Hell Below/Stars Above

Hell Below/Stars Above
Studio album by Toadies
Released	March 20, 2001
Recorded	2000
Genre	Post-grunge
Length	44:56
Label	Interscope
Producer	Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf
Toadies chronology
Rubberneck (1994) Hell Below/Stars Above (2001) Best of Toadies: Live from Paradise (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Austin Chronicle	[2]
CMJ	(favorable)[3]
Rolling Stone

Hell Below/Stars Above is the second album by the Toadies. After Interscope Records rejected the Toadies's first attempt at a second album (otherwise known as the Feeler sessions), Hell Below/Stars Above was a second attempt at a follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut Rubberneck. This album featured several songs from the Feeler sessions, although all of the tracks were completely re-recorded.

Hell Below/Stars Above was completed more than a year before its release on Interscope Records in March 2001. The Toadies broke up shortly after its release due to internal conflicts within the band. They rejoined in 2008, without bass guitarist Lisa Umbarger, to record a new album, No Deliverance.

Two more songs were recorded as b-sides, both of which were originally part of the Feeler sessions. "Joey, Let's Go" was released on a Monitor This! compilation and "Waterfall" was not officially released.

Track listing

All tracks written by Todd Lewis.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Plane Crash"	2:10
2.	"Push the Hand"	3:37
3.	"Little Sin"	3:07
4.	"Motivational"	2:45
5.	"Heel"	2:46
6.	"You'll Come Down"	3:22
7.	"Pressed Against the Sky"	4:33
8.	"What We Have We Steal"	3:31
9.	"Jigsaw Girl"	4:44
10.	"Sweetness"	4:13
11.	"Hell Below/Stars Above"	4:20
12.	"Doll Skin"	5:45

Personnel

• Todd Lewis - guitar/vocals
• Mark Reznicek - drums/percussion
• Lisa Umbarger - bass
• Clark Vogeler - guitar/piano
• Elliott Smith - piano (on "Hell Below / Stars Above")
• Tom Rothrock - producer
• Rob Schnapf - producer
• Monique Mizrahi - engineer
• Andy Wallace - mixing
• Howie Weinberg - mastering
• f-stop fitzgerald, inc. - cover image (from the book Pillars of the Almighty)
• Marina Chavez - photography
• Chris Bilheimer - art direction and back cover image

Chart positions

Album

Year	Album	Chart	Position
2001	Hell Below / Stars Above	The Billboard 200	130

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2001	"Push the Hand"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	34

References

1. "Hell Below/Stars Below - Toadies". Allmusic.
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20050312090129/http://www.austinchronicle.com:80/issues/dispatch/2001-03-16/music_recviews14.html. Archived from the original on March 12, 2005. Retrieved April 5, 2005. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20050507111340/http://www.cmj.com:80/articles/display_article.php?id=30342. Archived from the original on May 7, 2005. Retrieved April 20, 2005. Missing or empty |title= (help)