Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile
2000 studio album by Everclear / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Everclear, released on July 11, 2000. The album (along with its sequel, Songs from an American Movie Vol. Two: Good Time for a Bad Attitude) is a loose concept album inspired by lead singer Art Alexakis's second divorce. The first album is much more influenced by American pop music, especially from the 1970s, as well as being more "loving" in tone than the hard rock Good Time for a Bad Attitude. The album is dedicated to David Ridderhof and Louis Montoya.
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Released | July 11, 2000 | |||
Genre | Pop,[1] rock[2] | |||
Length | 45:18 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Art Alexakis, Lars Fox, Neal Avron | |||
Everclear chronology | ||||
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Singles from Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 57/100[6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Alternative Press | 4/5[7] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[8] |
Los Angeles Times | [9] |
Melody Maker | [10] |
NME | 4/10[11] |
Q | [12] |
Rolling Stone | [13] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [14] |
The Village Voice | A−[1] |
Learning How to Smile is the band's second highest selling album ever with 1.28 million copies sold and a Platinum certification by the RIAA.[15] It is also the band's only album to debut in the top ten on the Billboard 200, where it peaked at number nine, and the last album by Everclear to sell over 500,000 copies.