Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Chicago Tribune
Entertainment Weekly	C+
Los Angeles Times
Pitchfork Media	8.2/10
Q
Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Spin	8/10
The Village Voice	B+

So Much for the Afterglow is the third studio album by Everclear, released on October 7, 1997. 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."

So Much for the Afterglow remains Everclear's best selling album with a 2x Platinum certification by the RIAA in 1998.

All lyrics written by Art Alexakis; all music composed by Alexakis, Craig Montoya and Greg Eklund.

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

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