Dosage (album)

Dosage
Studio album by Collective Soul
Released	February 9, 1999
Genre	Alternative rock Post-grunge
Length	50:22
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Ed Roland
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Collective Soul chronology
Disciplined Breakdown (1997) Dosage (1999) Blender (2000)

Dosage is the fourth studio album by Atlanta-based American alternative rock band Collective Soul. The album was released in February 1999 and peaked at #21 in Billboard's albums chart (see 1999 in music). The album's title was derived from a catchphrase they used to describe burnout after their previous tour.^[1] The first single from the album, "Heavy," gave the band another #1 hit on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and spent a then record-breaking 14 weeks in the top spot. The second single released, "Run," also gained broad mainstream radioplay.

Recording

Dosage marked a change in recording and style for Collective Soul. Unhappy with the production and sound of the previous album Disciplined Breakdown, the band focused more on production and technique for the recording of Dosage.^[2] The result led to an arduous six-month recording period where according to guitarist Dean Roland: "The way we recorded Dosage, we were really meticulous about everything that we did for that record."^[2] More than before the band progressed to a high production pop-rock sound. This status was obvious with the extensive use of loops, pro-tools effects, and synth-pop sounds, especially in comparison with the band's previous three albums which are more organic and raw in sound.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ed Roland, except where noted.

1. "Tremble for My Beloved" – 3:52
2. "Heavy" – 2:56
3. "No More, No Less" – 5:18
4. "Needs" – 5:21
5. "Slow" (Ed Roland, Dean Roland) – 3:32
6. "Dandy Life" (Ross Childress) – 4:03
7. "Run" – 4:35
8. "Generate" – 3:33
9. "Compliment" (Ed Roland, Dean Roland) – 3:01
10. "Not the One" – 3:49
11. "Crown" – 10:18
    • At 5:59, a hidden track with an alternate version of "She Said" starts.

Personnel

• Ed Roland - lead vocals, guitar, keyboard
• Dean Roland - rhythm guitar
• Ross Childress - lead guitar, vocals
• Will Turpin - bass, percussion
• Shane Evans - drums, percussion

Charts

Album

Singles

References

External links

• Collective Soul - official website.
• Collective Soul on MySpace.