Villains (The Verve Pipe album)
Villains is the second studio album, and first major label release by The Verve Pipe. It was released in March 1996. The band received its first hit in "Photograph", which peaked in the top 10 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. A year after the release of the album, a reformatted version of "The Freshmen" peaked at number 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The single was also the band's sole appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 5. The success of the song helped this album go platinum. To date, it is The Verve Pipe's best selling album.Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from the Villains booklet and liner notes.
The Verve Pipe
Artwork
Management
- Doug Buttleman – Management for The Fitzgerald Hartley Company
- Fred Bohlander – Booking for Monterey Peninsula Artists
- Howard B. Abrams – Legal
Production
- Jerry Harrison – Producer
- Brian Malouf – A&R
- Jason Rio, Philip "Mac" Ward – Coordinators
- Douglas Biro & Ria Lewerke – Creative Directors
- Karl Derfler – Engineer
- Doug McKean – Additional Editing
- Larry "Hot" Brewer – Additional engineering
- Chris Buttleman – Guitar Technician
- Ted Jensen – Mastering at Sterling Sound, New York, NY
- Tom Lord-Alge – Mixing
- Alvaro Alencar & Mauricio Iragorri – Assistant mixing
Charts
Weekly charts
Singles
Certifications
