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Sweet Oblivion
Sweet Oblivion
Studio album by Screaming Trees
Released	September 8, 1992
Recorded	March 1992
Genre	Grunge; psychedelic rock; folk rock;
Length	46:13
Label	Epic
Producer	Don Fleming
Screaming Trees chronology
Singles from Sweet Oblivion
	"Nearly Lost You"; Released: December 12, 1992; "Dollar Bill"; Released: March 7, 1993;

Sweet Oblivion is the sixth studio album by Screaming Trees, released on September 8, 1992. It quickly became the band's best-selling record, and was the closest they ever came to achieving mainstream success. Sweet Oblivion sold in excess of 300,000 copies on the strength of the band's biggest hit, "Nearly Lost You".^[8] The song benefited from an appearance on Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, a Top Ten, platinum-selling hit album which featured many other popular Seattle-based music acts from the period.

Around the time of the recording of the album, the band’s original drummer Mark Pickerel left to pursue other musical interests, and was replaced with Barrett Martin.

Nearly four years passed in between Sweet Oblivion and the band's follow-up album, Dust, a move that hurt much of the band's commercial momentum.^[9]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[10]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[11]
Kerrang!	4/5^[12]
Los Angeles Times	^[13]
NME	8/10^[14]
Q	^[15]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]
Select	5/5^[16]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10^[17]
The Village Voice	B+^[18]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shadow of the Season"	L. Conner, Lanegan	4:32
2.	"Nearly Lost You"	L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan	4:06
3.	"Dollar Bill"	V. Conner, Lanegan	4:35
4.	"More or Less"	L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan	3:13
5.	"Butterfly"	L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan	3:21
6.	"For Celebrations Past"	L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan, Martin	4:10
7.	"The Secret Kind"	L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan, Martin	3:09
8.	"Winter Song"	L. Conner, Lanegan	3:43
9.	"Troubled Times"	L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan, Martin	5:21
10.	"No One Knows"	L. Conner, Lanegan	5:13
11.	"Julie Paradise"	V. Conner, Lanegan	5:05

Personnel

Screaming Trees

Mark Lanegan – vocals
Gary Lee Conner – guitar
Van Conner – bass
Barrett Martin – drums

Technical

Don Fleming – production
Andy Wallace – mixing
Howie Weinberg – mastering
John Agnello – engineering

Visual

David Coleman – art direction
Michael Lavine – photography

Charts

Chart performance for *Sweet Oblivion*
Chart (1993)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[19]	77
US Billboard 200^[20]	141
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[21]	4

References

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^ "Top 30 Grunge Albums". Ultimate Classic Rock. October 11, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
^ Robinson, Joe (January 8, 2013). "10 Best Grunge Albums". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "The 20 Greatest Grunge Albums of All Time". Spin. Vol. 20, no. 4. SPIN Media LLC. April 2004. p. 62. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Randall, Mac (2004). "Screaming Trees". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 721. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Screaming Trees Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dust - Screaming Trees | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
^ Huey, Steve. "Sweet Oblivion – Screaming Trees". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
^ Farber, Jim (October 9, 1992). "Sweet Oblivion". Entertainment Weekly: 58. Archived from the original on September 3, 2007. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
^ Watts, Chris (October 31, 1992). "Screaming Trees 'Sweet Oblivion'". Kerrang!. Vol. 416. London, UK: EMAP.
^ McOmber, James Martin (November 8, 1992). "Screaming Trees: 'Sweet Oblivion' (Epic)". Los Angeles Times.
^ "Screaming Trees: Sweet Oblivion". NME: 37. October 3, 1992.
^ "Screaming Trees: Sweet Oblivion". Q (73): 90. October 1992.
^ Perry, Andrew (November 1992). "Screaming Trees: Sweet Oblivion". Select (29): 84–85.
^ Azzerad, Michael (1995). "Screaming Trees". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 343–344. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
^ Christgau, Robert (March 9, 1993). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 245.
^ "Screaming Trees Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
^ "Screaming Trees Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2021.