Sweet Oblivion

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Sweet Oblivion
Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion.jpg
Studio album by
Screaming Trees
ReleasedSeptember 8, 1992
RecordedMarch 1992
Genre
Length46:13
Label Epic
Producer Don Fleming
Screaming Trees chronology
Anthology: SST Years 1985–1989
(1991)		Sweet Oblivion
(1992)		 Winter Songs Tour Tracks
(1992)
Singles from Sweet Oblivion
  1. "Nearly Lost You"
    Released: December 12, 1992
  2. "Dollar Bill"
    Released: March 7, 1993

Sweet Oblivion is the sixth studio album by Screaming Trees, released on September 8, 1992. It quickly became the band's best-selling record, and was the closest they ever came to achieving mainstream success. Sweet Oblivion sold in excess of 300,000 copies on the strength of the band's biggest hit, "Nearly Lost You". [8] The song benefited from an appearance on Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , a Top Ten, platinum-selling hit album which featured many other popular Seattle-based music acts from the period.

Contents

Around the time of the recording of the album, the band’s original drummer Mark Pickerel left to pursue other musical interests, and was replaced with Barrett Martin.

Nearly four years passed in between Sweet Oblivion and the band's follow-up album, Dust , a move that hurt much of the band's commercial momentum. [9]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [11]
Kerrang! 4/5 [12]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
NME 8/10 [14]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Select 5/5 [16]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 9/10 [17]
The Village Voice B+ [18]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shadow of the Season"L. Conner, Lanegan4:32
2."Nearly Lost You"L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan4:06
3."Dollar Bill"V. Conner, Lanegan4:35
4."More or Less"L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan3:13
5."Butterfly"L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan3:21
6."For Celebrations Past"L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan, Martin4:10
7."The Secret Kind"L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan, Martin3:09
8."Winter Song"L. Conner, Lanegan3:43
9."Troubled Times"L. Conner, V. Conner, Lanegan, Martin5:21
10."No One Knows"L. Conner, Lanegan5:13
11."Julie Paradise"V. Conner, Lanegan5:05

Personnel

Screaming Trees

Technical

Visual

Charts

1993 chart performance for Sweet Oblivion
Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [19] 77
US Billboard 200 [20] 141
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [21] 4
2025 chart performance for Sweet Oblivion
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Greek Albums (IFPI) [22] 31

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