Complex sentence: On the strength of this album, Mark Eitzel was named Rolling Stone magazine's Songwriter Of The Year in 1991, as well as placing "Everclear" in its list of top 5 albums of the year.
Split into simpler sentences: On the strength of this album, Mark Eitzel was named Rolling Stone magazine's Songwriter Of The Year in 1991. R.S. also placed "Everclear" in their list of top 5 albums of the year.