Tonic discography

Tonic discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 4
↙Live albums 1
↙Compilation albums 1
↙Singles 9
↙Video albums 0
↙Music videos 6
↙Soundtracks 4

The discography of Tonic, an American rock band, consists of four studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, six singles, and six music videos. Tonic was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1993.[1][2] After signing a recording contract in 1995, the band released its first album in 1996, titled Lemon Parade. Based of the success of the single "If You Could Only See," Lemon Parade sold 1,300,000 copies. Tonic also contributed songs to original soundtracks in the late 1990s, such as the song "Flower Man" for The X-Files: The Album. Continuing to tour extensively, the band released an album of live songs entitled Live and Enhanced, which also featured extra content, such as the music video for the song "Soldier's Daughter."

Tonic self-produced their second studio album Sugar in 1999, from which the song "You Wanted More" came to be the lead single from the American Pie movie soundtrack. Their third studio album, 2002's Head on Straight, charted on the Billboard 200 for one week, yet the band was nominated for two Grammy awards related to the album. After the band ended a four year hiatus in 2008, the greatest hits compilation A Casual Affair: The Best of Tonic was released in 2009. The greatest hits compilation served as a prelude to their fourth studio album, 2010's Tonic.

Contents

Studio albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[3]		 US
Ind.
[3]		 AUS
[4]		 CAN
[3]
1996 Lemon Parade
  • Released: July 15, 1996[5]
  • Label: A&M[5]
 28 — 12 34[6] 1,300,000[7] US: Platinum[8]
1999 Sugar
  • Released: November 9, 1999[9]
  • Label: Universal[9]
 81 — — — 100,000+
2002 Head on Straight
  • Released: September 1, 2002[10]
  • Label: Universal[10]
 141 — — — 34,000[7]
2010

Tonic

  • Released: May 4, 2010[11]
  • Label: 429
 150 25 — —

Live albums

Year Album information
1999 Live and Enhanced
  • Released: March 1, 1999[12]
  • Label: Unknown

Compilation albums

Year Album information
2009 A Casual Affair: The Best of Tonic
  • Released: June 23, 2009[13]
  • Label: Polydor

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US US
Pop
[14]		 US
Adult
[14]		 US
Alt.
[15]		 US
Main.
[14]		 AUS
[4]		 CAN
Alt.		 NLD
[16]
1996 "Open Up Your Eyes" 68[A] 30 33 22 2 90 — — Lemon Parade
1997 "Casual Affair" — — — — 8 — — —
"If You Could Only See" 11[A] 11 7 3 1 20 1[17] 100
"Soldier's Daughter" — — — — — — — —
1999 "You Wanted More" 103[B] — 26 10 3 — 6[18] — Sugar
"Knock Down Walls" — — — — 20 — 10[19] —
2000 "Mean to Me" — — — — — — — —
"Sugar"[20] — — — — — — — —
2002 "Take Me as I Am" — — 36 — — — — — Head on Straight
"Head on Straight"[21] — — — — — — — —
2010 "Release Me" — — 34 — — — — — Tonic

Soundtrack and other songs

Year Soundtrack Track
1997 Scream 2 Soundtrack
  • Released: November 18, 1997[22]
  • Label: Capitol Records[22]
  • Eyes of Sand
1998 Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
  • Released: March 17, 1998[23]
  • Label: Lava/Atlantic
  • Second Hand News
The X-Files: The Album
  • Released: June 2, 1998
  • Label: Elektra
  • Flower Man
Clay Pigeons Original Soundtrack
  • Released: September 22, 1998 [24]
  • Label: Uptown/Universal[24]
  • Everybody's Talkin'
Live in the X Lounge
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: unknown
  • Open Up Your Eyes (Live)
1999

King of the Hill Original Television Soundtrack

  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Elektra Entertainment
  • East Bound and Down

American Pie Original Soundtrack

  • Released: June 29, 1999[25]
  • Label: Upton/Universal
  • You Wanted More
2001

Live in the X Lounge IV

  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Unknown
  • Mean to Me (Live)

Live cover songs

Tonic is known to have covered the songs "Jessie's Girl" (acoustic version), "Go Your Own Way", and "Suspicious Minds" at least once each in live settings. However, Tonic-played versions of these songs are not currently commercially available, with "Jessie's Girl" only known to exist as bootleg copies on file-sharing networks.[26][27]

Music videos

Year Title Director(s)
1996 "If You Could Only See" Jeff Cutter and Rmaaa Mosley[28]
"Open Up Your Eyes" (original version) Unknown
"Open Up Your Eyes" (roller skating version) Tonic and Niels Alpert[29]
"Soldier's Daughter" Kevin Godley[30]
1999 "You Wanted More" Niels Alpert[31]
"Mean to Me" Niels Alpert[32]

Other music videos

Year Title Director(s) Notes
2000 "Mean to Me" Unknown Produced for the American feature film Gossip,

this music video combined footage from Tonic's previous "Mean to Me" music video with clips from the "Gossip" film.[33]

Video game releases

Year Game Platforms Track
2005 Karaoke Revolution Party
  • Released: November 8, 2005
 PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
  • If You Could Only See[34]
2009 Band Hero and Guitar Hero 5
  • Released: November 3, 2009
 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3,
Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii
  • If You Could Only See[35]

Notes

  • A.^ "Open Up Your Eyes" and "If You Could Only See" peaked on the US Radio Songs chart.[36][37]
  • B.^ "You Wanted More" peaked outside of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, therefore it is listed on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

