Tried + True

{{Infobox album

| name = Tried + True

| type = studio

| artist = Tinfed

| cover = Tinfed - Tried + True.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2000|8|22}}

| recorded =

| studio = The Plant Studios

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 43:05

| label = Hollywood

| producer = Ed Buller

| prev_title = Hypersonic Hyperphonic

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Designated Rivals

| next_year = 2003

| misc =

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web |last=Swihart |first=Stanton |title=Tinfed – Tried + True Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tried-true-mw0000088138 |access-date=October 23, 2016 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}

}}

Tried + True is the third and final studio album by American rock band Tinfed. It was released on August 22, 2000, via Hollywood Records. Production was handled by Ed Buller, known for his work with English groups such as Suede, Spiritualized and Slowdive. The album also contains "Immune", which was featured in the 2000 film Mission: Impossible 2 and appeared on its soundtrack.

Reception

Stanton Swihart of AllMusic gave the album a mixed review and criticised the band for sounding too derivative 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". 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".{{cite journal |title=Tinfed: Tried + True |journal=CMJ |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc |date=August 14, 2000 |pages=24 }}

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_writing = Tinfed

| title1 = Arrange

| length1 = 3:05

| title2 = Way Thru

| length2 = 3:14

| title3 = Immune

| length3 = 3:48

| title4 = Drop

| length4 = 3:58

| title5 = Never Was Sure

| length5 = 4:18

| title6 = Always/Never

| length6 = 2:45

| title7 = Halo

| length7 = 3:22

| title8 = Mouth as Sharp

| length8 = 3:41

| title9 = Idol

| length9 = 3:44

| title10 = Overrated

| length10 = 3:03

| title11 = Dangergirl

| length11 = 3:51

| title12 = It's Late

| length12 = 4:16

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Tried + True liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Tried + True |others=Tinfed |year=2000 |type=booklet |publisher=Hollywood Records |location=Burbank, California}}

Tinfed