''Daisy'' is the second

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

from the American

rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

band,

Dog's Eye View Dog's Eye View was an American rock band formed in 1994. The band is best known for "Everything Falls Apart", its 1995 hit single. History The band was formed in 1994 by singer-songwriter Peter Stuart. Stuart founded the band after being discover ...

. The follow-up to the band's 1995 debut album, ''

Happy Nowhere ''Happy Nowhere'' is the debut studio album by the American rock band Dog's Eye View. The album is best known for its lead single, "Everything Falls Apart", which achieved considerable airplay and chart success in 1996. The album was released ...

'', Daisy was released on August 19, 1997.

Production

Dog's Eye View's singer and

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

Peter Stuart Peter Stuart is an American singer-songwriter. Stuart is the founder and lead singer of the band Dog's Eye View, which is best known for its single, "Everything Falls Apart". In 2002, he released a solo album entitled '' Propeller''. Biography ...

, publicly stated that work for ''Daisy'' was more difficult for him than for 1995's ''Happy Nowhere''. In 2000, Stuart told

MTV News MTV News is the news production division of MTV. The service is available in the US with localized versions on MTV's global network. In February 2016, MTV Networks confirmed it would refresh the MTV News brand in 2016, to compete with the likes ...

, "The band worked for the first record, but on the second record 'Daisy'' it just felt like I was carrying this

albatross Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacifi ...

." He also criticized their

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

, for a lack of support with Dog's Eye View's sophomore effort. Stuart announced a break from Dog's Eye View after ''Daisy's'' release to pursue a solo album. Dog's Eye View did not reunite again until production began for their third album, ''

Tomorrow Always Comes ''Tomorrow Always Comes'' is the third studio album from American rock band, Dog's Eye View. ''Tomorrow Always Comes'' marked the first new release by Dog's Eye View since their 1997 album, ''Daisy'', following an extended hiatus. The album, rele ...

'', released in 2006.

Track listing

#"The Trouble With Love" (composer:

) – 4:04 #"Homecoming Parade" (Stuart) – 4:22 #"What Do You Do?" (Stuart) – 3:16 #"Last Letter Home" (Stuart) – 4:10 #"Falling in Place" (Stuart) – 4:30 #"Let It Lie" (Stuart) – 3:50 #"Goodbye to Grace" (Stuart) – 3:48 #"Vows" (Stuart) – 4:14 #"Hollywood" (Stuart) – 4:49 #"Did You Get Hurt" (Stuart) – 5:14 #"The Shallows" (Stuart) – 3:40 #"Umbrella" (Stuart) – 3:33

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daisy (Dog's Eye View album) 1997 albums Dog's Eye View albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Thom Russo Albums produced by Matt Wallace