Anthology (Alien Ant Farm album)

Anthology
Studio album by Alien Ant Farm
Released United States March 6, 2001
Australia March 19, 2001
United Kingdom March 19, 2001
Recorded August – November 2000
Genre Alternative metal, alternative rock, nu metal, pop punk
Length 56:39
Label DreamWorks (USA)
LBJ-46
New Noize/DreamWorks
(450 293-2)
Producer Jay Baumgardner
Alien Ant Farm chronology

Greatest Hits
(1999)		 Anthology
(2001)		 Truant
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 65/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
NME (6/10)[3]
Rolling Stone [4]
Wall of Sound (62/100)[5]
Yahoo! Music UK [6]

Anthology (styled as ANThology) is the second album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19, 2001 in Australia and the UK. It is the first major label album of the band. Similarly to how their debut album was entitled Greatest Hits, the album is not a compilation album.

"Smooth Criminal" was released as downloadable content for the Rock Band series of video games on May 5, 2009. The rest of the album has been licensed for release on the Rock Band Network over the course of 2011–12, starting with "Movies" and "Courage" and continuing with three songs per quarter until the full album is released.[7]

Song information

Their first single, "Smooth Criminal", was a cover of Michael Jackson's song of the same name, which started to bring popularity to the band. The song "Wish" was featured on the video game soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3,[8] and "Courage" was featured on the video game soundtracks of Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder and ATV Offroad Fury 2.[9][10]

Singles

Originally, the band made a small-budget video for the song "Movies" (as they were still unknown). This was their intended first single. According to the band, they had never intended for "Smooth Criminal" to be a single. A radio station played the song (without permission from the band) and they received positive feedback. Instead of taking action against the radio station, they decided to accommodate the listeners and they quickly released their "Smooth Criminal" video and withdrew their "Movies" video. When it was time for a second single, they shot the current "Movies" video. There were a total of 3 videos made for this track.

Recording

The album was recorded and mixed at NRG Recording in North Hollywood.[11]

Commercial reception

The album has been certified Platinum in the United States for sales of over 1,000,000 units.[12]

Track listing

  1. "Courage" – 3:30
  2. "Movies" – 3:15
  3. "Flesh and Bone" – 4:28
  4. "Whisper" – 3:25
  5. "Summer" – 4:15
  6. "Sticks and Stones" – 3:16
  7. "Attitude" – 4:54
  8. "Stranded" – 3:57
  9. "Wish" – 3:22
  10. "Calico" – 4:10
  11. "Death Day" – 4:33
  12. "Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson cover)" – 3:29
  13. "Universe" – 9:07 (includes hidden track "Orange Appeal")

Personnel

Alien Ant Farm[11]
  • Terry Corso – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Mike Cosgrove – drums
  • Dryden Mitchell – vocals and acoustic guitar
  • Tye Zamora – bassadilla, upright bass, keyboards, kalimba, guitar and background vocals
Additional musicians[11]
  • Gavin Hayes – slide guitar on "Stranded" and "Orange Appeal"
  • David Campbell – string arrangement on "Universe"
  • Lenny Castro – percussion on "Attitude"
  • Yanick Vincent – flute on "Orange Appeal"
  • Jon Zamora – additional background vocals on "Flesh and Bone"
Technical[11]
  • Tom Baker – mastering
  • Jay Baumgardner – production and mixing
  • PR Brown – art, design and photography
  • Daniel Certa – mixing assistance
  • John Ewing – additional Pro Tools
  • Ron Handler – A&R
  • Justin Harvey – engineering assistance
  • James Murray – engineering and Pro Tools
  • Ralf Strathmann – band photography
  • Brian Virtue – additional Pro Tools

Charts

Album

Chart positions

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[13] 18
Austrian Albums Chart[14] 32
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[15] 22
Dutch Albums Chart[16] 44
Finnish Albums Chart[17] 13
Irish Albums Chart[18] 21
New Zealand Albums Chart[19] 24
Swedish Albums Chart[20] 58
Swiss Albums Chart[21] 45
UK Albums Chart[22] 11
US Billboard 200[23] 11
US Billboard Heatseekers[2] 1
US Billboard Top Internet Albums[2] 21

Certifications

Country Certification
United Kingdom[24] Gold
United States[12] Platinum

Singles

Year Title Peak position
AUS
[13] 		AUT
[14] 		BE (VI)
[15] 		BE (Wal)
[25] 		DEN
[26] 		FIN
[17] 		FRA
[27] 		HOL
[16] 		IRE
[28] 		IT
[29] 		NOR
[30] 		NZL
[19] 		SWE
[20] 		SWI
[21] 		UK
[22] 		US
[31]
2001 "Smooth Criminal" 1 6 3 4 3 2 27 4 2 11 7 4 5 4 3 23
"Movies" 29 32 4 — — — — — 13 — — 35 — 62 5 —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

References

  1. ↑ "ANThology – Alien Ant Farm". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mesquita Borges, Maria. "ANThology – Alien Ant Farm". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Empire, Kitty (28 March 2001). "First release on Papa Roach's label. Continues insect theme". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Walters, Barry (1 May 2001). "Alien Ant Farm: Anthology". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009.
  5. ↑ Durcholz, Daniel. "Wall of Sound Review: ANThology". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 10 March 2001. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  6. ↑ Heath, Chris (10 September 2001). "Alien Ant Farm - 'Anthology'". Yahoo! Music UK. Archived from the original on 19 August 2004. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Alien Ant Farm and the RBN!". RockBand.com. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  8. ↑ Music From and Inspired by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (Media notes). Various artists. Warner Music. 2001. 9362481492.
  9. ↑ "Activision Announces Shaun Palmer Soundtrack". IGN. 18 September 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "ATV Offroad Fury 2 Soundtrack". IGN. 16 October 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 ANThology (CD liner notes). Alien Ant Farm. New Noize/DreamWorks. 2001. 450 293-2.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "'N Sync's Celebrity Is Five Times The Fun!". RIAA. 4 September 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Discography Alien Ant Farm". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Alien Ant Farm – ANThology". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Alien Ant Farm – ANThology". ultratop.be (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Alien Ant Farm – ANThology". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Alien Ant Farm – ANThology". finnishcharts.com (in Finnish). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  18. ↑ "Search The Charts". The Irish Charts. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Discography Alien Ant Farm". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Discography Alien Ant Farm". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Alien Ant Farm – Anthology". hitparade.ch (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". everyHit.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011. Note: "Alien Ant Farm" must be entered as a search term and either 'Albums' or 'Singles' selected in the drop-down menu.
  23. ↑ "ANThology – Alien Ant Farm". Billboard. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  24. ↑ "BPI – Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011. Note: "Alien Ant Farm" must be entered as a search term.
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  27. ↑ "Alien Ant Farm – ANThology". lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  28. ↑ "The Irish Charts – All There is to Know". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011. Note: "Alien Ant Farm" must be entered as a search term.
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