Gift (album)
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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.
Track listing
- "Smile" (3:33)
- "Again & Again" (3:56)
- "Emotional Times" (3:04)
- "Now" (3:23)
- "1 Nite Stand" (3:40)
- "Believed" (4:02)
- "Mentobe" (3:38)
- "I" (4:14)
- "Mirror's Reflection" (3:11)
- "Dragged Down" (3:31)
- "Comback" (4:24)
- "Impact" (2:47)
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 Dy", can be found on the Dracula 2000 soundtrack or on the CD single for "Again & Again".
- Another b-side entitled "Thrif Whore" can be found through file-sharing networks.
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 |
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