Editing Sparkle and Fade

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Sparkle and Fade
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]]
| cover        = Everclear-Sparkle.jpg
| alt          = Photographs of the band members at a young age
| released     = May 23, 1995
| recorded     = September 1994
| venue        = 
| studio       = {{plainlist|
* [[Smart Studios|Smart]] ([[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]])
* [[Jim Henson Company Lot|A&M]] ([[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]])
* [[Electric Lady Studios|Electric Lady]] ([[New York City]])
* Rondor ([[Los Angeles]])
}}
| genre        = * [[Post-grunge]]
* [[pop-punk]]<ref name="punknews">{{cite web |title=Everclear - Sparkle and Fade |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/4520/everclear-sparkle-and-fade |website=Punknews.org |access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="cizmar">{{cite web |last1=Cizmar |first1=Martin |title=It's a Real Small Town: The story behind Everclear’s Sparkle and Fade—and why everyone hates the man behind it. |url=https://www.wweek.com/music/2015/11/17/its-a-real-small-town/ |website=Williamette Week |access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="brodsky">{{cite web |last1=Brodsky |first1=Rachel |title=Everclear’s Art Alexakis: ”Sparkle And Fade’ Was My Escape Route’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2015/06/everclear-art-alexakis-sparkle-and-fade-interview-summerland/ |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref>
* [[grunge]]<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="prevatt">{{cite news |last1=Prevatt |first1=Mike |title=Everclear clarifies style with ‘Sparkle’ |url=https://dailybruin.com/1997/10/06/everclear-clarifies-style-with |access-date=June 2, 2022 |work=Daily Bruin |date=October 7, 1997}}</ref>
* [[alternative rock]]
| length       = 42:47
| label        = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer     = {{flatlist|
* [[Art Alexakis]]
* [[Brian Malouf]]
* Micheal Douglass
}}
| prev_title   = [[World of Noise]]
| prev_year    = 1993
| next_title   = [[White Trash Hell]]
| next_year    = 1997
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Sparkle and Fade
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Heroin Girl]]
 | single1date = 1995
 | single2     = [[Santa Monica (Everclear song)|Santa Monica]]
 | single2date = December 5, 1995
 | single3     = [[Heartspark Dollarsign]]
 | single3date = March 23, 1996
 | single4     = You Make Me Feel Like a Whore
 | single4date = 1996
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sparkle-fade-mw0000126431 |title=Sparkle & Fade – Everclear |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 5, 2015 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2score = 10/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=144}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Everclear |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=0-85712-595-8 |page=1016}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Martin C. Strong|The Great Rock Discography]]''
| rev4score = 9/10<ref name="GRD">{{Cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Rock Discography |publisher=[[Canongate Books|Canongate]] |others= |year=2004 |isbn=9781841956152 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/512 512–513] |chapter=Everclear |author-link=Martin C. Strong }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Brannigan |first=Paul |date=March 9, 1996 |title=Albums |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=587 |page=44}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |last=Holtje |first=Steve |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/398 399–400] |isbn=1-57859-061-2 |chapter=Everclear}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Everclear |last=Harris |first=Keith |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor-last=Brackett |editor-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA285 285–86]}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev8score = A−<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1195-95.php |title=Consumer Guide |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=November 14, 1995 |access-date=December 5, 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
}}
'''''Sparkle and Fade''''' is the second [[album]] by [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]], released in 1995.<ref name="TP">{{cite web|last=Sprague|first=Deborah|title=Everclear|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/everclear/|access-date=31 July 2020|website=[[Trouser Press]]}}</ref> It was their first album to be released exclusively on [[Capitol Records]]; their previous effort, ''[[World of Noise]]'', was re-released on Capitol after its introduction through the [[Portland, Oregon]] based label, [[Tim/Kerr|Tim/Kerr Records]]. The album produced the singles "[[Heroin Girl]]," "[[Santa Monica (Everclear song)|Santa Monica]]," "[[Heartspark Dollarsign]]," and "You Make Me Feel Like a Whore." The album's music follows themes like addiction and romance through a loosely defined narrative similar to [[Art Alexakis]]' own troubled life when he was in his twenties.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/on-sparkle-and-fade-everclear-found-universality-in-dr-1798284473 |title=On Sparkle And Fade, Everclear found universality in drug-addled intimacy |last=Colburn |first=Randall |website=The A.V. Club |date=15 September 2015}}</ref>

