Sweet Oblivion


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 "Nearly Lost You." The band's biggest hit, it benefited from an appearance on , a Top Ten, platinum-selling hit album which featured many other popular Seattle-based music acts from the period.
Personnel changes around the time of the album also led to the replacing of original drummer Mark Pickerel, who left to pursue other musical interests, with Barrett Martin. Four years passed in between Sweet Oblivion and the band's follow-up album, Dust, a move that arguably hurt much of the Trees' commercial momentum.

Track listing

Personnel

Screaming Trees
Technical
Visual
Album
YearChartPeak
1992Heatseekers4
1993The Billboard 200141

Singles
YearSingleChartPeak
1992"Nearly Lost You"Mainstream Rock Tracks12
1992"Nearly Lost You"Modern Rock Tracks5
1992"Nearly Lost You"Hot 100 Airplay62
1992"Nearly Lost You"UK Singles Chart50
1993"Dollar Bill"Mainstream Rock Tracks40
1993"Dollar Bill"Modern Rock Tracks28