Album · Tonic
Head on Straight by Tonic
Head on Straight is an album by Tonic, released in 2002. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Take Me As I Am”, on 1 list with a best position of #101.
Head on Straight, Tonic's third album, arrived on September 24, 2002, and after self-producing Sugar the band handed the controls to Bob Rock. You can hear the difference: this is post-grunge with the dust blown off, big-chorused and radio-ready, from the band Emerson Hart had started with Jeff Russo in 1993, with Dan Lavery on bass.
It turned out to be a strange kind of success. The Grammys nominated it for Best Rock Album and put "Take Me As I Am" up for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, yet by February 2003 it had sold just 34,000 copies. The band went on hiatus in 2004, and it took until their self-titled album in 2010 for Tonic to follow it up.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Head on Straight on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take Me As I Am | 1 | #101 | – | 2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.