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P.S. (A Toad Retrospective)
''P.S. (A Toad Retrospective)'' is a compilation by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Barbara, California, in 1986. The band at the time consisted of vocalist/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss, .... Released in 1999, it was a posthumous look back at their career featuring hits and fan favorites. Although the band had officially split up prior to this release, Glen Phillips, Dean Dinning and Randy Guss reunited to record a new version of "P.S.", one of Toad's earliest songs. In addition, Phillips, Dinning, and Guss wrote and recorded an entirely new song titled "Eyes Open Wide," without the participation of Todd Nichols, who felt some of the remaining unrecorded studio outtakes the band had would be better to release than a new song. Rob Taylor, who at the time was the lead guitar player in the band Lapdog, with Nichols an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compilation Album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something's Always Wrong
"Something's Always Wrong" is a single by alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket. The song is included on their 1994 album ''Dulcinea''. "Something's Always Wrong" was co-written by Glen Phillips and Todd Nichols. Although not as popular as " Fall Down", "Something's Always Wrong" became a hit in the United States and Canada and helped propel ''Dulcinea'' to platinum status. Background Singer Glen Phillips said, Chart performance "Something's Always Wrong" was a hit, although not to the extent of "Fall Down." The single peaked at number nine on the US ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. The single also peaked at number 41 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 15 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Top Singles chart. The single helped to make ''Dulcinea'' Toad the Wet Sprocket's first top-forty album on the ''Billboard'' 200. Track listing #"Something's Always Wrong" #"Don't Go Away (Live)" #"Corporal Brown (Live)" Charts In popular culture The song was featured in the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toad The Wet Sprocket Albums
Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands. A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scientific taxonomy, but is common in popular culture (folk taxonomy), in which toads are associated with drier, rougher skin and more terrestrial habitats. List of toad families In scientific taxonomy, toads include the true toads (Bufonidae) and various other terrestrial or warty-skinned frogs. Non-bufonid "toads" can be found in the families: * Bombinatoridae ( fire-bellied toads and jungle toads) * Calyptocephalellidae (helmeted water toad and false toads) * Discoglossidae ( midwife toads) * Myobatrachidae (Australian toadlets) * Pelobatidae (European spadefoot toad) * Rhinophrynidae ( burrowing toads) * Scaphiopodidae (American spadefoot toads) * Microhylidae ( narrowmouth toads) Biology Usually the largest of the bumps on the skin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bread & Circus
''Bread & Circus'' is the debut album by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket, originally self-released on cassette in 1988, and re-released in 1989 by Columbia Records. In May 2009, the band announced plans to re-release ''Bread & Circus'', out of print since 2001, in a remastered edition with expanded artwork and unreleased tracks culled from the album sessions. In 2010, the band signed a deal with Primary Wave to handle their back catalog and licensing. The reissues had been confirmed by lead singer Glen Phillips via Toad's "Fan Questions" portion of their official website for release in 2011, but never occurred. Production The album was recorded over eight days for a total cost of $650. Singer Glen Phillips wrote most of the lyrics when he was only 15 years old. Before agreeing to sign with Columbia, the band insisted that the label re-release the album in unchanged form. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' called the band "initially an R.E.M. clone: a lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fall Down (Toad The Wet Sprocket Song)
"Fall Down" is a song by alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket from their fourth studio album, ''Dulcinea'' (1994). "Fall Down" was co-written by Glen Phillips and Todd Nichols. Released to US radio in April 1994, the song topped the '' Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number 33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In Canada, the song peaked at number 10 and ended 1994 as the country's 76th-most-successful single. The music video for the song was directed by Samuel Bayer. In 2017, Consequence ranked the song No. 245 on their list of "Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best". Background Singer Glen Phillips said, Chart performance "Fall Down" reached number one on the '' Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart in June 1994 and remained there for six weeks before being supplanted by the Offspring The Offspring is an American rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984. Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walk On The Ocean
"Walk on the Ocean" is a song by American alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket from their third studio album, ''Fear'' (1991). Two different versions of the song were released: the album version with a cold ending (timed at 2:59) and the single version with the chorus repeated until fade (timed at 3:32). Commercially, "Walk on the Ocean" peaked at number 18 on the US '' Billboard'' Hot 100 and reached the top 40 in Canada, New Zealand, and Norway. Composition The song was written after singer Glen Phillips and his wife were vacationing on Orcas Island in Washington's San Juan Islands after hanging "out at Doe Bay hot springs with a bunch of hippies." The lyrics were written as placeholders, but Phillips could not come up with anything better. "I wrote down literally the first thing that came across my mind. The lyric and the chorus, I have no idea what it means, unfortunately. Then I tried rewriting it and nothing ever really worked. I tried to make the chorus mean somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pale (album)
