Blender (Collective Soul album)

Blender
Studio album by Collective Soul
Released	October 10, 2000
Recorded	2000
Studio	Crossover Studios, Atlanta, Georgia Bopnique Musique, Boston, Massachusetts
Genre	Alternative rock, post-grunge, power pop
Length	38:53
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Ed Roland, Anthony J. Resta
Collective Soul chronology
Dosage (1999) Blender (2000) Seven Year Itch (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
E! Online	B− [2]
Entertainment Weekly	C+ [3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
Wall of Sound	48/100 [6]

Blender is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Collective Soul released in 2000. This was their final album for Atlantic Records and also their least successful with the label.

Release

"Why, Pt. 2" is the first single from released on October 2000 to promote Blender. Written by singer/guitarist Ed Roland, the song did not chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, but did reach No. 2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. ^[7] The "Pt. 2" in the title refers to an earlier track by the band, "Why", which was initially created during the band's Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid era, and was used as a b-side to the single "Breathe" in 1994. ^[8]

The second single, "Vent", was released in 2000. It was originally titled "Prick", but was changed to "Vent" due to concern from the band's record label, Atlantic Records. The song is supposedly about the band's tension with the label. The band left the label in 2001, and created their own independent label, El Music Group.^{[ citation needed ]}

Track listing

All songs written by Ed Roland, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Skin"	3:08
2.	"Vent"	3:13
3.	"Why, Pt. 2"	3:37
4.	"10 Years Later"	3:21
5.	"Boast"	3:39
6.	"Turn Around"	3:39
7.	"You Speak My Language" (Mark Sandman; Morphine cover)	3:24
8.	"Perfect Day" (featuring Elton John)	3:48
9.	"After All"	3:44
10.	"Over Tokyo"	3:48
11.	"Happiness"	3:32

Japanese and Australian bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Over Tokyo" (Acoustic demo)	3:37

Personnel

• Ross Childress  – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Shane Evans – drums, percussion
• Ed Roland  – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Dean Roland – rhythm guitar
• Will Turpin – bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• Jack Joseph-Puig – mix engineer
• Richard Ash – second mix engineer
• Anthony J. Resta;- synthesizers, programming, mellotron, drums on "Ten Years Later"

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [9]	3
US Billboard 200 [10]	20

"Vent"

Chart (2001)
Peak position
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	34 [11]

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [12]	162

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r501716/review
2. Anon. "Music - Collective Soul "Blender"". E! Online . Archived from the original on June 24, 2001. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
3. Diehl, Matt (October 13, 2000). "Music Review: 'Blender'". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved March 14, 2024.
4. Puterbaugh, Parke (October 3, 2000). "Collective Soul: Blender : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
5. Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Collective Soul". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  180−181. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
6. Strickman, Andrew. "Wall of Sound Review: Blender". Wall of Sound . Archived from the original on January 24, 2001. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
7. Billboard Chart History
8. Breathe Credits (liner notes). Atlantic Records. 7567-85639-2. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
9. "Collective Soul Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
10. "Collective Soul Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
11. Collective Soul - Awards : AllMusic
12. "Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000". Jam! . Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 29, 2022.