Collective Soul Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid (Vinyl LP) * * *

Mastered by George Horn and Anne-Marie Suenram at Fantasy Studios!

The band that helped sonically define alternative rock, Collective Soul combined grunge, soul, and Southern-style hard rock on their breakout 1993 debut full-length, Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid, which spawned the indelible No. 1 rock radio smash "Shine" and the follow-up hit "Breathe." Named from a lyric in Paul Simon's 1986 hit "You Can Call Me Al," Allegations and Things Left Unsaid was a collection of frontman Ed Roland's demos that spread like wildfire through the Atlanta, Georgia college circuit and its popularity locally spurred Atlantic Records to pick it up for a major-label release. In one fell swoop, Collective Soul was cemented as the jukebox heroes of a new generation.