Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack
Encyclopedia
Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack is a greatest hits
collection by heavy metal
band Godsmack
. The collection includes all of Godsmack's singles, with the exception of "Bad Magick
" and "Bring It On
"; and a DVD
of the band's acoustic performance in Las Vegas
, Nevada
at The House of Blues
.
, selling around 40,000 copies in the first week of release.
, unless noted otherwise.
Encore:
DVD credits
Singles
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
collection by heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Godsmack
Godsmack
Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...
. The collection includes all of Godsmack's singles, with the exception of "Bad Magick
Bad Magick
"Bad Magick" is a single from the heavy metal band Godsmack. It is featured on their second album, Awake, and was released in 2001. It is the only single released by Godsmack not to be put on their compilation album Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack.The song featured in 2002...
" and "Bring It On
Bring It On (Godsmack song)
"Bring It On" is a song by the American heavy metal band Godsmack. It was released as a single in 2005. The band contributed the song to the Madden NFL 2006 football video game in 2005. The song is not featured on any known album or compilation....
"; and a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
of the band's acoustic performance in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
at The House of Blues
House of Blues
House of Blues is a chain of 13 live music concert halls and restaurants in major markets throughout the United States. House of Blues first location was in Cambridge's Harvard Square. It was opened in 1992 by Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, star of The Blues Brothers...
.
Sales
Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack debuted at number thirty-five on the Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, selling around 40,000 copies in the first week of release.
Track listing
All songs written by Sully ErnaSully Erna
Salvatore Paul "Sully" Erna , is an American vocalist and primary songwriter for the American heavy metal band, Godsmack. Erna is also a guitarist and drummer, performing these both on albums and during live shows. He has a daughter named Skylar Brooke Erna and an older sister named Maria.-Early...
, unless noted otherwise.
- "Good Times, Bad Times"– 2:57 (BonhamJohn BonhamJohn Henry Bonham was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast right foot, distinctive sound, and "feel" for the groove...
/JonesJohn Paul Jones (musician)John Paul Jones is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a solo career and has gained even more respect as both a musician and a...
/PageJimmy PageJames Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
/PlantRobert PlantRobert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...
) - "WhateverWhatever (Godsmack song)"Whatever" is the first single by heavy metal band Godsmack. "Whatever" was featured on their debut album Godsmack and is one the band's most well known songs....
" (GodsmackGodsmack (album)-Controversy:The album caused controversy due to its profane lyrics without a Parental Advisory Label. After listening to his son's copy of the album, a father in the U.S. complained to Wal-Mart, who sold him the album, that the lyrics were offensive. Wal-Mart and Kmart took the album off the...
) – 3:26 (Erna/Rombola) - "Keep AwayKeep Away (song)"Keep Away" is the second single by heavy metal band Godsmack. It was released on the band's first studio album Godsmack. It is also among one of the band's most popular songs to fans...
" (Godsmack) – 4:50 - "VoodooVoodoo (song)"Voodoo", written by lead singer Sully Erna, is a single by heavy metal band Godsmack from their self-titled album Godsmack.The song "Voodoo" was best known for its use in the MTV television program Fear.-Music video:...
" (Godsmack) – 4:40 (Erna/Merrill) - "Bad ReligionBad Religion (Godsmack song)"Bad Religion" is a song by American heavy metal band Godsmack. It served as the third single from their eponymous debut album.Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, radio conglomerate Clear Channel Communications sent out a list of 150 songs that were recommended to be pulled from airplay...
" (Godsmack) – 3:13 (Erna/Stewart) - "Awake" (AwakeAwake (Godsmack album)-Track listing:Japanese bonus tracks-Personnel:Godsmack*Sully Erna - vocals, rhythm guitar*Tony Rombola - lead guitar, backing vocals*Robbie Merrill - bass, backing vocals*Tommy Stewart - drums, backing vocalsAdditional performances...
) – 5:04 - "GreedGreed (song)"Greed" is a song by American heavy metal band Godsmack. It served as the third and final single from their second album, Awake, released in 2001.-Music video:...
" (Awake) – 3:28 - "I Stand AloneI Stand Alone (song)"I Stand Alone" is a song by American heavy metal band Godsmack. It served as a single from the Scorpion King soundtrack on March 5, 2002. It would reappear on Godsmack's third studio album, Faceless, the following year....
" (FacelessFacelessUK bonus tracks-Personnel:* Sully Erna - rhythm guitar, vocals, producer* Tony Rombola - lead guitar, back-up vocals* Robbie Merrill - bass, back-up vocals* Shannon Larkin - drums, percussion* Tommy Stewart - Drums on "I Stand Alone"...
) – 4:03 - "Straight Out of LineStraight Out of Line"Straight Out of Line" is the lead single from Godsmack's third studio album, Faceless. After its release, the song immediately ascended to number one on the Mainstream Rock chart, and hit the top 10 on the Modern Rock chart...
