Album · Collective Soul
Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid by Collective Soul
Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid is an album by Collective Soul, released in 1993. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 87 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Shine”, on 85 lists with a best position of #24.
Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid, the debut from Collective Soul, first came out in 1993 on Rising Storm Records, the band's own label, before Atlantic signed them and put it out again the next year. Matt Serletic produced, and the Stockbridge, Georgia group built it around Ed Roland's voice, with his brother Dean on rhythm guitar, Ross Childress on guitar and Shane Evans on drums.
The sound is sturdy, melodic hard rock, all chunky guitars and big, easy choruses. "Shine" did the heavy lifting: radio picked it up and it pulled the band out of obscurity, then hit number one on the Mainstream Rock chart once Atlantic got behind it. Even the sleeve is recycled, a 19th-century advert with the lettering on its sign changed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shine#444 of all time | 85 | #24 | – | 1994–2026 | |
| 2 | Breathe | 2 | #671 | – | 1999–2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.