So Much for the Afterglow is the third
album by
Everclear, released on October 7, 1997 (see
1997 in music). It contained the singles "
Everything to Everyone", "
I Will Buy You a New Life", "
Father of Mine", "So Much For the Afterglow", and "One Hit Wonder". This album strays noticeably from the band's past work, which is much less clean and polished. While those past attempts were clear examples of
post-grunge, many listeners have been more inclined to categorize
So Much For The Afterglow as
power pop. A number of the songs from this album, especially "Everything to Everyone", "I Will Buy You A New Life" and "Father of Mine," received heavy rotation on
MTV's
Total Request Live and launched Everclear into mainstream popularity briefly in the late-90's.
So Much for the Afterglow provided Everclear with their only
Grammy nomination to date, a Best Rock Instrumental nod in 1998 for "El Distorto de Melodica."