Tried + True

Tried + True
Studio album by Tinfed
Released	August 22, 2000
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	43:05
Label	Hollywood
Producer	Ed Buller
Tinfed chronology
Hypersonic Hyperphonic (1996) Tried + True (2000) Designated Rivals (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Tried + True is the third and final studio album by Tinfed, released on August 22, 2000 by Hollywood Records. It was produced by Ed Buller, known for his work with English groups such as Suede, Spiritualized and Slowdive. The song "Dangergirl" features a guest appearance by Chino Moreno, lead vocalist of Deftones. The album also contains "Immune", which was featured in the 2000 film Mission: Impossible II and appeared on its soundtrack.

Reception

Stanton Swihart of allmusic gave the album a mixed review and criticized the band for sounding too derivitive of Britpop groups such as Radiohead and Travis, saying "they ultimately fail to attain the same levels of esoteric complexity as those bands." Swihart concluded his review saying the band's best material may be ahead of them: "While Tinfed is not unequivocally successful or innovative on a sonic level, it is frequently exciting and a terribly promising effort from a band that may eventually cast its own considerable shadow."^[1] CMJ reviewed it more positively, calling Tried + True a "forward-thinking rock record with plenty of potential commercial appeal" that "contains pretty guitar pop enhanced only minimally by studio machinery."^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Tinfed. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Arrange"	3:05
2.	"Way Thru"	3:14
3.	"Immune"	3:48
4.	"Drop"	3:58
5.	"Never Was Sure"	4:18
6.	"Always/Never"	2:45
7.	"Halo"	3:22
8.	"Mouth as Sharp"	3:41
9.	"Idol"	3:44
10.	"Overrated"	3:03
11.	"Dangergirl"	3:51
12.	"It's Late"	4:16

Personnel

Adapted from the Tried + True liner notes.^[3]

Tinfed Matt McCord – drums, percussion Rey Osburn – lead vocals, electric guitar, electronics Eric Stenman – electric guitar, bass guitar Rick Verrett – bass guitar

Additional musicians Chino Moreno – vocals (11) Production and additional personnel Ed Buller – production, engineering, mixing Enrique Gonzalez – engineering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2000	Hollywood	CD	TR-68107

References

1. Swihart, Stanton. "Tinfed: Tinfed > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
2. "Tinfed: Tried + True". CMJ. CMJ Network, Inc: 24. August 14, 2000.
3. Tried + True (booklet). Tinfed. Burbank, California: Hollywood Records. 2000.

External links

• Tried + True at Discogs (list of releases)