What year did Collective Soul release their first album?
They broke into mainstream popularity with their hit single “Shine” from their debut album Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid, released in 1993. It’s still my favorite! It was also the favorite of the VA Tech killer: Two roommates of Virginia Tech gunmen Cho Seung-Hui told CNN’s Gary Tuchman on Tuesday night that the 23-year-old English major listened to a lot of Zeppelin and Nirvana on his laptop, but he mostly played the same song over and over again: Collective Soul’s “Shine,” the 1993 release off of the Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsa
