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Thanks to their power ballad "It's Been Awhile," it'd be easy for some listeners to forget that Staind got their big break thanks to none other than Fred Durst, the king of lunkheaded mook rock at the turn of the millennium. Not that "It's Been Awhile" was fun -- like all post-grunge hard rock of the late '90s/early 2000s, it was humorless and earnest, intent on catharsis -- but it had a strong hook that tempered the gloom and helped them cross over, even if their lead singer/songwriter, Aaron Lewis, remained fueled by angst even after selling millions. Released in 2006 -- five years after "It's Been Awhile" and a year after their fifth album, Chapter V, topped the Billboard charts without leaving much of a lasting impression -- the 15-track Greatest Hits downplays their early, churning Alice in Chains fixation and emphasizes songs in the vein of "It's Been Awhile." Not that the metal is completely absent -- their first single, the grinding "Mudshovel" is here, for instance -- but brooding ballads are pushed front and center; there are no less than four acoustic tracks tacked on the end of the record (including a cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb," which does produce the mild revelation that Roger Waters' narcissistic rock opera did indeed influence Lewis' lyrical outlook). In this context, such singles as "Price to Play" -- which aren't quite rock, yet not quite ballads -- sound akin to power ballads, which helps make this a good overview and introduction for those who were won over to the band via their big hit, yet for those who remember that Staind was once a protégé of Durst & Co., they'd be better off sticking with their old copy of Dysfunction.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Fred Durst, CoProducer - Aaron Lewis, Composer, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - TERRY DATE, Producer, MixingEngineer - ULRICH WILD, Engineer - Roger Lian, MasteringEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Jordan Schur, ExecutiveProducer - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Mushok, Writer - John Burton, Assistant Mix Engineer - DRT Mastering, MasteringEngineer - Jeff Gilmer, Producer, Engineer - Michael Mushok, Composer, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - John April, Composer - Jonathan Wysocki, Composer - Tom Smurdon, AssistantEngineer
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Fred Durst, CoProducer - Aaron Lewis, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - TERRY DATE, Producer, MixingEngineer - ULRICH WILD, Engineer - Roger Lian, MasteringEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Jordan Schur, ExecutiveProducer - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Mushok, Writer - John Burton, Assistant Mix Engineer - DRT Mastering, MasteringEngineer - Jeff Gilmer, Producer, Engineer - Michael Mushok, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Tom Smurdon, AssistantEngineer
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Fred Durst, Backing Vocals, FeaturedArtist, CoProducer - Aaron Lewis, Composer, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Josh Abraham, Producer, Programmer - Vlado Meller, MasteringEngineer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - TERRY DATE, Producer, MixingEngineer - ULRICH WILD, Engineer - Roger Lian, MasteringEngineer - Steve Sisco, Assistant Mix Engineer - Dave Dominguez, RecordingEngineer - Joseph Bogan, AssistantEngineer - Paul Conaway, AssistantEngineer - Jordan Schur, ExecutiveProducer - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums - John Burton, Assistant Mix Engineer - DRT Mastering, MasteringEngineer - Jeff Gilmer, Producer, Engineer - Michael Mushok, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Tom Smurdon, AssistantEngineer
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2000 Flawless / Geffen Records
Fred Durst, CoProducer - Aaron Lewis, Composer, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Josh Abraham, Producer, Programmer - Vlado Meller, MasteringEngineer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - TERRY DATE, Producer, MixingEngineer - ULRICH WILD, Engineer - Roger Lian, MasteringEngineer - Steve Sisco, Assistant Mix Engineer - Dave Dominguez, RecordingEngineer - Joseph Bogan, AssistantEngineer - Paul Conaway, AssistantEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Jordan Schur, ExecutiveProducer - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Mushok, Writer - John Burton, Assistant Mix Engineer - DRT Mastering, MasteringEngineer - Jeff Gilmer, Producer, Engineer - Michael Mushok, Composer, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - John April, Composer - Jonathan Wysocki, Composer - Tom Smurdon, AssistantEngineer
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2001 Flip Records & Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and Flip Records & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Fred Durst, CoProducer - Aaron Lewis, Composer, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Josh Abraham, Producer, Programmer - Vlado Meller, MasteringEngineer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - TERRY DATE, Producer, MixingEngineer - ULRICH WILD, Engineer - Roger Lian, MasteringEngineer - Steve Sisco, Assistant Mix Engineer - Dave Dominguez, RecordingEngineer - Joseph Bogan, AssistantEngineer - Paul Conaway, AssistantEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Jordan Schur, ExecutiveProducer - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Mushok, Writer - John Burton, Assistant Mix Engineer - DRT Mastering, MasteringEngineer - Jeff Gilmer, Producer, Engineer - Michael Mushok, Composer, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - John April, Composer - Jonathan Wysocki, Composer - Tom Smurdon, AssistantEngineer
