Comments on: Popdose Flashback ’90: Toad the Wet Sprocket, “Pale”

By: New music from Toad The Wet Sprocket? | Addicted To Vinyl

New music from Toad The Wet Sprocket? | Addicted To Vinyl — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:50:53 +0000

[...] band's classic album Pale turns 20 this year, and my good comrade Michael Parr wrote up a nice piece recently for Popdose, with news of forthcoming deluxe reissues for both Pale and Bread and Circus (both of which are [...]

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:18:24 +0000

this is truly a fantastic indie album, the guys in Toad are reissuing “Pale”, as well as their 1988 debut “Bread And Circus” later this year. both albums have been remastered from the original tapes and the discs will contain a slew of songs recorded during the sessions for each that didn't make the final cut for the albums, as well as some pre-session demos, and both albums will include new booklets with rare photos, info, lyrics, etc from the time of each release

By: CG

CG — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:12:09 +0000

Wtf? Here I am trying to go 21st century and all and I can't find the mp3 tracks! Any suggestions from anyone?

By: CG

CG — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:00:25 +0000

I forgot how much I loved this album. I had it on CASSETTE (google that one, kiddos) and thus it's never made the leap into my mp3 player. Going to dl it right now…

By: CG

CG — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:12:09 +0000

Wtf? Here I am trying to go 21st century and all and I can't find the mp3 tracks! Any suggestions from anyone?

By: CG

CG — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:00:25 +0000

I forgot how much I loved this album. I had it on CASSETTE (google that one, kiddos) and thus it's never made the leap into my mp3 player. Going to dl it right now…

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By: combedge

combedge — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:12:46 +0000

I absolutely love this album and played it to death the year it came out…my sophomore year in college. I think the vocals are much more understated than on their later albums – so much so, that I've long held this (totally unsubstantiated and quite ridiculous) theory that the real Glen Phillips died after Pale and they replaced him with the guy who led them to mainstream modern rock stardom.

By: anniezaleski

anniezaleski — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:28:26 +0000

I saw Toad this past July, and although the start was rough — shaky vocals and songs transposed down and such — the show was solid. the band dusted off “come back down” from Pale, and “way away” from bread & circus. the setlist mainly focused on Dulcinea, which was ok by me; what an underrated album. they were like the post-R.E.M. folkie mystics who never lost their marbles. (unlike their peers Live.) such an underrated band, and the songs have held up so well.

By: jbacardi

jbacardi — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:55:59 +0000

I don't remember now where I first heard about Toad- probably a review of Pale somewhere- but I picked that album up in 1990 and listened to it nonstop for weeks. At the time, I was working at a small-town FM radio station with a wide open format and playlist, and I played different cuts every night I worked. I probably played "Jam" more than any- great dynamics and dramatics in that one. At some point that same year, I caught them opening up for Michael Penn at the Exit Inn in Nashville, when Penn was touring March. Great show, and I didn't miss any of their releases until the inevitable breakup.