Gift (album)

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Gift
Studio album by Taproot
Released	June 27, 2000
Recorded	November 1999 - March 2000 at Master Control Recording in Burbank, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Nu Metal
Length	43:22
Label	Atlantic / Velvet Hammer
Producer(s)	Ulrich Wild David Benveniste
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Taproot chronology
Upon Us (1999)	Gift (2000)	Welcome (2002)

Gift is the first major label album by the nu metal group Taproot. It was released on June 27, 2000. "Again & Again" was the first single and it fared well on rock radio stations, as did the songs music video. Humorously, MTV was prone to misrepresenting the band's name as "Tarpool" rather than Taproot which caused confusion for fan's looking for the song. Curiously, Atlantic decided not to release a video for "I" which would still go on to be an even more successful single than "Again & Again." Many fans have used this as proof that Atlantic did not push this album enough or it would have been more successful. It has sold around 250,000 copies in the U.S.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Smile" – 3:33
2. "Again and Again" – 3:56
3. "Emotional Times" – 3:04
4. "Now" – 3:23
5. "1 Nite Stand" – 3:40
6. "Believed" – 4:02
7. "Mentobe" – 3:38
8. "I" – 4:14
9. "Mirror's Reflection" – 3:11
10. "Dragged Down" – 3:31
11. "Comeback" – 4:24
12. "Impact" – 2:47

[edit] Notes

• Tracks 2, 6, 7, 9 and 11 are re-recordings of early songs the appeared on the demos, "...Something More Than Nothing" and "Upon Us". Both were released in 1998 and 1999.

• A b-side to the song, "Day By Day", can be found on the Dracula 2000 soundtrack or on the CD single for "Again & Again".

• Another b-side entitled "Thrift Whore" can be found through file-sharing networks.

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2000	Heatseekers	#6
2000	The Billboard 200	#160

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2000	"Again & Again"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#39
2001	"I"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#34