Double Shot: Alt Rock (2000)

About this title: Double Shot: Alt Rock continues K-Tel's double-disc compilation series devoted to music somewhat (but not too far) outside the mainstream. The "alt-rock" in this installment's title refers mostly to guitar-oriented, post-Nirvana alternative rock, by bands who received some measure of radio or MTV exposure (sometimes represented by their best-known songs, sometimes not). Some acts are more aggressive (Mudhoney, Babes in Toyland, Filter, Ministry, L7), some fall more in the post-grunge category (Better Than Ezra, Seven Mary Three, Candlebox, Spacehog), and some are groundbreaking cult ... read more

Tracks:

1. Cumbersome [Pollock/Ross]
2. Debonair [Dulli]
3. Nearly Lost You [Conner/Lanegan]
4. King of New Orleans [Griffin]
5. Rocks [Gillespie/Innes/You]
6. Step into My World [Bell]
7. I'm Alright [Owsley/Morgan]
8. In the Meantime [Langdon]
9. What's It to You [Paulson/Reidt]
10. A Thousand Forms of Mind [Mudhoney]
11. Bruise Violet [Bjelland/Barbero/He]
12. Twitch [Naked/Karroll]
13. Psalm [Barker/Jourgensen]
14. Dose [Patrick]
15. Pepper [Haynes/Coffey/Walth]
16. Transmission [Tea Party]
17. Cursed Female [Farrell/DiStefano]
18. Pretend We're Dead [Sparks]
19. Please Don't Rock Me Tonight [Collingwood/Schlesi]
20. Kinder [Garza]
21. Haven't Got a Clue [Easdale]
22. What I Didn't Know [Kano]
23. The Wagon [Mascis]
24. Far Behind [Klett/Mercado/Marti]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.