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Toad the Wet Sprocket was among the best and most popular of the adult alternative pop/rockers of the early '90s. They harnessed R.E.M.'s jangle pop, smoothed it out, and turned it into something pretty, melodic, and accessible to a wide audience. Toad the Wet Sprocket never was as idiosyncratic or edgy as R.E.M., so they could reach a totally different audience, comprised equally of politically correct collegiates and housewives. Their third album, Fear, arrived in the late summer of 1991 (after R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion"), and they benefited from radio's new willingness to play alternative bands, as "All I Want" and "Walk on the Ocean" became staples on modern rock and adult contemporary stations alike. Their long-delayed follow-up Dulcinea appeared in 1994, and while it spawned the hit "Fall Down," it failed to capture the same audience as Fear. Their fifth album, 1997's Coil, did even worse, and the group disbanded the following year. Such a brief span of hitmaking years makes Toad the Wet Sprocket a perfect choice for a hits collection, which P.S.: A Toad Retrospective almost is. It has all the hits, plus many of the fan favorites, but not necessarily in the versions people know. There's a new version of the title track, remixes of "All I Want" and "Hold Her Down," the "non-album" version of "Jam," an edit of "Somethings Always Wrong" -- not necessarily differences that are that noticeable, but are still a little disconcerting, and ultimately enough to make P.S. less than perfect. The alternate versions feel like misguided attempts to hook in die-hard fans (who may already own most of these takes), and while they're not alienating, they're not right, either. Nevertheless, it's still a good, basic collection -- enough to satisfy most casual fans, since it has the hits on one disc.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Andy Wallace, Mixing Engineer - Brad Nack, Producer - Bruce Winter, Producer - Bruce Winter, Recording Engineer - Dean Dinning, Composer - Dean Dinning, Lyricist - Glen Phillips, Composer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Randy Guss, Composer - Randy Guss, Lyricist - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Producer - Todd Nichols, Composer - Todd Nichols, Lyricist
(P)1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Gavin MacKillop, Producer - Gavin Mackillop, Recording Engineer - Glenn Phillips, Composer - Glenn Phillips, Lyricist - Jeff Robinson, 2nd Engineer - Toad, Composer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Producer - Todd Nichols, Composer - Todd Nichols, Lyricist - Tom Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Gavin MacKillop, Producer - Gavin Mackillop, Mixing Engineer - Gavin Mackillop, Recording Engineer - Glen Phillips, Composer - Michael Brauer, Re-Mixer - Toad, Composer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer
(P) 1991 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Gavin MacKillop, Mixing Engineer - Gavin MacKillop, Producer - Gavin MacKillop, Recording Engineer - Glen Phillips, Composer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Jeff Robinson, 2nd Engineer - Kevin Scott, Recording Engineer - Toad, Composer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Todd Nichols, Composer - Todd Nichols, Lyricist
(P) 1994 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Gavin MacKillop, Mixing Engineer - Gavin MacKillop, Producer - Gavin MacKillop, Recording Engineer - Glen Phillips, Composer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Toad, Composer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer
(P) 1995 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Gavin MacKillop, Producer - Gavin MacKillop, Recording Engineer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Kevin Scott, 2nd Engineer - Toad, Composer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Todd Nichols, Composer - Tom Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Dean Dinning, Composer - Dean Dinning, Lyricist - Glen Phillips, Composer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Marvin Etzioni, Producer - Paul duGré, Engineer - Paul duGré, Mixing Engineer - Randy Guss, Composer - Randy Guss, Lyricist - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Todd Nichols, Composer - Todd Nichols, Lyricist
(P) 1990 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Gavin MacKillop, Mixing Engineer - Gavin MacKillop, Producer - Gavin MacKillop, Recording Engineer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Peter Lenz, Acoustic Cello - Toad, Composer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Todd Nichols, Composer - Van Vinikow, Violin
(P) 1991 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Gavin MacKillop, Mixing Engineer - Gavin MacKillop, Producer - Gavin MacKillop, Recording Engineer - Glen Phillips, Composer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Jeff Robinson, 2nd Engineer - Kevin Scott, Recording Engineer - Toad, Composer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Todd Nichols, Composer - Todd Nichols, Lyricist
