Toast (Tar album)

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Toast
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Studio album by
Tar
ReleasedAugust 25, 1993
RecordedApril 1993 at CRC Chicago, IL
Genre Post-hardcore, noise rock [1]
Length47:22
Label Touch and Go Records [2]
Tar chronology
Jackson
(1991)
Toast
(1993)
Over and Out
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Toast is a studio album by American post-hardcore band Tar, released in 1993 through Touch and Go Records. [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tar.

No.TitleLength
1."Altoids, Anyone?"2:45
2."Barry White"3:44
3."Quitter Fellow"4:04
4."Satritis"3:29
5."Clincher"3:45
6."Giblets"3:58
7."Testor's Choice"3:37
8."Standpipe"2:44
9."Mach Song"3:40
10."Theme (Includes hidden track "The French Horn")"15:29

Personnel

Performers

Production

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References

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  2. "Toast | Tar | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records". www.touchandgorecords.com.
  3. Howell, Stephen. "Allmusic ((( Toast Review )))". Allmusic . Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  4. Jenkins, Mark (October 1, 1993). "AS THE TAR CHURNS, THE GIRLS DIVERSIFY" via www.washingtonpost.com.
  5. Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN   9780760346488 via Google Books.