Gift (Taproot album)

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Gift
Studio album by Taproot
Released June 27, 2000
Recorded January - March 2000 at Master Control Recording in Burbank, Los Angeles, California
Genre Nu metal, alternative metal, rap metal
Length 43:22
Label Atlantic / Velvet Hammer
Producer Ulrich Wild
David Benveniste
Taproot chronology

Upon Us
(1999)		 Gift
(2000)		 Welcome
(2002)
Singles from Gift
  1. "Again & Again"
    Released: 2000
  2. "I"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Alternative Press [2]
Drowned in Sound (10/10)[3]
Kerrang [4]
PopMatters (average)[5]
Rolling Stone [6]

Gift is the first major label album by the rock group Taproot. It was released on June 27, 2000. "I" and "Again & Again" were minor Mainstream Rock radio singles. The album has sold around 250,000 copies in the U.S.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Smile"   3:33
2. "Again & 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
Total length:
 43:22

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, "Day By Day", can be found on the Dracula 2000 soundtrack and on the CD single for "Again & Again".
  • Another b-side entitled "Thrift Whore" can be found through file-sharing networks.
  • There are also two songs called "Strive" and "Get Me" on the internet.

Credits

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2000 Heatseekers[8] #6
2000 The Billboard 200[8] #160

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
2000 "Again & Again" Mainstream Rock Tracks[9] #39
2001 "I" Mainstream Rock Tracks[9] #34

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Album reviews at CD Universe
  3. ↑ Drowned in Sound review
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ PopMatters review
  6. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Gift - Taproot - Credits. Allmusic. Retrieved March 19th, 2011
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gift - Taproot - Billboard Albums. Allmusic. Retrieved March 19th, 2011
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gift - Taproot - Billboard Singles. Allmusic. Retrieved March 19th, 2011
Taproot
  • Jarrod Montague
Studio albums
Singles
  • "Again and Again"
  • "I"
  • "Poem"
  • "Mine"
  • "Calling"
  • "Birthday"
  • "Wherever I Stand"
  • "Path Less Taken"
  • "Fractured (Everything I Said Was True)"
  • "Release Me"
  • "No Surrender"
  • "The Everlasting"
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