References

  1. ^ Universal Music Enterprises (2009-05-18). "A Casual Affair: The Best Of Tonic Precedes the Return of the Modern Rock Hitmakers". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS105397+18-May-2009+PRN20090518. Retrieved 2009-06-11. 
  2. ^ Hosbond, Kevin (1998-04-20). "Tonic explains songwriting and 'trying to get chicks'". Iowa State Daily Publication Board, Inc.. http://www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/1998/04/20/import/19980420-archive0.txt. Retrieved 2009-11-08. 
  3. ^ a b c "Tonic > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tonic-p182474/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
  4. ^ a b "Discography Tonic". Hung Medien. http://australian-charts/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tonic. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
  5. ^ a b Haney, Shawn M.. "Lemon Parade > Overview". Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r238054. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  6. ^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 65, No. 26, September 01 1997". RPM. 2004-10-01. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3314&volume=65&issue=26&issue_dt=September%2001%201997&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=8j7766mc5pbn8htrqnkdffs5p3. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  7. ^ a b Ault, Susanne (2003-02-22). Tonic Opts for Acoustic Jams. Billboard. http://books.google.com/books?id=CA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=head+on+straight+copies+sold&source=bl&ots=eUTsLySgo-&sig=njwJP2KgX5SQ6yhYQ1uaTyREDps&hl=en&ei=O9xtS_KECIHcNaGFhdgE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=head%20on%20straight%20copies%20sold&f=false. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  8. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  9. ^ a b Sheaks, Mathias. "Sugar > Overview". Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r443613. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  10. ^ a b Semioli, Tom. "Head on Straight > Overview". Macrovision Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r606165. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  11. ^ "Tonic on MySpace Music". MySpace.com. http://www.myspace.com/tonicband. Retrieved 2010-02-15. 
  12. ^ "Live and Enhanced - Tonic". Last.fm, Ltd.. http://www.last.fm/music/Tonic/Live+and+Enhanced. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 
  13. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "A Casual Affair:The Best of Tonic Overview". Macrovision Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1586457. Retrieved 2009-09-07. 
  14. ^ a b c "Tonic > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tonic-p182474/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
  15. ^ "Tonic Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/tonic/chart-history/155142?f=377&g=Singles. Retrieved 2011-06-19. 
  16. ^ "Discografie Tonic" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tonic. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
  17. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 65, No. 19, July 14, 1997". RPM. 2004-10-01. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3266&volume=65&issue=19&issue_dt=July%2014%201997&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=8j7766mc5pbn8htrqnkdffs5p3. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  18. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 69, No. 18, August 23, 1999". RPM. 2004-10-01. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8355&volume=69&issue=18&issue_dt=August%2023%201999&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=8j7766mc5pbn8htrqnkdffs5p3. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  19. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 70, No. 12, January 24, 2000". RPM. 2004-10-01. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9697&volume=70&issue=12&issue_dt=January%2024%202000&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=8j7766mc5pbn8htrqnkdffs5p3. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  20. ^ http://www.ergmusic.com/usa/compilation.asp?series=NMT&cd=48
  21. ^ http://www.ergmusic.com/usa/compilation.asp?series=NRT&cd=47
  22. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Scream 2 Overview". Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r325710. Retrieved 2010-02-14. 
  23. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours Overview". Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r341224. Retrieved 2010-02-14. 
  24. ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Clay Pigeons Overview". Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r376546. Retrieved 2010-02-08. 
  25. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "American Pie Overview". Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r422266. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 
  26. ^ "Suspicious Minds by Tonic". MySpace.com. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=9542654. Retrieved 2010-02-22. 
  27. ^ "Tonic - Go Your Own Way". YouTube LLC. 2009-01-21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3UaBNmz308. Retrieved 2010-02-22. 
  28. ^ "If You Could Only See - Tonic". Vevo. http://www.vevo.com/watch/tonic/if-you-could-only-see/USUV70602171. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  29. ^ "Open Up Your Eyes - Tonic". Vevo. http://www.vevo.com/watch/tonic/open-up-your-eyes/USUV70602188. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  30. ^ "Soldier's Daughter - Tonic". Vevo. http://www.vevo.com/watch/tonic/soldiers-daughter/USUV70602189. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  31. ^ "You Wanted More - Tonic". Vevo. http://www.vevo.com/watch/tonic/you-wanted-more/USUV70600168. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  32. ^ "Mean To Me (Director's Cut) - Tonic". Vevo. http://www.vevo.com/watch/tonic/mean-to-me-directors-cut/USUV70600167. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  33. ^ "Mean To Me (Official Video) (Gossip Version)". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0fJ0GbX-vI. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  34. ^ "Karaoke Revolution Party". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Karaoke-Revolution-Party-Playstation-2/dp/B0009Z3K3U. Retrieved 2010-02-22. 
  35. ^ Magrino, Tom (2009-10-19). "Band Hero full setlist revealed". CBS Interactive Inc.. http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/puzzle/bandhero/news.html?sid=6237261&mode=all. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
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  37. ^ [2]
Tonic
Emerson Hart • Jeff Russo • Dan Lavery
Dan Rothchild · Kevin Shepard
Studio albums
EPs
Singles
"Open Up Your Eyes" · "Casual Affair" · "If You Could Only See" · "Soldier's Daughter" · "You Wanted More" · "Knock Down Walls" · "Mean to Me" · "Sugar" · "Take Me as I Am" · "Head on Straight" · "Release Me"
Compilations
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