The debut album from 90’s rock band Collectve Soul, ‘Hints, Allegatons & Things Lef Unsaid’ contains the breakout hit “Shine” and was the frst of four platnum selling albums for the group.
It was originally released on an indie label in Atlanta called Rising Storm Records in 1993. The track “Shine” gained the band atenton thanks to college radio. They later signed on with Atlantc Records and the album was released on CD in 1994 under the Atlantc label.
The album’s ttle is derived from the lyrics of Paul Simon’s 1986 hit “You Can Call Me Al.” The cover art is a modifed version of the original logo for the 1979 broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, with the razor replaced with a banner, the picture in color and just the man on the cover. The album’s opening track, “Shine,” would arguably become Collectve Soul’s biggest hit.