Collective Soul

A rock band from Georgia that was (is?) popular in the mid-90s. Pretty bland, all things considered, basically a Smashing Pumpkins wannabe, but I heard a lot of their music in a time when I was very open to suggestion. Hence songs like "Who Could Bring Me Heaven" and "Shine" damn near bring me to tears, even now.

In all seriousness, "Heaven's Already Here" would make a great theme song for "Oh My Goddess!" in some bizarre way.

Very un-Smashing Pumpkins, if you actually attempt to follow their music at all. They tend more to a classic rock feel with some tracks, experiment with electronic sounds in others. Their lyrics are rather philosophical, and uplifting in general, as opposed to the downer lyrics of many rock bands in the 90s. Upbeat music seems to be making a comeback lately. They've had many hits (Not the web page type!), and are appreciated by many people worldwide. Their guitar work is similarly impressive, and with three guitars, is rather hard to duplicate.

Collective Soul's first four albums were 'Collective Soul', 'Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid', 'Disciplined Breakdown', and 'Dosage'. Track lists follow:

Collective Soul

• Simple
• Untitled
• The World I Know
• Smashing Young Man
• December
• Where the River Flows
• Gel
• She Gathers Rain
• When The Water Falls
• Collection of Goods
• Bleed
• Reunion

Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid

• Shine
• Goodnight, Good Guy
• Wasting Time
• Sister Don't Cry
• Love Lifted Me
• In a Moment
• Heaven's Already Here
• Pretty Donna (Instrumental)
• Reach
• Breathe
• Scream
• Burning Bridges
• All

Disciplined Breakdown

• Precious Declaration
• Listen
• Maybe
• Full Circle
• Blame
• Disciplined Breakdown
• Forgiveness
• Link
• Giving
• In Between
• Crowded Head
• Everything

Dosage

• Tremble for my Beloved
• Heavy
• No More, No Less
• Needs
• Slow
• Dandy Life
• Run
• Generate
• Compliment
• Not the One
• Crown