Natural Selection (album)

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Not to be confused with the album by Sounds From The Ground .
Natural Selection
Natural Selection cover
Studio album by Fuel
Released September 23, 2003
Recorded 2003
Genre Hard Rock
Alternative Rock
Length 51:05
Label Epic Records
Producer Michael Beinhorn
Carl Bell
Professional reviews
Fuel chronology
Something Like Human
(2000)		 Natural Selection
(2003)		 The Best of Fuel
(2005)

Natural Selection is Fuel's third full-length album, released in 2003. It features generally the same style as heard on the band's previous two efforts but didn't manage to match their commercial success.

Preceding the album's release "Won't Back Down" was featured as the lead single of the film soundtrack Daredevil: The Album. "Falls on Me" served as the first single of Natural Selection and received much airplay on MTV throughout the summer. The album also had a third marginally successful single in "Million Miles."

Contents

[edit] Background

Following the multi-platinum success of their previous album Something Like Human, Fuel had some set backs to overcome before they could begin recording the album that became Natural Selection. First off, the band had to resolve some pressing legal matters which prohibited them from recording.[1]

Medical problems also inhibited the recording of the album as well. Singer/guitarist Brett Scallions clashed onstage with guitarist/songwriter Carl Bell on one of the band's earlier tours which left Scallions with a deviated septum that required medical attention and time for recovery.[2] According to Scallions, "I think I basically had to relearn how to sing... I had to recondition myself and figure out how to sing again."[2]

[edit] Reception

Bell expressed confidence in Natural Selection, stating "The record is, I think, far and beyond any of the other records we've had as a body of work."[3]

Natural Selection debuted at #15 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.[4] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2004 for best engineered album.[5]

[edit] Aftermath

Natural Selection would prove to be the final Fuel album to feature drummer Kevin Miller and Scallions on vocals. Miller was excused from the band in 2004, and Scallions left in 2006, stating that "... there was no fun in [making the album] because there was no activity within the band."[6] Scallions' feelings of lack of group activity along with Bell's feelings of Scallions losing vocal range led to Scallions' eventual departure from the group.[7]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Carl Bell except where noted.

  1. "Quarter" - 3:39
  2. "Down Inside of You" - 4:07
  3. "Million Miles" - 3:51
  4. "Falls on Me" - 4:13
  5. "These Things" - 4:57
  6. "Won't Back Down (Bring You Hell Remix)" - 3:23
  7. "Running Away" - 4:54
  8. "Most of All" - 4:13
  9. "Getting Thru?" - 4:09
  10. "Die Like This" - 4:29
  11. "Luck" (Brett Scallions) - 4:15
  12. "Days with You" - 4:29

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fuel Rehearsing For New Recording
  2. ^ a b Fuel Vocalist Sings Again After Surgery
  3. ^ Fuel Guitarist Says New Album Is Best 'Selection' Of Songs Yet
  4. ^ Billboard Album Chart info
  5. ^ 46th Annual Grammy Award Nominees
  6. ^ Brett Scallions Tells his Story
  7. ^ Carl Bell of Fuel Speaks Out
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Fuel
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Brett Scallions · Kevin Miller · Jonathan Mover · Jody Abbott · Erik Avakian
Studio albums
Sunburn · Something Like Human · Natural Selection · Angels & Devils
Extended plays
Compilations
Singles
"Shimmer" · "Bittersweet" · "Sunburn" · "Jesus or a Gun" · "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" · "Last Time" · "Innocent" · "Bad Day" · "Won't Back Down" · "Falls on Me" · "Million Miles" · "Wasted Time" · "Gone"
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