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"[[Sick Of Food]]," a fan favorite, is sung from the perspective of an AIDS patient whose medications have left him unable to eat. It starts catatonically, and concludes with [[Mark Eitzel]] screaming "Now I wake up and I don't have any gravity/Feel the whole world drawing away from me/Now I wake up, so now I wake up/What good is it?/Another bright nothing/Another day." | "[[Sick Of Food]]," a fan favorite, is sung from the perspective of an AIDS patient whose medications have left him unable to eat. It starts catatonically, and concludes with [[Mark Eitzel]] screaming "Now I wake up and I don't have any gravity/Feel the whole world drawing away from me/Now I wake up, so now I wake up/What good is it?/Another bright nothing/Another day." | ||
''[[Rise]]'' was released as a CD single ([[Alias Records]], 1991), which contained the non-album tracks "[[Chanel #5]]," "[[The Right Thing]]" and an alternate version of "[[Crabwalk]]." The music video for "[[Rise]]" received minor play on MTV's 120 Minutes late night program. ''[[Why Won't You Stay]]'' was released instead of ''Rise'' in France instead, with the same artwork and non-album tracks plus the album version of "[[Crabwalk]]" . | |||
On the strength of this album, [[Mark Eitzel]] was named ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's Songwriter Of The Year in 1991. ''Rolling Stone'' also placed ''Everclear'' in their list of top 5 albums of the year. | On the strength of this album, [[Mark Eitzel]] was named ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's Songwriter Of The Year in 1991. ''Rolling Stone'' also placed ''Everclear'' in their list of top 5 albums of the year. | ||