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer - Bjorn Thorsrud, Engineer - D. Dinning, Composer - D. Dinning, Lyricist - Dean Dinning, Bass - Dean Dinning, Keyboards - Dean Dinning, Vocal - Don Evans, Engineer - G. Phillips, Composer - G. Phillips, Lyricist - Gavin MacKillop, Producer - Gavin Mackillop, Mixing Engineer - Gavin Mackillop, Recording Engineer - Glen Phillips, Guitar - Glen Phillips, Mandolin - Glen Phillips, Vocal - R. Guss, Composer - R. Guss, Lyricist - Randy Guss, Drums - T. Nichols, Composer - T. Nichols, Lyricist - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Todd Nichols, Guitar - Todd Nichols, Vocal
(P) 1991 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - D. Dinning, Composer - D. Dinning, Lyricist - David Vaught, Engineer - David Vaught, Mixing Engineer - Dean Dinning, Background Vocal - Dean Dinning, Bass - G. Phillips, Composer - G. Phillips, Lyricist - Glen Phillips, Guitar - Glen Phillips, Vocal - R. Guss, Composer - R. Guss, Lyricist - Randy Guss, Drums - T. Nichols, Composer - T. Nichols, Lyricist - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Producer - Todd Nichols, Guitar
(P) 1988 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Glen Phillips, Composer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Lou Giordano, Engineer - Matt Wallace, Mixing Engineer - Toad, Composer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Producer - Todd Nichols, Composer
(P) 1990 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Gavin MacKillop, Mixing Engineer - Gavin MacKillop, Producer - Gavin MacKillop, Recording Engineer - Glen Phillips, Composer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Michael Brauer, Re-Mixer - Toad, Composer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Todd Nichols, Composer
(P) 1991 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Gavin MacKillop, Producer - Gavin MacKillop, Recording Engineer - Glen Phillips, Composer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Jeff Robinson, 2nd Engineer - Toad, Composer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Producer - Tom Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brad Nack, Producer - Bruce Winter, Mixing Engineer - Bruce Winter, Producer - Bruce Winter, Recording Engineer - Dean Dinning, Composer - Glen Phillips, Composer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Randy Guss, Composer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Producer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Armen Garabedian, Violin - Bob Sanov, Violin - Brian Leonard, Violin - Dane Little, Acoustic Cello - Dave Stone, Bass - Dennis Molchan, Violin - Elizabeth Wilson, Violin - Eve Sprecher, Violin - Gavin MacKillop, Producer - Gavin MacKillop, Recording Engineer - Glen Phillips, Composer - Glen Phillips, Lyricist - Haim Shtrum, Violin - James Ross, Viola - Jeff Robinson, 2nd Engineer - Joel Devorin, Violin - John Scanlon, Viola - John Wittenberg, Violin - Mari Tsumura, Violin - Michael Frondelli, Recording Engineer - Miran Kojian, Violin - Sid Page, Violin - Suzie Katayama, Acoustic Cello - Tiffany Hu, Violin - Toad, Composer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Performer - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Producer - Tom Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Van Dyke Parks, Arranger
(P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Album review
Toad the Wet Sprocket was among the best and most popular of the adult alternative pop/rockers of the early '90s. They harnessed R.E.M.'s jangle pop, smoothed it out, and turned it into something pretty, melodic, and accessible to a wide audience. Toad the Wet Sprocket never was as idiosyncratic or edgy as R.E.M., so they could reach a totally different audience, comprised equally of politically correct collegiates and housewives. Their third album, Fear, arrived in the late summer of 1991 (after R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion"), and they benefited from radio's new willingness to play alternative bands, as "All I Want" and "Walk on the Ocean" became staples on modern rock and adult contemporary stations alike. Their long-delayed follow-up Dulcinea appeared in 1994, and while it spawned the hit "Fall Down," it failed to capture the same audience as Fear. Their fifth album, 1997's Coil, did even worse, and the group disbanded the following year. Such a brief span of hitmaking years makes Toad the Wet Sprocket a perfect choice for a hits collection, which P.S.: A Toad Retrospective almost is. It has all the hits, plus many of the fan favorites, but not necessarily in the versions people know. There's a new version of the title track, remixes of "All I Want" and "Hold Her Down," the "non-album" version of "Jam," an edit of "Somethings Always Wrong" -- not necessarily differences that are that noticeable, but are still a little disconcerting, and ultimately enough to make P.S. less than perfect. The alternate versions feel like misguided attempts to hook in die-hard fans (who may already own most of these takes), and while they're not alienating, they're not right, either. Nevertheless, it's still a good, basic collection -- enough to satisfy most casual fans, since it has the hits on one disc.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:22
- Main artists: Toad The Wet Sprocket
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock
1988,1990,1991,1994,1995,1997,1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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