The album's cover features childhood pictures of the three members of the band. It is Everclear's third-best-selling album to date.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19971201/2575607/everclear-electric-and-acoustic-shows-sparkle-no-fade | title=Everclear, Electric And Acoustic, Shows Sparkle, No Fade | website=[[Seattle Times]] | date=December 1, 1997 | access-date=August 13, 2014 | last=Phalen, Tom}}</ref> It climbed to the top of the Heatseekers Chart in January 1996<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_w4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13 | title=Everclear Won't "Sparkle and Fade" | website=Billboard | date=February 3, 1996 | access-date=August 13, 2014 | last=Borzillo, Carrie}}</ref> and was certified Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in May 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=everclear#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA|website=RIAA|access-date=December 27, 2016}}</ref> By December 2001, the album had sold 1,190,000 copies in the United States, according to [[Luminate (company)|Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref name="Everclearsales">{{Cite web |last=Basham |first=David |date=December 13, 2001 |title=Got Charts? Usher's Platinum Mine; A Tolkien Spell; An Ill-Fated Concept |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1451449/got-charts-ushers-platinum-mine-a-tolkien-spell-an-ill-fated-concept/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127050459/http://www.mtv.com/news/1451449/got-charts-ushers-platinum-mine-a-tolkien-spell-an-ill-fated-concept/ |archive-date=January 27, 2015 |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=[[MTV News]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[[Trouser Press]]'' wrote that "the sheer radiance of songs like 'Santa Monica' (which demands repeated listens) adds to the luster of this unexpected gem."<ref name=TP/>

==Track listing==
All songs written by Art Alexakis, Craig Montoya, and Greg Eklund, except where noted.<ref name="LinerNotes" />
{{Track list
| title1 = Electra Made Me Blind
| note1 = 
| length1 = 3:43
| writer1 = {{hlist|Alexakis|Scott Cuthbert|Montoya}}
| title2 = [[Heroin Girl]]
| length2 = 2:23
| writer2 = {{hlist|Alexakis|Cuthbert|Montoya}}
| title3 = You Make Me Feel Like a Whore
| length3 = 2:47
| title4 = [[Santa Monica (Everclear song)|Santa Monica]]
| length4 = 3:11
| title5 = Summerland
| length5 = 3:42
| title6 = Strawberry
| length6 = 2:35
| title7 = [[Heartspark Dollarsign]]
| length7 = 2:52
| title8 = The Twistinside
| length8 = 4:37
| writer8 = {{hlist|Alexakis|Cuthbert|Montoya}}
| title9 = Her Brand New Skin
| length9 = 2:02
| title10 = Nehalem
| length10 = 1:53
| title11 = Queen of the Air
| length11 = 2:59
| writer11 = {{hlist|Alexakis|Cuthbert|Montoya}}
| title12 = Pale Green Stars
| length12 = 4:17
| title13 = Chemical Smile
| length13 = 1:49
| title14 = My Sexual Life
| length14 = 3:51
| writer14 = {{hlist|Alexakis|Cuthbert|Montoya}}
}}

==Personnel==
Personnel per liner notes.<ref name="LinerNotes">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Sparkle and Fade |year=1995 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Capitol Records]] |id={{nowrap|7243 8 30929 2 5}}}}</ref>

'''Everclear'''
*[[Art Alexakis]]&nbsp;– [[guitar]], lead vocals
*[[Greg Eklund]]&nbsp;– [[Drum kit|drums]], vocals
*[[Craig Montoya]]&nbsp;– [[bass guitar]], vocals
'''Production'''

* Art Alexakis&nbsp;– production
* [[Brian Malouf]]&nbsp;– co-producer, mixing {{Small|(at Electric Lady)}}
* Michael Douglass'''&nbsp;'''– co-producer, recording {{Small|(at Smart and A&M)}}
* Mike Urkell'''&nbsp;'''– assistant engineer {{Small|(at Smart Studios)}}
* [[Brian Sperber]]'''&nbsp;'''– assistant engineer, recording {{Small|(at Electric Lady)}}
* Alex Reed'''&nbsp;'''– recording assistant {{Small|(at A&M)}}
* P. Castellano'''&nbsp;'''– recording assistant {{Small|(at Electric Lady)}}
* Nick Brophy'''&nbsp;'''– recording {{Small|(at Rondor)}}
* Bill Jackson'''&nbsp;'''– recording assistant {{Small|(at Rondor)}}
* [[Bob Ludwig]]'''&nbsp;'''– mastering {{Small|(at Gateway Mastering)}}, sequencing {{Small|(8–14)}}
* Rich Breen'''&nbsp;'''– sequencing {{Small|(1–7)}}
'''Artwork'''

* Art Alexakis'''&nbsp;'''– cover design concept
* Steven Birch'''&nbsp;'''– graphic design, layout
* Marc Tunz'''&nbsp;'''– band photography
* Debbie Desantes'''&nbsp;'''–live photo

== Charts ==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1995–1996)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|9|artist=Everclear|album=Sparkle and Fade|rowheader=true|access-date=July 25, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|39|chartid=2902|rowheader=true|access-date=November 16, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|20|artist=Everclear|album=Sparkle and Fade|rowheader=true|access-date=July 25, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|25|artist=Everclear|rowheader=true|access-date=July 25, 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1996)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1996/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1996|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref>
| 45
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1996-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1996|website=The Official NZ Music Charts|access-date=November 16, 2021}}</ref>
| 39
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996|website=Billboard|access-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref>
| 88
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|artist=Everclear|title=Sparkle and Fade|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|access-date=November 16, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Everclear|title=Sparkle and Fade|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1999|access-date=November 16, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Everclear|title=Sparkle and Fade|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|salesamount=1,190,000|salesref=<ref name="Everclearsales" />|access-date=November 16, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==
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