Album · Smile Empty Soul
Smile Empty Soul by Smile Empty Soul
Smile Empty Soul is an album by Smile Empty Soul, released in 2003. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 22 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Bottom of a Bottle”, on 16 lists with a best position of #10.
Smile Empty Soul's self-titled debut came out on Lava Records on May 27, 2003, the work of a Santa Clarita trio that had been at it since 1998: singer and guitarist Sean Danielsen, bassist Ryan Martin and drummer Derek Gledhill. It's alternative metal of the bruised, confessional kind, heavy riffs grinding under choruses built to be shouted back from the pit, with Danielsen sounding like a man with a lot to get off his chest.
"Bottom of a Bottle", "Silhouettes" and "Nowhere Kids" were the three singles, and the first did the most damage on rock radio. The record went gold in March 2005, with sales past 500,000. It's also a snapshot of the original lineup: Gledhill was gone in 2005 and Martin in 2017, leaving Danielsen as the last founder in the band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Smile Empty Soul on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bottom of a Bottle | 16 | #10 | – | 2003–2019 | |
| 2 | Silhouettes | 5 | #35 | – | 2004–2005 | |
| 3 | Nowhere Kids | 1 | #72 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.