Huge is the fourth studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by American alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Caroline's Spine

Caroline's Spine

Caroline's Spine is an alternative rock band based in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's touring schedule in the mid 1990s landed them a record deal with Hollywood Records. They have released several studio albums and shared billings with such bands as Aerosmith, Kiss, and Queensrÿche...

. Most of the tracks on the album were re-recorded when the band was signed with Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by Disney Music Group, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.-History:Hollywood Records was founded in 1989 by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner with the idea of expanding the music operations of the company and to develop and promote...

 for the their fifth album, Monsoon. The B-side featured several acoustic

Acoustic guitar

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

 tracks, which were a significant departure from the band's usual electric guitar

Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

 onslaught. Lead guitarist Mark Haugh even took the reins, writing and performing lead vocals for the song "On the Ground".

Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Newquist

Jimmy Newquist

James P. "Jimmy" Newquist is the American primary song writer, guitarist, and lead singer for the alternative rock band Caroline's Spine. Born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, he is one of eight children. Newquist started song writing at an early age and moved to Los...

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1. "King For a Day"
2. "Ouch"
3. "Sullivan"
4. "Hippie Boy"
5. "Psycho"
6. "Monsoon"
7. "Necro"
8. "Wallflower"
9. "Trio'pain"
10. "Jumpship"
11. "Good Afternoon"
12. "My World"
13. "Forget"
14. "Think About Me"
15. "She's Coming Home"
16. "On The Ground" (Haugh)
17. "61"

Personnel

• Jimmy Newquist - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
• Jason Gilardi - Drums
• Mark Haugh - Guitar
• Scott Jones - Bass

Liner information

• Produced by Dan Calderone & Caroline's Spine
• All words and music by James P. Newquist except "On the Ground," which was written and sung by Mark Haugh
• Music published by Archaic Music (BMI)
• Photos by Jocelyn Balthasar, Kim Kusler, Stephanie Thornton, Ivan Massar, Bob Newquist, plus any strangers we asked along the way.
• Layout & Design: Mark Haugh, Jimmy Newquist, and Joe Statt for ANZA
• Recorded, mixed, & mastered at ANZA, San Diego, CA