''Candlebox'' is the debut album by Seattle rock band

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. It contains their best known hit, " Far Behind", as well as the hit singles "Change", " You" and "Cover Me". Released in 1993, the album has since been certified 4× platinum in the

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Promotion

The

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s for "Change", "Far Behind" and "You" remained in longstanding rotation on

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and the latter became two of the most requested videos of 1993, and the former being featured on ''

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''. Other songs were recorded during the ''Candlebox'' sessions and included on other releases. "Can't Give In," for instance, appears on the ''Airheads'' film soundtrack. "Pull Away" also served as a B-side to the "You" CD single.

Reception

The album has received mixed reviews. In a review for ''

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'', although he gave the album a C rating,

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panned the album and called the band "postgrunge scenesuckers hoaren't total pop-metal conformists—they're a tad more intense, with sharper drumming." ''

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'' concluded that "underneath all that flannel there's a Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow cover band just biding its time." ''

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'' opined: "Much as

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put a net on hair metal, Candlebox's primary function was to put a final stamp of megaselling irrelevance on the rotten corpse of Big Northwest Noise."

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was more positive, writing for

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: "Candlebox rode the alternative bandwagon to the top of the charts with their self-titled debut album." He also calls the singles "Change", "You" and "Far Behind" "the closest they come to memorable melodies." Although released in July 1993, ''Candlebox'' did not enter the top 10 ''Billboard'' 200 until August 1994, upon the success of its third and biggest single "Far Behind", which would reach number 18 on the

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chart roughly a month later. The album peaked at number seven, Candlebox's highest position so far, and remained on the chart for 104 weeks. Candlebox Album & Song Chart History/ref>

Track listing

All tracks by

Personnel

Band

* Kevin Martin -

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* Peter Klett -

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* Bardi Martin -

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* Scott Mercado -

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Other

* Candlebox – producer, mixing * Kelly Gray – producer, engineer, mixing * Scott Heard – backing vocals * Randy Gane –

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* Janet Levinson – art direction * Laurie Lewis – backing vocals * Jon Plum – producer, engineer * Kevin Westenberg – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1993 debut albums Candlebox albums Maverick Records albums Albums produced by Kelly Gray Albums recorded at Robert Lang Studios