''Coil'' is the fifth studio

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by American

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band

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released in 1997. This was the band's last album for 16 years, until 2013's ''

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''. As with previous albums, ''Coil'' was released under the

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label and produced by Gavin MacKillop.

Track listing

Studio outtakes

# "This Is My Life" # "Hey Bulldog" # "Comes A Time (Band Version)" # "Comes A Time (Acoustic)" # "Don't Know Me" # "Acid" # "Won't Let It" According to Glen Phillips, the version of "Crazy Life" on ''Coil'' was recorded in 1994 during the sessions for the band's ''Dulcinea'' album. It was featured on the soundtrack to the 1995 film ''

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'' but the band felt it deserved a place on a Toad album and fit this album's themes, so they added a new organ track and cut new background vocals and had

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do a new mix. The intro fade-in was cut short and the BPMs were pushed up to make the song slightly faster. This has led many fans to believe it is a completely different recording, despite the credits in the liner notes pointing to different studios and engineers for the track which match the ''Dulcinea'' sessions.

Charts

References

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