" (Faceless) – 4:21 - "SerenitySerenity (song)"Serenity" is a single by the heavy metal band Godsmack from the album Faceless.. It reached number seven on the Mainstream Rock chart and number ten on the Modern Rock chart.-Song origin:...
" (Faceless) – 4:34 - "Re-AlignRe-Align"Re-Align" is a single by the heavy metal band Godsmack. It reached number three on the Mainstream Rock chart and number twenty eight on the Modern Rock chart in the United States.-Song meaning:...
" (Faceless) – 4:20 - "Running BlindRunning Blind (song)"Running Blind" is the first single from the heavy metal band Godsmack's acoustic EP The Other Side.- Chart positions :Singles - Billboard...
" (The Other SideThe Other Side (Godsmack album)-Sales:The Other Side debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, selling 98,000 copies in its first week, and the album would go on to sell over half million copies in the United States...
) – 3:55 - "TouchéTouché (song)"Touché" is the second and last single from heavy metal band Godsmack's acoustic EP The Other Side. The song features a mellow sound and harmonics. It also features singer John Kosco and guitarist Lee Richards of the band Dropbox...
" (The Other Side) – 3:37 (Erna/Kosco/Richards) - "Speak" (IVIV (Godsmack album)-Track listing:-Godsmack:* Sully Erna - rhythm guitar, vocals, producer* Tony Rombola - lead guitar, backing vocals* Robbie Merrill - bass guitar* Shannon Larkin - drums, percussion-Others:*P. R...
) – 3:55 (Erna/Rombola/Merrill/Larkin) - "Shine Down" (IV) – 4:52
- "The EnemyThe Enemy (Godsmack song)"The Enemy" is the last single from the album IV by heavy metal band Godsmack. The song is one of Godsmack's most popular, and heavy songs to date. The song landed a spot on the Mainstream Rock Tracks at number four, just like Godsmack's previous single "Shine Down"...
" (IV) – 4:08
An Evening with Godsmack DVD track listing
- "Trippin'"
- "Re-Align"
- "Running Blind"
- "Questions" (fan questions part one)
- "Serenity"
- "Voodoo"
- "Questions" (fan questions part two)
- "Spiral"
- "Batalla de los Tambores" (bass and drum solos)
- "Keep Away"
Encore:
- "Touché" (feat. John Kosco and Lee Richards)
- "Reefer Headed Woman" (feat. John Kosco and Lee Richards)
Personnel
- Sully ErnaSully ErnaSalvatore Paul "Sully" Erna , is an American vocalist and primary songwriter for the American heavy metal band, Godsmack. Erna is also a guitarist and drummer, performing these both on albums and during live shows. He has a daughter named Skylar Brooke Erna and an older sister named Maria.-Early...
- vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(tracks 2-5) - Tony RombolaTony RombolaTony Rombola is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist for the Boston-based heavy metal band Godsmack since the mid-1990s...
- guitar, backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... - Robbie MerrillRobbie MerrillRobbie Merrill is an American bass guitar player, best known for his work with the heavy metal band Godsmack....
- bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals - Tommy StewartTommy StewartTommy Stewart is an American rock drummer, currently for the rock band Lo-Pro. He is probably best known for his stint with heavy metal band Godsmack...
- drums (tracks 6-8) - Shannon LarkinShannon LarkinShannon Larkin, born James Shannon Larkin on April 24, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, is a musician best known for being the drummer of the heavy metal band Godsmack. He replaced the previous drummer Tommy Stewart in June 2002...
- drums (tracks 1, 9-16)
DVD credits
- Additional vocals: John Kosco
- Rhythm guitar: Lee Richards
- Directed by: Daniel CatulloDaniel CatulloDaniel E. Catullo III, is an award-winning, 20-year entertainment industry veteran. Dan Catullo is Co-Founder /CEO of DC3 Music Group, LLC, a Production and Distribution Company, specializing in 3D Films, Music Videos and Live Concert DVDs, where he also serves as executive producer, producer and...
- Produced by: Jack Gulick and Daniel CatulloDaniel CatulloDaniel E. Catullo III, is an award-winning, 20-year entertainment industry veteran. Dan Catullo is Co-Founder /CEO of DC3 Music Group, LLC, a Production and Distribution Company, specializing in 3D Films, Music Videos and Live Concert DVDs, where he also serves as executive producer, producer and...
- Mixed by: Andy JohnsAndy JohnsAndy Johns is an engineer and producer who worked on well-known rock albums such as Led Zeppelin's IV and The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. His sound is exemplified by Free's album Highway, which he engineered and produced....
Chart positions
Album| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| The Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
35 |
Singles
| Year | Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| "Good Times Bad Times" | Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 8 |
| Alternative Songs | 28 |