Inside
Studio album by
Released1992
1993
Recorded1991-1992
GenrePop rock
Length55:45 (original release)
1:31:05 (2011 MP3 version)
LabelSmash, Island
ProducerPresence
Presence chronology
Inside
(1992)
Closer
(2014)
Alternative cover
1993 US version cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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

All tracks written by Biddles, Tolhurst, and Youdell, except where noted.

UK version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Never" 4:23
2."Fragments"Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst, Youdell3:44
3."Act of Faith" 4:14
4."Revolve" 4:33
5."Highest Peak"Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst, Youdell5:34
6."Pause" 5:04
7."Raindown" 3:36
8."Missing" 4:19
9."On Ocean Hill"Biddles, Burgess, Tolhurst, Youdell4:58
10."All I See" (Omitted from vinyl version.) 5:02
11."Inside" 5:45
North American version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Never" 4:24
2."Fragments"Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst, Youdell3:40
3."Act of Faith" 4:02
4."On Ocean Hill"Biddles, Burgess, Tolhurst, Youdell5:05
5."Revolve" 4:29
6."Highest Peak"Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst, Youdell5:30
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
2011 MP3 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Earthquake" (B-side of "Act of Faith")Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst4:42
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, Tolhurst5:14
16."Tomorrow" (B-side of "Act of Faith")Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst3:00
17."Amazed" (B-side of "All I See")Biddles, Dempsey, Tolhurst4:39
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

References

  1. 1 2 Thompson, Dave. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  2. ""Interview to Lol Tolhurst" 27 August 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. Tolhurst, Laurence (2016). Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys. Quercus. ISBN 978-1-78429-339-0.
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