Feeler (Toadies album)

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Feeler was supposed to have been the Toadies's follow-up album to the critically acclaimed debut Rubberneck ; however, its release was denied by Interscope Records. In June 2010, the band announced that they had re-entered the studio to "rediscover" and re-record the album. [1] This nine-song version was released on August 10, 2010.

Contents

1998 recordings

In 1997, the band decided to end their Rubberneck tour and began work on their follow-up album. In the beginning of 1998, the band entered Arlyn Studios and Pedernales Studio with producer Paul Leary. [2] They recorded 15 songs in consideration for the album, initially planning for a fall 1998 release. By August, due to 'scheduling problems', the album, which now had the tentative title Feeler, was still not mixed or mastered, although there was still hope that it would be released in early 1999. During this time, the band was considering adding more songs for consideration for the album, including the new songs "You'll Come Down" and "Trust Game", as well as older songs including "Cut Me Out" and "Broke Down Stupid". [3] Interscope Records did not approve the finished product, and rejected its release. [4] The band went back into the studio, salvaging some of the songs recorded during the Feeler sessions, and eventually released their second full-length album Hell Below/Stars Above in the spring of 2001.

The band was planning on releasing the music and were asking for suggestions for tracks to put on it on their message board before it unexpectedly went down. At this point the record company claims to have lost the master recordings for the album.

Listed below are the original Feeler songs. Note that an official track list order was never finalized, and not all of the songs would have necessarily appeared on the album. Non-mastered versions have been leaked online.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."City of Hate (Rerecorded 2010)"3:16
2."Pink (Rerecorded 2010)"2:52
3."Waterfall (Rerecorded 2010)"3:53
4."Twitch"3:13
5."Mine (Rerecorded 2010)"2:17
6."Dead Boy (Rerecorded 2010)"3:03
7."Tornado"4:27
8."Joey, Let's Go (Rerecorded 2010)"4:01
9."Suck Magic (Rerecorded 2010)"3:02
10."Clarksville"3:08
11."Your Day"2:55
12."Littlefish"4:43
13."Push the Hand (Rerecorded 2001)"3:48
14."Best of Three (What We Have We Steal) (Rerecorded 2001)"4:04
15."Dollskin (Rerecorded 2001)"5:53

Personnel

About the songs

2010 release

Feeler
ToadiesFeeler2010.jpg
Studio album by
Toadies
ReleasedAugust 10, 2010 (2010-08-10)
Recorded2010
Genre Grunge
Length28:15
Label Kirtland
Producer Rob Schnapf
Toadies chronology
No Deliverance
(2008)		Feeler
(2010)		 Play.Rock.Music
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Boston Globe Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Following the band's reformation in 2008, talk among the fan community and even from the band itself discussed the possibility of finally releasing Feeler in some format. However, Interscope refused to relinquish their rights to the original recordings. This led to the band deciding to re-record the songs from the album, although as Kirtland Records' Tami Thomsen stated, "it's not necessarily the exact same album", and that this version of Feeler is "the band's interpretation of those songs, completely new and completely from scratch." [10] The songs "Twitch", "Tornado", "Clarksville", "Littlefish", and "Your Day" were not recorded for the new album, while "Trust Game", and "ATF Theme", originally demos from around the same time, were. Packaging for the CD, vinyl, and picture disc were designed by Tommy Moore.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Vaden Todd Lewis, Mark Reznicek and Clark Vogeler

No.TitleLength
1."Trust Game"2:58
2."Waterfall"3:51
3."Dead Boy"2:58
4."City of Hate"4:04
5."Mine"2:19
6."Suck Magic"3:03
7."ATF"2:17
8."Joey, Let's Go"3:38
9."Pink"3:07
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Don't Let Me Down" (The Beatles cover)3:23

Personnel

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