Anthology (Alien Ant Farm album)

Anthology (stylised as ANThology) is the second album by American rock band Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the United States and March 19, 2001 in Australia and the UK. It is the major label debut of the band. Similarly to how their debut album was entitled Greatest Hits, the album is not a compilation album. Between June and August, the group performed on the Warped Tour.[10]

Anthology
Studio album by Alien Ant Farm
Released	March 6, 2001
Recorded	August – November 2000
Genre	Alternative metal[1] nu metal[2][3]
Length	56:39
Label	DreamWorks
Producer	Jay Baumgardner
Alien Ant Farm chronology
Greatest Hits (1999) Anthology (2001) Truant (2003)
Singles from ANThology
"Smooth Criminal" Released: July 24, 2001 "Movies" Released: 2001 "Attitude" Released: May 2002

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Melodic	[5]
NME	(6/10)[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Wall of Sound	(62/100)[8]
Yahoo! Music UK	[9]

"Smooth Criminal" was released as downloadable content for the Rock Band series of video games on May 5, 2009. The rest of the album has been licensed for release on the Rock Band Network over the course of 2011–12, starting with "Movies" and "Courage" and continuing with three songs per quarter until the full album is released.[11]

Song information

Their first single, "Smooth Criminal", was a cover of Michael Jackson's song of the same name, which started to bring popularity to the band. The song "Wish" was featured on the video game soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 in 2001,[12] and "Courage" was featured on the video game soundtracks of Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder in 2001 and ATV Offroad Fury 2 in 2002.[13][14]

Singles

Originally, the band made a small-budget video for the song "Movies" (as they were still unknown). This was their intended first single. According to the band, they had never intended for "Smooth Criminal" to be a single. A radio station played the song (without permission from the band) and they received positive feedback. Instead of taking action against the radio station, they decided to accommodate the listeners and they quickly released their "Smooth Criminal" video and withdrew their "Movies" video. When it was time for a second single, they shot the current "Movies" video. There were a total of 3 videos made for this track.

Recording

The album was recorded and mixed at NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood.[15]

Commercial reception

The album has been certified Platinum in the United States for sales of over 1,000,000 units.[16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alien Ant Farm, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Courage"		3:30
2.	"Movies"		3:15
3.	"Flesh and Bone"		4:28
4.	"Whisper"		3:25
5.	"Summer"		4:15
6.	"Sticks and Stones"		3:16
7.	"Attitude"		4:54
8.	"Stranded"		3:57
9.	"Wish"		3:22
10.	"Calico"		4:10
11.	"Death Day"		4:33
12.	"Smooth Criminal" (Michael Jackson cover)	Jackson	3:29
13.	"Universe" (The song "Universe" ends at 5:53. After 30 seconds of silence [5:53 - 6:23] begins the hidden song "Orange Appeal".)		9:07
Total length:			56:39

• The song "Wish" was the band's first song ever written and performed, and is also featured on their $100 EP.
• The song "Movies" was originally from Greatest Hits.
• The song "Universe" was originally from the EP Love Songs, though it is also featured on Greatest Hits.
• An early version of the Michael Jackson cover, "Smooth Criminal", can also be found on Greatest Hits, labelled as "Slick Thief".

Personnel

Alien Ant Farm[15] Terry Corso – acoustic and electric guitars Mike Cosgrove – drums Dryden Mitchell – vocals and acoustic guitar Tye Zamora – bass guitar, upright bass, keyboards, kalimba, guitar and background vocals Additional musicians[15] Gavin Hayes – slide guitar on "Stranded" and "Orange Appeal" David Campbell – string arrangement on "Universe" Lenny Castro – percussion on "Attitude" Yanick Vincent – flute on "Orange Appeal" Jon Zamora – additional background vocals on "Flesh and Bone"

Technical[15] Tom Baker – mastering Jay Baumgardner – production and mixing PR Brown – art, design and photography Daniel Certa – mixing assistance John Ewing – additional Pro Tools Ron Handler – A&R Justin Harvey – engineering assistance James Murray – engineering and Pro Tools Ralf Strathmann – band photography Brian Virtue – additional Pro Tools

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 18 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[18] 32 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 22 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 44 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 13 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 20 Irish Albums (IRMA)[23] 21 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[24] 24 Scottish Albums (OCC)[25] 40 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 58 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 45 UK Albums (OCC)[28] 11 US Billboard 200[29] 11 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[30] 1 US Top Internet Albums (Billboard)[3] 21

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[31] 97 UK Albums (OCC)[32] 96 US Billboard 200[33] 79 Chart (2002) Position UK Albums (OCC)[34] 189 US Billboard 200[35] 110 Certifications Country Certification United Kingdom[36] Gold United States[16] Platinum

Singles

Year	Title	Peak position
		AUS [37]	AUT [38]	BE (VI) [39]	BE (Wal) [40]	DEN [41]	FIN [42]	FRA [43]	HOL [44]	IRE [45]	IT [46]	NOR [47]	NZL [48]	SWE [49]	SWI [50]	UK [51]	US [52]
2001	"Smooth Criminal"	1	6	3	4	3	2	27	4	2	11	7	4	5	4	3	23
	"Movies"	29	32	4	—	—	—	—	—	13	—	—	35	—	62	5	—
2002	"Attitude"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	66	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

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External links

• Anthology at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)