Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid by Collective Soul

Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid is the debut studio album by the American rock band Collective Soul. It was originally released on an indie label in Atlanta called Rising Storm Records in 1993. The track "Shine" gained the band attention thanks to college radio. They later signed on with Atlantic Records and the album was released on CD in 1994 under the Atlantic label. The album's title is derived from the lyrics of Paul Simon's 1986 hit "You Can Call Me Al." The cover art is a modified 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 Collective Soul's biggest hit.