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Track Listings
| 1. Torn |
| 2. Come Back Down |
| 3. Don't Go Away |
| 4. High On A Riverbed |
| 5. I Think About |
| 6. Corpal Brown |
| 7. Jam |
| 8. Chile |
| 9. Lairs Everywhere |
| 10. Nothing Is Alone |
| 11. She Cried |
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I discovered this album during perhaps the darkest period of my life. I had already been a fan of Toad the wet sprocket for several years but was unfamiliar with their early work. I had never heard such intense melodies and chords combined with such deep and penetrating lyrics that seemed to express exactly what I was feeling at the time. I was especially touched by the song "High on a riverbed" whose dark yet beautiful melody and profound lyrics seemed to be speaking right to me and no one else. "I think about" is the other song which really grabbed my heart.But the entire album is nothing short of BRILLIANT! I was even more impressed when I found out how young these guys were when they made this album(They were only 18 year old kids at the time!)
I highly recommend this album to anyone who has ever been through tough times and lived to tell about it. It is one the greatest tragedies of the modern music era that such a talented band like Toad never achieved the commercial success that they so richly deserved yet we are forced to listen to an endless barrage of countless Boy/Girl bands who don't have even half the raw talent that these guys do. Nuff said!
I highly recommend this album to anyone who has ever been through tough times and lived to tell about it. It is one the greatest tragedies of the modern music era that such a talented band like Toad never achieved the commercial success that they so richly deserved yet we are forced to listen to an endless barrage of countless Boy/Girl bands who don't have even half the raw talent that these guys do. Nuff said!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
In the early 90's, on a classic rock stations venture into alternative music, I heard, on this Sunday night, Way Away from Bread and Circus. From that night I was taken with the expression of the human condition that this band spoke of, not only through lyrics, but also through the accompanying music. My fear is that their influence on the music scene was not far reaching enough to keep their legacy in print.
This album is a must. It is a dark album, but within the darkness are moments of clarity, as the clouds recede. Nothing is Alone and I Think About are 2 of the more stirring moments, but what I feel is the classic Toad song is High on A Riverbed. This song makes this album worth the money. This is the song that causes you to persevere in light of any circumstance. This is the echo of hope from the canyon walls when it is grief and pain that you have thrown to it. This is a song that all should hear.
Pale is the last of what I would call the non-commercial sounding Toad albums. This is not a cut at Toad, I rate all their albums with 5 stars, but the mood on the subsequent albums takes on a more playful and mature sound.
Add this to your collection. Add this to your life.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Who the he** is Toad the Wet Sprocket? How many times have I heard that question? Ironic, though, that these words, uttered by me as a pimple faced, head-banging, college freshman, were the first words out of my mouth when my then roommate first put this album on back in 1990. Alternative, progressive, folk-rock, whatever you wanted to call it, I wasn't gonna have any of it...at the time. Metal music was where it was at. However, Glen, Todd, Randy and Dean had the power and ability to open my eyes. This album MOVED me. From the opening sounds of Torn and Come Back Down (not to be confused with Come Down from Coil) to the false ending in Jam to She Cried, the album was wonderful. It was the first album outside of the "Metal" genre that I was open to. Once that door is open a crack, it's easy to open it the whole way. One of their better albums.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Early Toad at its best!
A great taste of Toad coming to the sound and style that they were known for. Just before they had recieved a lot of fame.
Published 4 months ago by Tim McColm
5.0 out of 5 stars
For Your Worst Day -or- How We've Grown Up
If you claim that Fear wasn't your first Toad record you were either working at a college radio station in 1990 or, more likely, a liar. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Khyron
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pale is pure Toad The Wet Sprocket folk-rock excellence!
Just like "Bread And Circus", "Pale" is a less-known, probably underrated Toad album. A couple of songs, including "Corporal Brown" and "She Cried", have excellent, slightly... Read more
Published on January 14, 2011 by Ari
5.0 out of 5 stars
Muted & Misted Reflections
Imagine yourself on the Pacific Coast Highway nearly fifty miles south of Carmel. You park that old car off the highway, and find your own path down the cliffs to the ocean a few... Read more
Published on August 30, 2010 by Philip S. Wolf
4.0 out of 5 stars
Powerful music (4.5/5)
Santa Barbara band Toad the Wet Sprocket's second album "Pale" arrived in 1990, recorded independently for $6000 but released through a major label deal with Columbia. Read more
Published on January 6, 2010 by ctrx
4.0 out of 5 stars
The earlier Toad was darker and more consistent:
Toad's second release Pale is Glen Phillips in his finest lyrically. His voice has not reached its peak yet, but fits the purpose. Pale is the perfect rainy day album. Read more
Published on October 7, 2005 by master10
4.0 out of 5 stars
Other albums "Pale" in comparison.
I enjoy all that Toad The Wet Sprocket has done, but their early albums I'm most fond of. Maybe it's because of countless summer nights listening to this album or their debut while... Read more
Published on July 4, 2005 by H3@+h
4.0 out of 5 stars
colorless Pale?
Toad the Wet Sprocket was one of those bands I loved when I was younger that just seemed dull to me as I became aware of more and more music. Read more
Published on May 29, 2004 by E. Kutinsky
5.0 out of 5 stars
ah yes, the long lost treasure
pale speaks purely with the lyrics and not so much w/ the musical aspects which is why i like it so much. although the guitars, drums, etc. still are lovely as w/ any toad album. Read more
Published on October 23, 2003 by Jeans Yoder
5.0 out of 5 stars
Epitomizes Toad music, but not for the newest of fans
As a "Toad primer" (if there is such a thing), this album would probably fail for its abandonment of typical teen angst clich? Read more
Published on June 19, 2003 by "fizmeister"
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