Inside (Presence album)
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| Released | 1992 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1991-1992 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 55:45 (original release) 1:31:05 (2011 MP3 version) | |||
| Label | Smash, Island | |||
| Producer | Presence | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 1993 US version cover | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Inside is the debut studio album released by British rock band Presence, released in the UK through Reality Records in 1992, and in the US and Canada through Smash Records, a subsidiary of Island Records, in 1993. Although Inside was well received by critics, it was a commercial failure, and the band dissolved shortly afterwards. Nevertheless, this band does spark interest among some Cure fans because of the involvement of Lol Tolhurst.[2]
Tolhurst believes that Presence would may had a better chance of achieving commercial success had his reputation not been tied to that of The Cure. In his autobiography, Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys. Tolhurst writes:[3]
"I believe the biggest impediment to us succeeding was the baggage that came with me. If it had been a new band that nobody knew, I think we might have got a different reaction. We were either too much like The Cure (surprise, surprise) or not enough. We couldn’t win.”
In December 2011, this album was made available in MP3 format through Amazon and iTunes.
Reception[edit]
Staff writer Dave Thompson of Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars, writing "for anybody still reeling from the horrors of the Cure's own most recent releases, if Wish was the cure, then Inside was the plague with the built-in immunity."[1]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written by Biddles, Tolhurst, and Youdell, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Never" | 4:23 | |
| 2. | "Fragments" | Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst, Youdell | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Act of Faith" | 4:14 | |
| 4. | "Revolve" | 4:33 | |
| 5. | "Highest Peak" | Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst, Youdell | 5:34 |
| 6. | "Pause" | 5:04 | |
| 7. | "Raindown" | 3:36 | |
| 8. | "Missing" | 4:19 | |
| 9. | "On Ocean Hill" | Biddles, Burgess, Tolhurst, Youdell | 4:58 |
| 10. | "All I See" (Omitted from vinyl version.) | 5:02 | |
| 11. | "Inside" | 5:45 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Never" | 4:24 | |
| 2. | "Fragments" | Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst, Youdell | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Act of Faith" | 4:02 | |
| 4. | "On Ocean Hill" | Biddles, Burgess, Tolhurst, Youdell | 5:05 |
| 5. | "Revolve" | 4:29 | |
| 6. | "Highest Peak" | Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst, Youdell | 5:30 |
| 7. | "Pause" | 5:00 | |
| 8. | "Raindown" | 3:38 | |
| 9. | "Missing" | 4:17 | |
| 10. | "In Wonder" | 4:16 | |
| 11. | "All I See" | 4:56 | |
| 12. | "Inside" | 5:43 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Earthquake" (B-side of "Act of Faith") | Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst | 4:42 |
| 13. | "In Wonder" (Stand-alone single in UK but included in the North American version.) | 4:22 | |
| 14. | "Distortion" (B-side of "All I See") | 4:17 | |
| 15. | "Soft" (B-side of both "Act of Faith" and "In Wonder") | Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst | 5:14 |
| 16. | "Tomorrow" (B-side of "Act of Faith") | Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst | 3:00 |
| 17. | "Amazed" (B-side of "All I See") | Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst | 4:39 |
| 18. | "All I See (Butler/Walsh Mix)" (B-side of "All I See") | 6:30 | |
| 19. | "In Wonder (Millie Mix)" (B-side of "In Wonder") | 7:08 |
Personnel[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Thompson, Dave. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ ""Interview to Lol Tolhurst" 27 August 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ Tolhurst, Laurence (2016). Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys. Quercus. ISBN 978-1-78429-339-0.
External links[edit]
- Inside at Discogs (list of releases)
- Presence - Act of Faith on YouTube
