Collective soul
Collective Soul is an American rock band . The Roland brothers' group of five comes from Stockbridge, Georgia .
Band history
The band had their breakthrough in 1994 with the song Shine . In the US it was awarded a gold record for over 500,000 units sold, and it was also a minor hit in Europe and Australia.
Apart from that, the success of Collective Soul was limited to North America. The debut album Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid went double-platinum in the USA, the album Collective Soul released a year later even triple-platinum. By the end of the 90s they had two more platinum albums, a gold album and several hits in the single charts. The band's musical spectrum ranges from calm rock ballads to radio-friendly grunge .
In the early 2000s, Blender and a best-of album were released, both of which rather disappointed, and then their contract with their label Atlantic ran out. A longer break followed, until they founded their own label after changing the second guitarist in 2004. Further publications followed, but only reached the bottom of the album charts. It wasn't until 2009 that they found a bigger label for their eighth studio album, Roadrunner Records . With the album, which, like their second album, bears the name Collective Soul , but is also called Rabbit because of the rabbit shown on the cover , they managed to return to the top 40.
Band members
- Ed Roland (born August 3, 1963), singer
- Dean Roland (born October 10, 1971), guitarist
- Joel Kosche (born September 20, 1969), guitarist
- Will Turpin (born February 8, 1971), bassist
- Ryan Hoyle (born March 10, 1978), drummer
Former
- Ross Childress (born September 8, 1971), guitarist
- Shane Evans (born April 26, 1971), drummer
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
US | |||
1993 | Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid |
US15th × 2
(40 weeks)US |
First published: June 22, 1993
|
1995 | Collective soul |
US23 × 3
(76 weeks)US |
First published: March 14, 1995
|
1997 | Disciplined breakdown |
US16
platinum
(26 weeks)US |
First published: March 11, 1997
|
1999 | Dosage |
US21st
platinum
(35 weeks)US |
First published: February 9, 1999
|
2000 | Blender |
US22nd
gold
(15 weeks)US |
First published: October 10, 2000
|
2004 | Youth |
US66 (2 weeks) US |
First published: November 16, 2004
|
2009 | Rabbit / Collective Soul |
US24 (4 weeks) US |
First published: August 25, 2009
|
2015 | See What You Started by Continuing |
US25 (2 weeks) US |
First published: October 2, 2015
|
More albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
US | |||
2001 | Seven Year Itch |
US50 (8 weeks) US |
First published: September 18, 2001
(compilation) |
2005 | From the ground up |
US129 (1 week) US |
First published: May 24, 2005
(EP) |
2006 | Home: A Live Concert |
US183 (1 week) US |
First published: February 7, 2006
(live album) |
more publishments
- 2007: Afterwords
- 2017: Collective Soul: Live
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AT | UK | US | |||
1993 | Shine Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid |
AT25 (5 weeks) AT |
UK80 (2 weeks) UK |
US11
gold
(29 weeks)US |
First published: March 1993
|
1995 | December Collective Soul |
- | - |
US20 (39 weeks) US |
First published: March 1995
|
The World I Know Collective Soul |
- | - |
US19 (34 weeks) US |
First published: November 1995
|
|
1997 | Precious Declaration Disciplined Breakdown |
- | - |
US65 (10 weeks) US |
First published: February 1997
|
Listen Disciplined Breakdown |
- | - |
US72 (11 weeks) US |
First published: June 1997
|
|
1999 | Run Dosage |
- | - |
US76 (7 weeks) US |
First published: February 1999
|
Heavy dosage |
- | - |
US73 (20 weeks) US |
First published: February 1999
|
More singles
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swell
- ↑ a b . RIAA database gold / platinum awards (Search: Artist - Collective Soul)
- ↑ US chart history
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: AT UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
- ↑ New album 'Blood' out June 21. Listen to “Right As Rain” now. In: www.collectivesoul.com. April 25, 2019, accessed April 26, 2019 .
Web links
- Official website of the band (English)
- Biography at 100XR (English)
- Collective Soul at Allmusic (English)