Dulcinea [Enhanced]

• Artist: Toad the Wet Sprocket
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• Release Date: October 24, 1995
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
• Genre: Rock

Review

From the platform of success built by Fear, Toad the Wet Sprocket dove head first into their fourth release, Dulcinea. Without changing the formula too much, they conjured up 12 more hooks, stretching them ever so slightly to make the alternative tunes a bit edgier and the mellow ones a little folkier, and scoring a couple of modest hits along the way with "Something's Always Wrong" and "Fall Down." One of the thematic threads of Toad's music has always been a certain spirituality, a sense of awe and wonder in regard to life and death. Dulcinea exploits and explores that theme with reverence and humility, going so far as to close the album with "Reincarnation Song," a delicate examination of a soul's transition shrouded musically by a veil of electric guitar feedback. Counteracting that heaviness with an offbeat, country-tinged ditty about the pros of Nanci Griffith versus Loretta Lynn is pure Toad, never being pinned into a stylistic corner. One of the best songs on this album, and perhaps their entire catalog, is "Windmills," a moody look at the fragility and futility of existence that will cause not only the exquisite melody to linger with you, but contemplations of your own purpose in life. Framed by the flawless production of Gavin MacKillop, every song on this record creates a world of its own that is impossible not to be drawn into. [This is the enhanced version of the album.] ~ Kelly McCartney, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Fly from Heaven	Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(4:38)
Woodburning	Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(4:00)
Something's Always Wrong	Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(5:00)
Stupid	Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(2:43)
Crowing	Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(3:20)
Listen	Toad the Wet Sprocket, Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(4:09)
Windmills	Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(3:50)
Nanci	Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(3:00)
Fall Down	Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(3:24)
Inside	Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(4:20)
Begin	Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(4:04)
Reincarnation Song	Glen Phillips	Toad the Wet Sprocket	(4:44)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Corel Drivers CD		Toad the Wet Sprocket	(1:00)

Credits

Toad the Wet Sprocket (Main Performer), Dean Dinning (Bass), Dean Dinning (Keyboards), Dean Dinning (Vocals (Background)), Randy Guss (Drums), Gavin MacKillop (Producer), Gavin MacKillop (Engineer), Gavin MacKillop (Mixing), Stephen Marcussen (Mastering), Todd Nichols (Guitar), Todd Nichols (Vocals), Jeff Robinson (Mixing Assistant), Kevin Scott (Producer), Glen Phillips (Guitar), Glen Phillips (Keyboards), Glen Phillips (Vocals)