Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - Tails

Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories — Tails

1995 major label album gets a limited edition reissue

Pressed on translucent neon "Flamingo" colored vinyl

Features the hits "Stay (I Missed You)" and "Do You Sleep?"

For her first major-label album (and first of two back-to-back gold certified-selling albums), singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb expanded on the massive success of her ubiquitous hit "Stay (I Missed You)." As the first unsigned artist to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Loeb turned "Stay" into the linchpin of the culture-shifting soundtrack for Ben Stiller's Reality Bites (the album made Rolling Stone's 40 Best Records of 1994).

But Tails, which arrived after a deeply competitive bidding war for the musician, is far more than the standout track, as distorted guitars, lush orchestrations, and acoustic arrangements augment Loeb's folk-rock ambitions into a 1990s generational touchstone. With Tails, Loeb, who co-produced the album with Juan Patiño, bolstered the range of production from her previous releases, effortlessly shifting from the spacious driving rock of "Taffy" to the tender minimalism of "Sandalwood."

"Loeb has an undeniable gift for creating an air of intimacy and vulnerability," Entertainment Weekly wrote of the album upon its release. "Which may well be enough for 'Stay' fans looking for additional doses of contemplative melancholy."

 

Side A

1. It's Over

2. Snow Day

3. Taffy

4. When All The Stars Were Falling

5. Do You Sleep?

6. Hurricane

Side B

1. RoseColored Times

2. Sandalwood

3. Alone

4. Waiting For Wednesday

5. Lisa Listen

6. Garden Of Delights

7. Stay (I Missed You)

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