Return to Santa Monica is a 2011 album by the band Everclear. It is the band's first album with label Cleopatra Records. The album consists of a mix of re-recorded Everclear originals and covers of other bands' hits.

Return to Santa Monica
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2011 (2011-09-27)
GenreAlternative rock, grunge, hard rock[1]
Length45:02
LabelCleopatra
Everclear chronology
In a Different Light
(2009)
Return to Santa Monica
(2011)
Greatest Hits
(2011)

The A.V. Club deemed the release to be the "least essential album of 2011".[2]

Greatest Hits

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A variation of the album titled Greatest Hits was released December 27, 2011 in digital formats only. It omits two of the covers from Return to Santa Monica, The Police's Every Breath You Take and the Steve Miller Band's The Joker.

Track listing

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  1. "Santa Monica" – 3:14
  2. "Wonderful" – 4:23
  3. "Father of Mine" – 3:55
  4. "I Will Buy You A New Life" – 3:54
    • (Originally released on the album So Much For The Afterglow.)
  5. "Everything to Everyone" – 3:21
    • (Originally released on the album So Much For the Afterglow.)
  6. "I Won't Back Down" – 3:06
  7. "Unemployed Boyfriend" – 4:06
  8. "The Joker" – 4:58
  9. "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" – 2:38
  10. "Every Breath You Take" – 3:20
  11. "AM Radio" – 3:56
  12. "Brown Eyed Girl" – 4:11

Personnel

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  • Art Alexakis – lead vocals, guitar
  • Dave French – guitar, backing vocals
  • Freddy Herrera – bass, backing vocals
  • Sean Winchester – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals

References

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  1. ^ "Return to Santa Monica – Everclear | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  2. ^ Ryan; Heller, Jason; Modell, Josh; Hyden, Steven; Phipps, Keith; Koski, Genevieve (2011-12-28). "The least essential albums of 2011". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2024-03-17.