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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press[2]
Drowned in Sound(10/10)[3]
Kerrang[4]
PopMatters(average)[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Blabbermouth8/10[7]

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 singles. The album has sold at least 250,000 copies.[8]

Music and lyrics

Described as a nu metal album,[8][9] the album's lyrical topics are primarily about topics such as depression and disliking life.[1][8] Taproot's vocalist Stephen Richards' vocals on the album Gift have been compared to vocalists such as Chino Moreno, Trent Reznor, Jonathan Davis and Mike Patton.[1][6][8] The album consists of vocal styles such as singing, rapping, growling and screaming.[1][3][8] The album features characteristics that have been compared to Tool, Incubus, Deftones, Glassjaw, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Outkast, P.O.D., Faith No More, Slipknot and Papa Roach.[3][5][7][10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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
13."Day By Day (Japan Bonus Track)"3:21
Total length:46:43

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,CD single for "Again & Again" and the Japanese release of "Gift".
  • Other b-sides entitled "Thrift Whore", "Strive", and "Get Me" can be found through file-sharing networks.

Credits

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2000 Heatseekers[12] #6
2000 The Billboard 200[12] #160

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
2000 "Again & Again" Mainstream Rock Tracks[13] #39
2001 "I" Mainstream Rock Tracks[13] #34

References

  1. ^ a b c d Allmusic review
  2. ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
  3. ^ a b c Drowned in Sound review
  4. ^ Strong, M.C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Canongate. p. 421. ISBN 9781841958606. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  5. ^ a b PopMatters review
  6. ^ a b Rolling Stone review
  7. ^ a b Borivoj Krgin. "CD Reviews - Gift Taproot". Blabbermouth.
  8. ^ a b c d e "CMJ New Music Report (Vol. 73, No. 6) - October 21st 2002". Vol. 73. CMJ Network, Inc. 2002. p. 23. ISSN 0890-0795. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help) (October 21st, 2002). Retrieved on October 10th, 2015
  9. ^ "Interview:Mike DeWolf of Taproot Cryptic Rock". Cryptic Rock.
  10. ^ CMJ (July 10th, 2000). Page 24
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Gift - Taproot - Credits. Allmusic. Retrieved March 19th, 2011
  12. ^ a b Gift - Taproot - Billboard Albums. Allmusic. Retrieved March 19th, 2011
  13. ^ a b Gift - Taproot - Billboard Singles. Allmusic. Retrieved March 19th, 2011
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