After the surprising success of "Shine" from his debut effort, Collective Soul honcho Ed Roland told anyone who´d listen how the track was a demo that wasn´t even recorded by his "real" band. This self-titled release is the first thing recorded by Collective Soul as a group, and guess what? The sub-Allman Brothers country boogie and ultra-derivative classic-rock riffing proves that "Shine" was a fluke and Roland certainly isn´t the best judge of his own material.