Villains, the third studio album and first major label release by The Verve Pipe, was released in March of 1996. The band received its first hit in Photograph, which peaked in the top 10 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. A year after the release of the album, a reformatted version of The Freshmen was released and topped the mainstream rock charts. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, the group's only song to chart on the Hot 100. The success of the song helped this album go platinum. This is The Verve Pipe's greatest-selling album to date.