Sweet Oblivion
Album
ArtistScreaming Trees
CoverScreaming Trees Sweet Oblivion.jpg
ReleasedSeptember 8, 1992
RecordedMarch 1992
Genre
Length46:13
LabelEpic
ProducerDon Fleming
Prev year1991
Next year1992

Sweet Oblivion is the sixth studio album by Screaming Trees, released on September 8, 1992. It quickly became the band's best-selling record, and was the closest they ever came to achieving mainstream success. Sweet Oblivion sold in excess of 300,000 copies on the strength of the band's biggest hit, "Nearly Lost You".[8] The song benefited from an appearance on Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, a Top Ten, platinum-selling hit album which featured many other popular Seattle-based music acts from the period.

Around the time of the recording of the album, the band’s original drummer Mark Pickerel left to pursue other musical interests, and was replaced with Barrett Martin.

Nearly four years passed in between Sweet Oblivion and the band's follow-up album, Dust, a move that hurt much of the band's commercial momentum.[9]

Personnel

Screaming Trees

Technical

Visual

  • David Coleman – art direction
  • Michael Lavine – photography

Charts

1993 chart performance for Sweet Oblivion
Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10]77
2025 chart performance for Sweet Oblivion
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Greek Albums (IFPI)[11]31

References

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  6. ^ "The 20 Greatest Grunge Albums of All Time". Spin. Vol. 20, no. 4. SPIN Media LLC. April 2004. p. 62. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  7. ^ Randall, Mac (2004). "Screaming Trees". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. 4th ed. Brackett, Nathan (ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 721. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Screaming Trees Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  9. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dust - Screaming Trees | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  10. ^ p. 245.
  11. ^ "Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Εβδομάδα: 03/2025". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on January 22, 2025. Retrieved January 22, 2025.