Pale (album)
Pale | ||||
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Studio album by Toad the Wet Sprocket | ||||
Released | January 16, 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1989, Paul & Mike's Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 38:56 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Marvin Etzioni | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Pale is a 1990 album by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket, and the band's second album. 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 occurred in 2011.
Track listing
All tracks written by Toad the Wet Sprocket.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Torn" | 2:58 |
2. | "Come Back Down" | 3:19 |
3. | "Don't Go Away" | 4:33 |
4. | "High on a Riverbed" | 4:01 |
5. | "I Think About" | 3:23 |
6. | "Corporal Brown" | 3:10 |
7. | "Jam" | 3:31 |
8. | "Chile" | 4:38 |
9. | "Liars Everywhere" | 2:17 |
10. | "Nothing Is Alone" | 2:38 |
11. | "She Cried" | 4:28 |
Known "Pale" session Outtakes:
- PS
- Hold Her Down (Released as B-side to "Jam")
- Keep Moving
- This Is My Friend (later re-recorded in 1996 during the "Coil" sessions as "This Is My Life")
- Wrapped In Water
- All She Said
- All She Said (Live In Room Practice Take, New Arrangement) (Later Appeared On "In Light Syrup")
Charts
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1990 | "Come Back Down" | Modern Rock Tracks | 27 |