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Bread and Circus by Toad The Wet Sprocket
Bread and Circus is an album by Toad The Wet Sprocket, released in 1989. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 10 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “One Little Girl”, on 8 lists with a best position of #70.
Bread and Circus, Toad the Wet Sprocket's debut, started life as a self-released cassette in 1988 before Columbia picked it up and put it back out in 1989. The Santa Barbara four-piece, with Glen Phillips singing and playing guitar, Todd Nichols on guitar, Dean Dinning on bass and Randy Guss on drums, had only been together since 1986, and the record has an earnest, chiming feel, Phillips' clear, plaintive voice riding on top of shimmering guitars that would rather reflect than rage.
Pale came next. As for this one, it slipped out of print in 2001, and a remastered reissue with unreleased tracks from the sessions, announced in 2009, never actually appeared.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Bread and Circus on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Little Girl | 8 | #70 | – | 1989–2014 | |
| 2 | One Wind Blows | 2 | #267 | – | 1994–1996 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.