Smash Mouth released the greatest hits compilation All Star Smash Hits in 2005. The album contains some more popular songs from previous Smash Mouth albums, as well as songs from soundtrack albums that were not on the band’s releases. On certain networks and time slots, the album was advertised as…
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In August 2005, Super Furry Animals released their seventh studio effort, Love Kraft , recorded in Spain. This represented a departure from their previous working methods: although all five members had always contributed to the development of the songs, Rhys had been the main songwriter. On Love Kraft this was…
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Also in 2005 it was reported that the band turned down a US$1.8m advertising deal with Coca-Cola after visiting a Coca-Cola plantation in Colombia with charity War on Want , where they heard of management-directed killings of trade-union members. The company were asking for use of ” Hello Sunshine ”…
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In 2005 Super Furry Animals were asked to put together the sixth release from the ‘Under The Influence’ series – Under the Influence: Super Furry Animals . Each member chose 3 track each – Pryce’s selections were Dawn Penn ” You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No) “, Dennis Wilson…
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In early 2005, Gruff Rhys released a solo album Yr Atal Genhedlaeth , (“The Stuttering Generation”, and also a play on words as “Atal Genhedlu” means contraception), sung all in Welsh. Gruff played most of the instruments himself, mainly using guitars, drums and his own multi-tracked voice. The band also…
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Perhaps recognising that their approach to Phantom Power had been a little too straightforward, the group followed it up in 2004 with a remix version, Phantom Phorce , with tracks reworked by the likes of Killa Kela, Four Tet and Brave Captain. They accompanied this with a download single, ”…
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The next album, Phantom Power , relied less on sound experimentation and proved to be a more stripped-down, back-to-basics recording in contrast to the orchestral Rings Around the World . It was also released as both a CD and DVD album in July 2003, preceded by a single, ” Golden…
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In 2003, Get the Picture? was released, It is their last studio album to chart in the US. Peaking at number 100 on the Billboard 200. It featured the singles “You Are My Number One”, “Hang On” and “Always Gets Her Way”. Smash Mouth was dropped from Interscope shortly after…
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Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of the Beach Boys , a greatest hits compilation, was released in 2003, going multi-platinum. In 2004, Wilson recorded and released his solo album Brian Wilson Presents Smile , a reinterpretation of the unfinished Smile project. That September, Wilson issued a free CD through…
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Rings Around the World is also notable for being the world’s first simultaneous release of an audio and DVD album. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2001. The ceremony took place on the day after the terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and…
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