''Pale'' is the second album by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket. It was recorded independently in 1989 for roughly $6000. During the recording of ''Pale'', the band signed with Columbia Records. However, they declined to re-record any of the album in a more polished way. Columbia released the album without alterations, as it had done with the 1989 re-release of their debut 1988 album '' Bread & Circus''. ''Pale'' was released in January 1990. "Come Back Down" was the first radio single for the album. In May 2009, the band announced plans to re-release ''Pale'', out of print since 2001, in a remastered edition with expanded artwork and bonus tracks culled from the album sessions that didn't make it onto the album. Their debut, ''Bread & Circus'' would also get the same kind of re-issue. In 2010 the band signed a deal with Primary Wave to handle their back catalog and licensing. These reissues had been confirmed by lead singer Glen Phillips via Toad's "Fan Que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Light Syrup Gold on June 4, 2001. This album includes the hit single " Good Intentions". ''In Light Syrup'' is an album of B-sides and rare tracks by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket, released in 1995. ''In Light Syrup'' was RIAA Certified In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Intentions (Toad The Wet Sprocket Song)
"Good Intentions" is a song by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket. It is included on both the band's album ''In Light Syrup'' and the ''Friends'' soundtrack, '' Friends Original TV Soundtrack''. This version was recorded in January 1991 during the sessions for the band's third album ''fear'' but was not included because they felt it was too catchy and sounded like an obvious "hit single". Background Singer Glen Phillips said the song was about "General misunderstandings. Operating on the edge of 'moral okayness' as a young person. Flirting or something. ... I think it was about that, like pushing those edges and everybody trying to figure out where they stand in a relationship that way." Track listing #"Good Intentions" – 3:25 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Use in media The song appears on the soundtrack of the television sitcom ''Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dulcinea (album)
''Dulcinea'' is an album by Toad the Wet Sprocket released in 1994. It is their fourth studio album with Columbia Records and the follow-up to their popular album ''fear (Toad the Wet Sprocket album), fear'', which was released in 1991. Two songs from ''Dulcinea'' charted on the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts: "Fall Down (Toad the Wet Sprocket song), Fall Down" and "Something's Always Wrong". ''Dulcinea'' was RIAA Certification, RIAA Certified Gold on September 1, 1994 and Platinum on July 31, 1995. The album's name is a reference to the Dulcinea, love interest in Miguel de Cervantes' classic Spanish novel, ''Don Quixote''. At least two songs on the album allude to themes found in the novel. "Crowing" is a song about a person who does not know how to hold on to a lover. "Windmills" is a metaphorical song about how people spend much of their lives chasing absurd or impossible pursuits (the allusion being to a specific scene in ''Don Quixote'' where the title character use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear (Toad The Wet Sprocket Album)
''Fear'' (commonly stylized as ''fear'') is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket. The album is their second album for Columbia Records, and was released on August 27, 1991. It became the first commercially successful album for the band, selling over a million copies and was certified platinum three years after release, on September 1, 1994. The album reached #49 on ''Billboards Top 200 Albums in September 1992. Two of the album's singles charted in the US top 40, " All I Want" and "Walk on the Ocean" which peaked at #15 and #18 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, respectively. Background Toad the Wet Sprocket's first album, ''Bread & Circus'', was financed and recorded by the band in eight days for $650 in 1989. The band sold copies of the album on cassette, eventually signing with Columbia Records after recording their second album, ''Pale''. Despite an offer from Columbia to restart the sessions for ''Pale'', the band decided to contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toad The Wet Sprocket
Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Barbara, California, in 1986. The band at the time consisted of vocalist/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss, who stopped touring in 2017 and left the band in 2020. Guss was replaced by drummer Josh Daubin, who had been supporting them as their drummer on recent tours. They had chart success in the 1990s with singles that included " Walk on the Ocean", " All I Want", " Something's Always Wrong", " Fall Down", and " Good Intentions". The band broke up in 1998 to pursue other projects; however, they began touring the United States again in 2006 for short-run tours each summer in small venues. In December 2010, the band announced their official reunion as a full-time working band and started writing songs for their first studio album of new material since their 1997 Columbia Records release, '' Coil''. Their most recent full-length album, ''Starting N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
