# Tone Soul Evolution > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tone_Soul_Evolution > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tone_Soul_Evolution.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Soul_Evolution > Source revision: 1331746053 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Tone Soul Evolution | type = [Album](/source/Album) | artist = [The Apples in Stereo](/source/The_Apples_in_Stereo) | cover = Tone soul evolution cover.jpg | alt = | released = September 30, 1997 | recorded = February – June 1997 @ Studio.45, [Hartford, Connecticut](/source/Hartford%2C_Connecticut), and [Pet Sounds Studio](/source/Pet_Sounds_Studio), [Denver, Colorado](/source/Denver%2C_Colorado) | venue = | studio = | genre = [Indie pop](/source/Indie_pop), [indie rock](/source/indie_rock), [psychedelic pop](/source/psychedelic_pop), [power pop](/source/power_pop) | length = 39:42 | label = {{hlist|[Sire](/source/Sire_Records) (31013)|[spinART](/source/spinART_Records)|[Elephant 6](/source/Elephant_6)}} | producer = [Robert Schneider](/source/Robert_Schneider) | prev_title = [Science Faire](/source/Science_Faire) | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = [Her Wallpaper Reverie](/source/Her_Wallpaper_Reverie) | next_year = 1999 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r314893}} | rev2 = [The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club) | rev2Score = (favorable){{Cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/9279 |title=Tone Soul Evolution |website=The A.V. Club |date=April 19, 2002 |last=Phipps |first=Keith |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008164157/https://www.avclub.com/content/node/9279 |archivedate=October 8, 2007 |accessdate=May 26, 2020}} | rev3 = [Robert Christgau](/source/Robert_Christgau) | rev3Score = {{Rating-Christgau|A-}}{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1375 |title=The Apples in Stereo |publisher=[Robert Christgau](/source/Robert_Christgau)}} | rev4 = ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theapplesinstereo/albums/album/239919/review/5946101/tone_soul_evolution Rolling Stone review]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} | rev5 = ''[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Cox |first=Tom |date=October 1997 |title=The Apples in Stero: ''Tone Soul Evolution'' |magazine=[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine)) |page=83 |issue=5}} | noprose = yes }} '''''Tone Soul Evolution''''' is the second album from [The Apples in Stereo](/source/The_Apples_in_Stereo). It was recorded from February to June and released in September 1997. The vinyl edition of the album was released with [a bonus 7"](/source/Man_You_Gotta_Get_Up) that included the songs "Man You Gotta Get Up" and "The Golden Flower". ==Track listing== All tracks written by Robert Schneider except where noted. #"Seems So" – 3:20 #"What's the #?" – 2:58 #"About Your Fame" – 2:16 #"Shine a Light" – 3:23 #"Silver Chain" (H. Sidney) – 4:01 #"Get There Fine" – 3:15 #"The Silvery Light of a Dream" – 2:00 #"The Silvery Light of a Dream (Part II)" – 3:09 #"We'll Come to Be" – 3:29 #"Tin Pan Alley" – 2:19 #"You Said That Last Night" – 2:33 #"Try to Remember" – 3:11 #"Find Our Way" – 2:27 #"Coda" – 1:13 ===Bonus track listing=== # "Man You Gotta Get Up" – 3:07 # "The Golden Flower" – 3:10 =="Dreams"== Several tracks were recorded during the ''Tone Soul Evolution'' sessions, though some were left unfinished and were ultimately dropped from the album. In particular, a 24-track mix of "Dreams" was nearly finished for the album, save for some [synthesizer](/source/synthesizer) elements and a guitar solo. Lead guitarist [Robert Schneider](/source/Robert_Schneider) had various attempts at recording the solo, later describing it as "the best guitar solo I've ever played in my life—I swear to God."{{cite podcast|url =http://opticalatlas.com/?page_id=5|title =The Optical Atlas Show|website =Optical Atlas|host =Jeff Kuykendall|date =April 2, 2008|accessdate =April 3, 2008 }} However, he was having difficulty finding the right "soaring" tone for the solo and the band was running short on studio time. The song, a favorite of the band's at the time, was set aside with the intention of including it on a subsequent album, though it never materialized.