''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
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of
Island Records
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, 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
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fans because of the involvement of
Lol Tolhurst.
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:
"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
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.
Reception
Staff writer Dave Thompson of
Allmusic
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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."
Track listing
All tracks written by Biddles, Tolhurst, and Youdell, except where noted.
Personnel
;Presence
*Gary Biddles — vocals
*Alan Burgess — drums
*Roberto Soave — bass guitar
*Rob Steen — guitar
*Laurence Tolhurst — keyboard
*Chris Youdell — keyboard
;Production
*Produced by Presence
*Engineered by Jim Russell, assisted by Alex Byrd
*Mixed by Ingmar Kiang, assisted by Anthony Fisher
*Mastered by Greg Calbi
*Art direction – Deborah Melian
*Design and Logo – Rob Steen
*Artwork and Photography – Jeremy Baile and Darryl Schiff
References
External links
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1992 debut albums
Presence (band) albums