
Finger Eleven - "One Thing"
Jet - "Cold Hard Bitch"
Nickelback - "Figured You Out"
Yellowcard - "Ocean Avenue"
The Hives - "Walk Idiot Walk"
The Darkness - "Get Your Hands Off My Woman"
The Tea Party - "Writing's on the Wall"
Lenny Kravitz - "Where Are We Runnin'"
Thornley - "Come Again"
Pilate - "Overrated"
The Marble Index - "I Believe"
Hoobastank - "Same Direction"
Alexisonfire - "Accidents"

[edit] Big Shiny Tunes 10

Various chronology
Big Shiny Tunes 10

Compilation album by Various
Released	11/22/2005
Label	EMI Canada
Big Shiny Tunes 9 (2004)	Big Shiny Tunes 10 (2005)	Big Shiny Tunes 11 (2006)

My Chemical Romance - "Helena"
Coldplay - "Speed of Sound"
The Killers - "All These Things That I've Done"
The Used - "All That I've Got"
Nickelback - "Fight for All the Wrong Reasons"
Weezer - "Beverly Hills"
Sum 41 - "Some Say"
Seether - "Remedy"
Billy Talent - "Nothing to Lose"
Bedouin Soundclash - "When the Night Feels My Song"
Simple Plan - "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me)"
Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
Theory of a Deadman - "Santa Monica"
Alexisonfire - "No Transitory"
Hot Hot Heat - "Middle of Nowhere"
Queens of the Stone Age - "Little Sister"
Mobile - "Montreal Calling"
k-os f. Sam Roberts - "Dirty Water"

Notes: When the track listing was originally shown via online music stores such as Mymusic before the official site opened, songs by Green Day, Audioslave, System of a Down, The Arcade Fire, Beck, and the Foo Fighters were shown to be on the album. [9]

[edit] Big Shiny Tunes 11

Various chronology
Big Shiny Tunes 11

Compilation album by Various
Released	November 7, 2006
Label	EMI Canada
Big Shiny Tunes 10 (2005)	Big Shiny Tunes 11 (2006)

A.F.I. - "Miss Murder"
Billy Talent - "Devil In A Midnight Mass"
Alexisonfire - "This Could Be Anywhere In The World"
Taking Back Sunday - "MakeDamnSure"
Nickelback - "Rockstar"
Three Days Grace - "Animal I Have Become"
30 Seconds to Mars - "The Kill (Bury Me)"
Blue October - "Hate Me"
The All-American Rejects - "Move Along"
Mobile - "See Right Through Me"
Sam Roberts - "The Gate"
Angels and Airwaves - "The Adventure"
Metric - "Poster of a Girl"
Yellowcard - "Lights and Sounds"
Underøath - "Writing On The Walls"
Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country"
Wolfmother - "Woman"
Korn - "Twisted Transistor"
My Chemical Romance - "Heaven Help Us" (Bonus Track)
Jet - "The Making Of Shine On" (Bonus DVD)

Notes: The album's official site also lists "Stricken" by Disturbed as being on the album as well, but it doesn't appear in the final product.

[edit] Big Shiny '90s

Various chronology
Big Shiny '90s

Compilation album by Various
Released	2002
Label	EMI Canada
	Big Shiny '90s (2002)	Big Shiny '90s Volume 2 (2003)

Disc 1:

Blink-182 - "Dammit"
Jane's Addiction - "Been Caught Stealing"
U2 - "Mysterious Ways"
Oasis - "Wonderwall"
Fatboy Slim - "The Rockafeller Skank"
Kid Rock - "Cowboy"
Matthew Good Band - "Indestructible"
Radiohead - "Fake Plastic Trees"
R.E.M. - "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
Live - "Lightning Crashes"
Big Wreck - "The Oaf (My Luck is Wasted)"
Matchbox Twenty - "3 A.M."
Silverchair - "Tomorrow"
The Cranberries - "Zombie"
Bush - "Everything Zen"
The Cure - "Friday I'm in Love"
Marcy Playground - "Sex and Candy"

Disc 2:

Blind Melon - "No Rain"
Everclear - "Santa Monica"
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "The Impression That I Get"
Collective Soul - "Shine"
Everlast - "What It's Like"
Third Eye Blind - "Never Let You Go"
Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains"
Porno For Pyros - "Pets"
Sublime - "What I Got"
Veruca Salt - "Volcano Girls"
Econoline Crush - "All That You Are"
Faith No More - "Epic"
Moist - "Push"
Spacehog - "In the Meantime"
Elastica - "Stutter"
Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"
Odds - "Someone Who's Cool"

[edit] Big Shiny '90s Volume 2

Various chronology
Big Shiny '90s Volume 2

Compilation album by Various
Released	2003
Label	EMI Canada
Big Shiny '90s	Big Shiny '90s Volume 2 (2003)	Big Shiny '80s (2004)

Disc 1:

Weezer - "Buddy Holly"
Oasis - "Champagne Supernova"
Blink-182 - "All the Small Things"
U2 - "Numb"
Jane's Addiction - "Stop"
The Breeders - "Cannonball"
Blur - "Girls & Boys"
Sloan - "Underwhelmed"
Better Than Ezra - "Good"
Live - "All Over You"
Collective Soul - "Gel"
Everclear - "Everything To Everyone"
Filter - "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
Prodigy - "Firestarter"
White Zombie - "More Human Than Human"
The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats"
Bush - "Glycerine"

Disc 2:

Marilyn Manson - "The Dope Show"
Hole - "Celebrity Skin"
Smash Mouth - "Walkin' on the Sun"
Third Eye Blind - "Jumper"
Barenaked Ladies - "The Old Apartment"
I Mother Earth - "So Gently We Go" (Edit)
Jesus Jones - "Right Here, Right Now"
Odds - "Eat My Brain"
R.E.M. - "Drive"
Garbage - "When I Grow Up"
Primitive Radio Gods - "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand"
The Cardigans - "Lovefool"
Depeche Mode - "Policy of Truth"
The Cranberries - "Salvation"
Econoline Crush - "Sparkle And Shine"
Moist - "Silver"
The Cure - "Pictures of You"