Tip (album)

Tip
Studio album by Finger Eleven
Released August 26, 1997
September 15, 1998 (re-release)
Recorded 1997 at Arnyard Studios, Toronto
Genre Post-grunge, alternative metal
Length 41:56
Label Wind-up/Mercury Records
Producer Arnold Lanni
Finger Eleven chronology
Letters from Chutney
(1995)
Tip
(1997)
The Greyest of Blue Skies
(2000)
Singles from Tip
  1. "Tip"
    Released: 1997
  2. "Quicksand"
    Released: 1998
  3. "Above"
    Released: 1999
  4. "Awake and Dreaming"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]

Tip is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Finger Eleven, after their first, Letters from Chutney, was released under their old name of Rainbow Butt Monkeys in 1995. The band was dropped from their record label in 1997, six weeks after the album was released in Canada. They were picked up by Wind-up and the album was re-released on September 15, 1998, to the U.S. and Canada.

Following the release of the album, drummer Rob Gommerman left the band. Rich Beddoe took his place in early 1998.

On October 1, 2014, the album received gold certification in Canada, having surpassed sales of 40,000 units in that country.

Track listing

  1. "Quicksand" – 4:06
  2. "Tip" – 3:40
  3. "Shudder" – 3:25
  4. "Awake and Dreaming" – 3:35
  5. "Above" – 3:42
  6. "Condenser" – 3:08
  7. "Thin Spirits" – 3:26
  8. "Glimpse" – 3:30
  9. "Costume for a Gutterball" – 4:38
  10. "Temporary Arms" – 4:08
  11. "Swallowtail" – 4:23

Extra Information

Chart positions

Singles
Year Song Chart Peak
position
1998 "Quicksand" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[2] 28
1999 "Above" 34

Credits

Finger Eleven

Additional personnel

References

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