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2001 Flip Records & Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and Flip Records & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Fred Durst, CoProducer - Aaron Lewis, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Josh Abraham, Producer, Programmer - Vlado Meller, MasteringEngineer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - TERRY DATE, Producer, MixingEngineer - ULRICH WILD, Engineer - Roger Lian, MasteringEngineer - Steve Sisco, Assistant Mix Engineer - Dave Dominguez, RecordingEngineer - Joseph Bogan, AssistantEngineer - Paul Conaway, AssistantEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Jordan Schur, ExecutiveProducer - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums - John Burton, Assistant Mix Engineer - DRT Mastering, MasteringEngineer - Jeff Gilmer, Producer, Engineer - Michael Mushok, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Tom Smurdon, AssistantEngineer
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2001 Flip Records & Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and Flip Records & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Fred Durst, A&R Manager, CoProducer - Aaron Lewis, Composer, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - DJ Lethal, A&R Manager - Josh Freese, Drums - Mark Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Josh Abraham, Producer, String Arranger, Keyboards, Programmer, AdditionalEngineer - Ryan Williams, Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Josh Wilbur, Editing Engineer - Brandon Belsky, AssistantEngineer - TERRY DATE, Producer, MixingEngineer - ULRICH WILD, Engineer - Roger Lian, MasteringEngineer - ANTHONY "FU" VALCIC, Keyboards, Programmer, AdditionalEngineer - Steve Sisco, Assistant Mix Engineer - Jon Berkowitz, AdditionalEngineer - Jeff Philips, AssistantEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Jordan Schur, ExecutiveProducer - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Mushok, Writer - John Burton, Assistant Mix Engineer - Joey Paradise, AssistantEngineer - DRT Mastering, MasteringEngineer - Jeff Gilmer, Producer, Engineer - Michael Mushok, Composer, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - John April, Composer - Scott Gutierrez , AssistantEngineer - Jonathan Wysocki, Composer - Dane Venable, Manager Production - Tom Smurdon, AssistantEngineer - Jones G, AssistantEngineer - Darren Venditti, AssistantEngineer - David Khane, String Arranger
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2003 Flip Records & Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and Flip Records & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Fred Durst, A&R Manager, CoProducer - Aaron Lewis, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - DJ Lethal, A&R Manager - Josh Freese, Drums - Mark Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Josh Abraham, Producer, String Arranger, Keyboards, Programmer, AdditionalEngineer - Ryan Williams, Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Josh Wilbur, Editing Engineer - Brandon Belsky, AssistantEngineer - TERRY DATE, Producer, MixingEngineer - ULRICH WILD, Engineer - Roger Lian, MasteringEngineer - ANTHONY "FU" VALCIC, Keyboards, Programmer, AdditionalEngineer - Steve Sisco, Assistant Mix Engineer - Jon Berkowitz, AdditionalEngineer - Jeff Philips, AssistantEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Jordan Schur, ExecutiveProducer - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Mushok, Writer - John Burton, Assistant Mix Engineer - Joey Paradise, AssistantEngineer - DRT Mastering, MasteringEngineer - Jeff Gilmer, Producer, Engineer - Michael Mushok, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Scott Gutierrez , AssistantEngineer - Dane Venable, Manager Production - Tom Smurdon, AssistantEngineer - Jones G, AssistantEngineer - Darren Venditti, AssistantEngineer - David Khane, String Arranger
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2003 Flip Records & Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and Flip Records & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Fred Durst, A&R Manager, CoProducer - Aaron Lewis, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - DJ Lethal, A&R Manager - Josh Freese, Drums - Mark Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Josh Abraham, Producer, String Arranger, Keyboards, Programmer, AdditionalEngineer - Ryan Williams, Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Josh Wilbur, Editing Engineer - Brandon Belsky, AssistantEngineer - TERRY DATE, Producer, MixingEngineer - ULRICH WILD, Engineer - Roger Lian, MasteringEngineer - ANTHONY "FU" VALCIC, Keyboards, Programmer, AdditionalEngineer - Steve Sisco, Assistant Mix Engineer - Jon Berkowitz, AdditionalEngineer - Jeff Philips, AssistantEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Jordan Schur, ExecutiveProducer - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Mushok, Writer - John Burton, Assistant Mix Engineer - Joey Paradise, AssistantEngineer - DRT Mastering, MasteringEngineer - Jeff Gilmer, Producer, Engineer - Michael Mushok, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Scott Gutierrez , AssistantEngineer - Dane Venable, Manager Production - Tom Smurdon, AssistantEngineer - Jones G, AssistantEngineer - Darren Venditti, AssistantEngineer - David Khane, String Arranger
