The Soundtrack of Our Lives
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The Soundtrack of Our Lives, alternatively known as T.S.O.O.L. or Soundtrack, is a Swedish rock band that formed in 1995 after the dissolution of punk band Union Carbide Productions.
The band found critical success in the United States with their 2002 (2001 in Sweden) release: Behind the Music. It was nominated for the Best Alternative Album award at the 2003 Grammy Awards.
Their track "Bigtime" featured as the theme of WrestleMania 21 and on the soundtrack of the PAL version of Gran Turismo 4. Their track "Mother One Track Mind", was also featured on the Gran Turismo 4 soundtrack. T.S.O.O.L. songs "Sister Surround" and "Ten Years Ahead" both appear on the In Good Company soundtrack as well.
They toured the US in 2002 with friends Oasis in support of their album Behind the Music.
Their latest album Communion was released in November 2008. After a tour of the US the band announced that they were working on their next record Origin Vol. 2.
In October 2010, the band announced it would be releasing their first 'Best Of' compilation entitled Golden Greats no. 1. According to a statement on the their website: "The band has spent much of the summer of 2010 in Svenska Grammofonstrudion where they remastred the original recordings and in part picked up nuances that somehow gone missing. With the carefully restored and remastred versions we are invited to TSOOL classics in a way we never heard them before."
A winter tour is scheduled to begin in December.
The abbreviation OEOC on all their albums is believed to refer to "As above, As below" from Hermeticism.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [1] |
FIN [2] |
UK [3] |
US [4] | |||
| 1996 | Welcome to the Infant Freebase
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7 | — | — | — | |
| 1998 | Extended Revelation for the Psychic Weaklings of Western Civilization
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16 | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | Behind the Music
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3 | — | 95 | — |
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| 2004 | Origin Vol. 1
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1 | 20 | 136 | 179 |
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| 2008 | Communion
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1 | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | Origin Vol. 2
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— | — | — | ||
Compilation albums
| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [1] |
FIN [2] |
UK [3] |
US [4] | |||
| 2005 | A Present from the Past
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34 | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | Golden Greats no. 1
|
— | — | — | — | |
EPs
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Homo Habilis Blues |
| 2000 | Gimme Five!
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| 2010 | The Immaculate Convergence
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Live At Lime
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Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [7] |
UK [3] | |||
| 1996 | "Instant Repeater '99" | — | — | Welcome to the Infant Freebase |
| 1997 | "Blow My Cool" | — | — | |
| 1998 | "Mantra Slider" | — | — | |
| "Black Star" | — | — | Extended Revelation... | |
| "Firmanent Vacation" | — | 119 | Welcome to the Infant Freebase | |
| "Instant Repeater '99" (remix) | — | 156 | ||
| 1999 | "Avenger Hill Street Blues" | — | — | |
| 2001 | "Still Aging" | — | — | Behind the Music |
| "Nevermore" | — | — | ||
| "Sister Surround" | 60 | 80 | ||
| "21st Century Rip Off" | — | 114 | ||
| 2004 | "Big Time" | 1 | 78 | Origin Vol. 1 |
| "Believe I've Found" | — | — | ||
| 2005 | "Heading for a Breakdown" | — | 70 | |
| 2008 | "Thrill Me" | — | — | Communion |
| 2009 | "RA 88" | — | — | |
| "Flipside" | — | — | ||
| "Babel On (radio edit)" | — | — | ||
| "The Ego Delusion" | — | — | ||
| 2010 | "Demophon" | — | — | non-album download only single |
| "Earthmover" | — | — | non-album download only single | |
References
- ^ a b "Swedish album positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ a b "Finnish album positions". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ a b c "UK Chartlog: DJ S – The System Of Life". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ a b Charts "Origin Vol. 1 US position". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) [dead link] - ^ a b "IFPI Sweden: 2004 certificates" (PDF). ifpi.se. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ "IFPI Sweden: 2005 certificates" (PDF). ifpi.se. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ a b c "Swedish single positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2009-07-17.