Tails (album)

Tails
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1995
Recorded1994–1995
StudioJuan's Apartment, New York City
Genre
Length43:49
LabelGeffen
Producer
  • Juan Patiño
  • Lisa Loeb
Lisa Loeb chronology
Purple Tape
(1992)
Tails
(1995)
Firecracker
(1997)
Singles from Tails
  1. "Stay (I Missed You)"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Taffy"
    Released: 1995
  3. "Do You Sleep?"
    Released: September 4, 1995
  4. "Waiting for Wednesday"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Texas Monthly(neutral) Nov/95
People(positive) 10/2/95
Entertainment WeeklyB−
Christgau's Consumer Guide
Spin4/10

Tails is the only album by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories, released in 1995 by Geffen Records. Earlier versions of the songs "It's Over", "Snow Day", "Do You Sleep?", and "Hurricane" originally appeared on Loeb's previous studio album Purple Tape. Tails peaked at number thirty on the US Billboard 200, in the top ten in New Zealand, and number fifteen on the Canada Top Albums chart published by RPM. Overall the album charted in seven countries, making it a moderate success. Tails received a Gold certification in the United States after four months of its release with more than 500,000 pure copies sold in 1995. As of 2013 the album has sold 727,000 copies in the US It was also certified Gold by Music Canada with 50,000 copies sold.