{{cite web| url = http://www.e6townhall.com/showthread.php?t=9097| title = Untitled Apples song circa 1997? ("Dreams are taking their toll...")| author = Robert Schneider| author-link = Robert Schneider| accessdate = 2008-04-03| work = [E6](/source/Elephant_6) Townhall| date = 2007-05-10| quote = we recorded the song "dreams" for tone soul evolution-- it was one of the druggiest, prettiest, most melancholy songs for the album, and was one of our favorite apples songs at the time-- we completely finished it but it needed a guitar solo and i could never get the right guitar sound, and it just did not feel perfectly drone-y enough, so we dropped it from the album, planning to finish it for the next record-- obviously we never did-- anyway mark linnet transferred the song from two-inch tape to protools for me a couple of years ago when we were mixing the marbles "expo" record, and i added some synths and mixed the song-- ...we will be including it on "electronic projects for musicians" which is a seven inch/b-side/bonus tracks-type comp similar to "science faire" that we are putting out later this year }} In 2005, during the production of Schneider's [Marbles](/source/Marbles_(band)) album, ''[Expo](/source/Expo_(album))'', Mark Linett transferred the song to [Pro Tools](/source/Pro_Tools) and Schneider remixed it, adding synth tracks. It was finally released for the first time in 2008 on the [b-sides](/source/b-sides) and rarities [compilation](/source/compilation_album), ''[Electronic Projects for Musicians](/source/Electronic_Projects_for_Musicians)''. ==Personnel== ===The Apples in Stereo=== *[John Hill](/source/John_Hill_(musician)) - rhythm and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, handclaps *[Eric Allen](/source/Eric_Allen_(musician)) - electric bass, backing vocals, handclaps *[Hilarie Sidney](/source/Hilarie_Sidney) - drums, lead and backing vocals, maraca, sleigh bells, handclaps, tambourine *[Robert Schneider](/source/Robert_Schneider) - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, lead and backing vocals, pianos, organs, melodica, ukulele, additional percussion, sound collage art ===Additional players=== *Rick Benjamin - first trombone, horn section conductor *Merisa Bissinger - alto saxophone, trumpet, piccolo *Jon Hegel - tenor saxophone *Kyle Jones - acoustic piano *Michael Deming - backing vocals, tambourine, handclaps *Dane Terry - personal liberation *Zoe Blythe - handclaps *Thom Monaham - backing vocals, handclaps, lending of his eight-track recorder ===Production=== ''Tone Soul Evolution'' was produced by Robert Schneider. It was engineered by Michael Deming, [Jim McIntyre](/source/Jim_McIntyre_(musician)) and The Apples in Stereo. The album was mixed by Robert Schneider and Michael Deming. Twenty-four-track analog recording, eight-track transfers and mixing engineered by Michael Deming at Studio.45 ([Hartford, Connecticut](/source/Hartford%2C_Connecticut)), with assistance from David Shuman, and The Apples in Stereo. Eight-channel recording and superimposition engineered by Robert Schneider and Jim McIntyre at Pet Sounds Recording Studio ([Denver, Colorado](/source/Denver%2C_Colorado)). Album art was done by [Steve Keene](/source/Steve_Keene) (one piece inspired by [Jasper Francis Cropsey](/source/Jasper_Francis_Cropsey) and the other by [Piet Mondrian](/source/Piet_Mondrian)). [Starling Keene](/source/Starling_Keene) is responsible for the lettering. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{The Apples in Stereo}} {{Authority control}} Category:1997 albums Category:The Apples in Stereo albums Category:SpinART Records albums Category:Elephant 6 albums Category:Sire Records albums --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tone Soul Evolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Soul_Evolution) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Soul_Evolution?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.