Toad the Wet Sprocket (American band)

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Toad the Wet Sprocket (2011)

Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative rock group founded in 1986 in Santa Barbara ( California ) and consists of the singer Glen Phillips, the guitarist Todd Nichols, the bassist Dean Dinning and the drummer Randy Guss.

Career

The group broke up in 1998, but toured the USA again in 2002/03 and 2006 with the old line-up. In December 2010 the band announced their reunification and in April 2011 released the album "All You Want" with new recordings of a total of eleven previous songs. On March 22, 2013, the band announced via Facebook that the work on the new album had been completed and that it should be released in mid-September. On June 5th, the single "New Constellation" came out, the title of which will also be the album name.

The unusual band name (literally: "Toad, the wet gear rim") comes from a Monty Python Sketch.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1991 fear - - - - US49
platinum
platinum

(46 weeks)US
First published: August 27, 1991
1994 Dulcinea - - - - US34
platinum
platinum

(42 weeks)US
First published: May 24, 1994
1997 Coil - - - - US19 (12 weeks)
US
First published: May 20, 1997
2013 New Constellation - - - - US97 (1 week)
US
First published: October 15, 2013

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1995 In light syrup - - - - US37
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
First published: October 31, 1995

More albums

  • 1989: Bread & Circus
  • 1990: Pale
  • 1992: Seven Songs Seldom Seen
  • 1992: Five Live
  • 1994: Acoustic Dance Party
  • 1999: PS (A Toad Retrospective)
  • 2004: Welcome Home
  • 2011: All You Want
  • 2012: Five Live 2
  • 2013: Live in the West
  • 2013: In the Round at Revolver
  • 2015: Architect of the Ruin

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1992 All I want
fear 		DE53 (13 weeks)
DE 		- - - US15 (25 weeks)
US
First published: April 7, 1992
Walk on the ocean
fear 		DE67 (7 weeks)
DE 		- - - US18 (20 weeks)
US
First published: October 15, 1992
1994 Fall Down
Dulcinea 		- - - UK79 (2 weeks)
UK 		US33 (17 weeks)
US
First published: May 1994
Something's Always Wrong
Dulcinea 		- - - - US41 (20 weeks)
US
First published: September 1994

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  1. ↑ HuffPost Exclusive: Court Yard Hounds Video, Plus All I Want Is Toad The Wet Sprocket And Tony Lunn , Huffington Post
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE UK US
  3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US

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