Hell Below / Stars Above

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Hell Below / Stars Above
Hell Below / Stars Above cover
Studio album by Toadies
Released March 20, 2001
Recorded 2000
Genre Post-grunge
Length 44:56
Label Interscope
Producer Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf
Professional reviews
Toadies chronology
Rubberneck
(1994)		 Hell Below / Stars Above
(2001)		 Best of Toadies: Live from Paradise
(2002)

Hell Below / Stars Above is the second album by the Toadies. After Interscope Records rejected the Toadies's first attempt at a second album (otherwise known as the Feeler sessions), Hell Below / Stars Above was a second attempt at a follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut Rubberneck. This album featured some songs from the Feeler sessions, although most were master recordings were lost by Interscope Records.

Hell Below / Stars Above was completed more than a year before its release on Interscope Records in March of 2001. The Toadies broke up shortly after its release due to internal conflicts within the band. As of 2008, this is the last Toadies studio album. In late 2008, Toadies will be making No Deliverance, after another tour and reunion.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Plane Crash" – 2:09
  2. "Push The Hand" – 3:37
  3. "Little Sin" – 3:02
  4. "Motivational" – 2:45
  5. "Heel" – 2:45
  6. "You'll Come Down" – 3:21
  7. "Pressed Against the Sky" – 4:32
  8. "What We Have We Steal" – 3:30
  9. "Jigsaw Girl" – 4:43
  10. "Sweetness" – 4:13
  11. "Hell Below / Stars Above" – 4:23
  12. "Dollskin" – 5:56

[edit] Personnel

  • Todd Lewis- guitar/vocals
  • Mark Reznicek - drums/percussion
  • Lisa Umbarger - bass
  • Clark Vogeler - guitar/piano
  • Elliott Smith - piano (on "Hell Below / Stars Above")
  • Tom Rothrock - producer
  • Rob Schnapf - producer
  • Monique Mizrahi - engineer
  • Andy Wallace - mixing
  • Howie Weinberg - mastering
  • f-stop fitzgerald, inc. - cover image (from the book Pillars of the Almighty)
  • Marina Chavez - photography
  • Chris Bilheimer - art direction and back cover image

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Year Album Chart Position
2001 Hell Below / Stars Above The Billboard 200 No. 56

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "Push the Hand" Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 34
v • d • e
Toadies
Vaden Todd Lewis | Mark Reznicek | Clark Vogeler | Doni Blair
Former Members: Lisa Umbarger | Darrel Herbert | Tracey Sauerwein | Charles Mooney III | Matt Winchel | Michael Jerome | Terry Valderas | Guy Vaughn | Mark Hughes
Albums: Rubberneck | Hell Below / Stars Above | No Deliverance