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". 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.
Track listing
Personnel
Screaming Trees Mark Lanegan – vocals Gary Lee Conner – guitar Van Conner – bass Barrett Martin – drums
Technical Don Fleming – production Andy Wallace – mixing Howie Weinberg – mastering John Agnello – engineering
Visual David Coleman – art direction Michael Lavine – photography
Charts + 1993 chart performance for Sweet Oblivion Chart (1993) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 77
+ 2025 chart performance for Sweet Oblivion Chart (2025) Peak position Greek Albums (IFPI) 31
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