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2003 Flip Records & Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and Flip Records & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Aaron Lewis, Composer, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - David Bottrill, Producer, MixingEngineer - Brian Sperber, Audio Engineer - Staind, MainArtist - Jordan Schur, ExecutiveProducer - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Mushok, Writer - Michael Mushok, Composer, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - John April, Composer - Jonathan Wysocki, Composer - Dane Venable, Manager Production
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2005 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Aaron Lewis, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - David Bottrill, Producer, MixingEngineer - Brian Sperber, Audio Engineer - Staind, MainArtist - Jordan Schur, ExecutiveProducer - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Mushok, Writer - Michael Mushok, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Dane Venable, Manager Production
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2005 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Aaron Lewis, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Josh Abraham, Producer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - MATT HYDE, MixingEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Mushok, Writer - Jeff Gilmer, Engineer - Shilpa Patel, Pro-Tools Engineer - Michael Mushok, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Cantrell, Writer - Mike Inez, Writer - Sean Kinney, Writer - Layne Staley, Writer - Aaron Lewis, Producer, Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Josh Abraham, Producer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - MATT HYDE, MixingEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums - Jeff Gilmer, Engineer - Shilpa Patel, Pro-Tools Engineer - Michael Mushok, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Aaron Lewis, Producer, Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Josh Abraham, Producer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - MATT HYDE, MixingEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums - Jeff Gilmer, Engineer - Shilpa Patel, Pro-Tools Engineer - Michael Mushok, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Paul d'Amour, Writer - Adam Jones, Writer - Danny Carey, Writer - Maynard Keenan, Writer
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Aaron Lewis, Producer, Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Josh Abraham, Producer - Roger Waters, Writer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - MATT HYDE, MixingEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums - David Gilmore, Writer - Jeff Gilmer, Engineer - Shilpa Patel, Pro-Tools Engineer - Michael Mushok, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Aaron Lewis, Composer, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Josh Abraham, Producer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - MATT HYDE, MixingEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums - Jeff Gilmer, Engineer - Shilpa Patel, Pro-Tools Engineer - Michael Mushok, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Aaron Lewis, Composer, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Josh Abraham, Producer - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - MATT HYDE, MixingEngineer - Staind, MainArtist - Johnny April, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jon Wysocki, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Mushok, Writer - Jeff Gilmer, Engineer - Shilpa Patel, Pro-Tools Engineer - Michael Mushok, Composer, Producer, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - John April, Composer - Jonathan Wysocki, Composer
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Album review
Thanks to their power ballad "It's Been Awhile," it'd be easy for some listeners to forget that Staind got their big break thanks to none other than Fred Durst, the king of lunkheaded mook rock at the turn of the millennium. Not that "It's Been Awhile" was fun -- like all post-grunge hard rock of the late '90s/early 2000s, it was humorless and earnest, intent on catharsis -- but it had a strong hook that tempered the gloom and helped them cross over, even if their lead singer/songwriter, Aaron Lewis, remained fueled by angst even after selling millions. Released in 2006 -- five years after "It's Been Awhile" and a year after their fifth album, Chapter V, topped the Billboard charts without leaving much of a lasting impression -- the 15-track Greatest Hits downplays their early, churning Alice in Chains fixation and emphasizes songs in the vein of "It's Been Awhile." Not that the metal is completely absent -- their first single, the grinding "Mudshovel" is here, for instance -- but brooding ballads are pushed front and center; there are no less than four acoustic tracks tacked on the end of the record (including a cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb," which does produce the mild revelation that Roger Waters' narcissistic rock opera did indeed influence Lewis' lyrical outlook). In this context, such singles as "Price to Play" -- which aren't quite rock, yet not quite ballads -- sound akin to power ballads, which helps make this a good overview and introduction for those who were won over to the band via their big hit, yet for those who remember that Staind was once a protégé of Durst & Co., they'd be better off sticking with their old copy of Dysfunction.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:54
- Main artists: Staind
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino Atlantic
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company.
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