Second-hand Smoke

Second-hand Smoke
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 1997
Recorded1988 – 1996
GenreSka-punk
Length63:16
LabelMCA
ProducerSublime
Sublime chronology
Sublime
(1996)
Second-hand Smoke
(1997)
Stand by Your Van
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Entertainment WeeklyB [2]
Robert Christgau(neither) [3]
Rolling Stone [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Second-hand Smoke is a compilation album by the band Sublime. It was released in 1997 following the death of lead singer Bradley Nowell the year before. Although this is technically a compilation album, it features some unreleased material as well as recycled and remixed versions of previous tracks. Even though the surviving members of Sublime (Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh) stated that the band would not make any more albums after Nowell's death, which would result in the band's breakup, MCA bound them by their contract and made the remaining members follow out their contract with the next 3 albums. Instead of recording more albums with Sublime, Wilson and Gaugh would record together in their later projects Long Beach Dub Allstars and Sublime with Rome.

  1. ^ Second-hand Smoke at AllMusic
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review
  5. ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Sublime". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 790. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.