Gift (Taproot album)

Infobox Album
Name = Gift
Type = Album
Artist = Taproot


Released = June 27, 2000
Recorded = January - March 2000 at Master Control Recording in Burbank, Los Angeles, California
Genre = Nu metal
Alternative metal
Rap metal
Length = 43:22
Label = Atlantic / Velvet Hammer
Producer = Ulrich Wild
David Benveniste
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tnkxlfkekcqq~T1 link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/taproot/albums/album/115338/review/6067913/gift link]
Last album = "Upon Us"
(1999)
This album = "Gift"
(2000)
Next album = "Welcome"
(2002)

"Gift" is the first major label album by the rock group Taproot. It was released on June 27, 2000. "I" and "Again and Again" were minor Mainstream Rock radio hits. The album has sold around 250,000 copies in the U.S.

Track listing

# "Smile" – 3:33
# "Again and 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
# "Comeback" – 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 Day", can be found on the Dracula 2000 soundtrack and on the CD single for "Again & Again".
*Another b-side entitled "Thrift Whore" can be found through file-sharing networks.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)