Feeler (Toadies)

Infobox Album | Name = Feeler
Type = Album
Artist = Toadies

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Released = Never released
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Grunge
Length = 37:15
Label = Interscope
Producer =
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Last album = "Rubberneck"
(1994)
This album = "Feeler"
(1998)
Next album = "Hell Below / Stars Above"
(2001)

"Feeler" was supposed to have been the Toadies's follow-up album to the critically acclaimed "Rubberneck"; however, its release was denied by Interscope Records.

Overview

In 1997, the band decided to end their "Rubberneck" tour and re-enter the studio to record new tracks for their second album, "Feeler". Interscope Records did not approve the finished product, and rejected its 1998 release. Todd Lewis Interview [http://www.silentuproar.com/interviews.php?ID=7 "Interview: The Toadies"] , SilentUproar.com, February 3rd, 2007.] The band went back into the studio, salvaging some of the songs recorded during the "Feeler" sessions, and eventually released their second full-length album "Hell Below / Stars Above" in the spring of 2001.

The band was planning on releasing the music and were asking for suggestions for tracks to put on it on their message board before it unexpectedly went down. At this point the record company claims to have lost the master recordings for the album.

Listed below are the original "Feeler" songs, most of which did not end up on "Hell Below / Stars Above".

Track listing

#"Pink" – 2:52
#"Tornado" – 4:27
#"Mine" – 2:17
#"Suck Magic" – 3:02
#"Dead Boy Boogie" – 3:03
#"Joey, Let's Go" – 4:01
#"Waterfall" – 3:52
#"Your Day" – 2:55
#"Littlefish" - 4:43
#"Twitch" – 3:13
#"Clarksville" – 3:08
#"ATF" - 2:16

* "Dollskin" - 5:53
* "Best of Three" - 4:07
* "Push The Hand" - 3:48
* "City of Hate" – 3:16

Listed below are the songs reworked during the "Feeler" sessions that would later end up on "Hell Below / Stars Above".

* "Push The Hand"
* "Best Of Three" (later renamed "What We Have We Steal")
* "Dollskin"

Personnel

*Todd Lewis- guitar/vocals
*Mark Reznicek - drums/percussion
*Lisa Umbarger - bass
*Clark Vogeler - guitar/piano

About the songs

* "Tornado" was originally written and recorded by Lisa Umbarger's father's band, the Jiants, in 1959. [Rocking Country Style, [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/j/jian1000.htm "Jiants Discography"] , rcs.law.emory.edu, Retrieved September 19, 2007]
* A live version of "ATF" can be found on "".

References