Rubberneck (album)

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Rubberneck
Rubberneck album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Toadies
ReleasedAugust 23, 1994
RecordedSeptember 18 – October 7, 1993 [1]
StudioRecord Two Mendocino, Comptche, California
The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length36:21
Label Interscope
Producer Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf
Toadies chronology
Pleather
(1993)		Rubberneck
(1994)		 Hell Below/Stars Above
(2001)
Singles from Rubberneck
  1. "Mister Love"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Possum Kingdom"
    Released: August 30, 1994
  3. "Away"
    Released: 1995
  4. "Tyler"
    Released: 1996
  5. "Backslider"
    Released: 1996

Rubberneck is the debut studio album by American rock band Toadies. It was released in August 1994 on Interscope Records and attained RIAA gold and platinum status in December 1995 and December 1996 respectively. The album produced the band's most popular single, "Possum Kingdom".

Contents

In 2014, in honor of the album's 20th anniversary, Kirtland Records re-released the album on CD and vinyl on April 1. [6] The album was remastered and also includes five bonus tracks. [7] Three of the bonus tracks are previously unreleased songs from the original album's sessions, including "Run in with Dad" and a cover of Pylon's "Stop It", both of which were previously recorded for Velvet , and "Rockfish", an early version of "Waterfall", a song later recorded for Feeler , the intended follow-up to Rubberneck. The other two bonus tracks are early live versions of "Possum Kingdom" and "Tyler", recorded at Trees Dallas on December 5, 1991. The vinyl only features the original 11 album tracks, and includes a download of the five bonus tracks.

Also in honor of the album's 20th anniversary, current band member Clark Vogeler made Dark Secrets: The Stories of Rubberneck, a 23-minute documentary about the album, featuring original behind-the-scenes footage recorded by Lisa Umbarger as well as newly recorded interviews. [8] It was debuted on March 10, 2014, at the Kessler Theater, in Dallas, Texas. The documentary was then posted on the internet two days later. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
CMJ (favorable) [10]
Detroit Free Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [13]

The New York Times opined that "Todd Lewis's voice comes across somewhere between Robert Plant and Eddie Vedder." [14] The Village Voice noted that the band's "shrewd mixture of black-metal thematics, punk aggression, and grunge melancholia contains a seed of genuine revelation that rewards anyone who isn't scared off by the whiff of brimstone and scandal that clings to their work." [15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Vaden Todd Lewis (except where noted)

No.TitleLength
1."Mexican Hairless" (Lewis, Darrel Herbert)1:48
2."Mister Love"2:51
3."Backslider"2:30
4."Possum Kingdom"5:09
5."Quitter" (Lewis, Herbert)3:33
6."Away"4:34
7."I Come from the Water"2:46
8."Tyler"4:13
9."Happy Face" (Lewis, Herbert)2:58
10."Velvet"2:30
11."I Burn"3:33
20th anniversary bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Run in with Dad"2:07
13."Stop It" (Randall Bewley, Curtis Crowe, Vanessa Briscoe Hay, Michael Lachowski)2:54
14."Rockfish"2:42
15."Possum Kingdom (Live)"4:31
16."Tyler (Live)"4:06

Personnel

Chart positions

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1995"Possum Kingdom"Mainstream Rock Tracks9
Modern Rock Tracks4
1996"Away"Mainstream Rock Tracks23
Modern Rock Tracks28

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