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Blue‐Sky Research by Taproot
Blue‐Sky Research is an album by Taproot, released in 2005. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Calling”, on 5 lists with a best position of #19.
Blue-Sky Research, Taproot's third studio album, came out in August 2005, and it's the Ann Arbor alt-metal crew trading some of their bark for melody. Stephen Richards sings and plays guitar, with Mike DeWolf on guitar, Phil Lipscomb on bass and Jarrod Montague on drums, and Toby Wright produced. The band wrote more than 80 songs to get here, and they brought in outside help: Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins co-wrote three tracks, and Jonah Matranga of Far and Onelinedrawing co-wrote the lead single "Calling", which reached number 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart, with "Birthday" following it.
The choruses are bigger and the edges smoother than on Gift or Welcome, but it couldn't match the success of Welcome and "Poem". American sales topped 150,000, and it was their last record for Atlantic, with label and band going their separate ways.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Blue‐Sky Research on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calling | 5 | #19 | – | 2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.