Dulcinea
Album by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Released	May 24, 1994
Recorded	The Site in Marin County, California, 1993
Genre	Rock
Length	49 min 39 sec
Record label	Columbia Records
Producer	Gavin MacKillop
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	4 stars out of 5	link
Toad the Wet Sprocket Chronology
Fear (1991)	Dulcinea (1994)	Acoustic Dance Party (1994)

Dulcinea is an album by Toad the Wet Sprocket ("Toad" to fans) released in 1994. It is their fourth studio album with Columbia Records and the follow-up to their very popular album Fear, which was released in 1991. Two songs from Dulcinea reached Top 40 designation: "Fall Down" and "Something's Always Wrong". Image File history File links Dulcinea Album - Toad the Wet Sprocket This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... Look up Album in Wiktionary, the free dictionary An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... // Biography Toad the Wet Sprocket was an American folk pop band which consisted of singer Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Site Logo The Site, hosted by Soledad OBrien debuted in July 1996 with MSNBC’s launch. ... Marin County is a county located in Californias San Francisco Bay Area, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... The second (symbol s) is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... In the music industry, a record producer is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Fear is an album by Toad the Wet Sprocket in 1991. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Acoustic Dance Party is an extended play (EP) album by Toad the Wet Sprocket released in 1994. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Look up Album in Wiktionary, the free dictionary An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... // Biography Toad the Wet Sprocket was an American folk pop band which consisted of singer Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... Fear is an album by Toad the Wet Sprocket in 1991. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ...

The album's name is a reference to the love interest in Miguel de Cervantes' classic Spanish novel, Don Quixote. At least two songs on the album allude to themes found in the novel. "Crowing" is a song about a man who does not know how to keep a hold of his lover. "Windmills" is a metaphorical song about how people spend much of their lives chasing absurd or impossible pursuits (the allusion being to a specific scene in Don Quixote where the title character uselessly attacks a windmill). Dulcinea is a fictional character who is referred to (but does not appear) in Cervantes novel Don Quixote. ... Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (September 29, 1547 – April 23, 1616), was a Spanish author, best known for his immortal novel Don Quixote de la Mancha, which is considered by many to be one of the greatest works in Western literature and certainly the greatest of the Spanish language. ... Statues of Don Quixote (left) and Sancho Panza (right) Don Quixote de la Mancha (IPA: ) is a novel by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. ... In language, a metaphor is a rhetorical trope where a comparison is made between two seemingly unrelated subjects. ...

Dulcinea also delves into some spiritual themes. "Fly From Heaven" is sung from a skeptic's viewpoint about the earnestness of the foundations of the Christian religion. "Begin" and "Reincarnation Song" each explore questions about death and afterlife. Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament writings of his early followers. ... In Western culture, skeletons are often the symbol of death. ... Afterlife (also known as life after death) is a generic term referring to a continuation of existence, typically spiritual and experiential, beyond this world, or after death. ...

From a musical perspective, Dulcinea is a return by Toad to the basics of a four-person band. The band leaves behind the overdubbed and orchestral aspects of Fear for a cleaner acoustic sound (possibly with the exception of "Fall Down").

Track listing

1. "Fly from Heaven" (4:38)
2. "Woodburning" (3:59)
3. "Something's Always Wrong" (4:59)
4. "Stupid" (2:42)
5. "Crowing" (3:20)
6. "Listen" (4:09)
7. "Windmills" (3:50)
8. "Nanci" (3:00)
9. "Fall Down" (3:24)
10. "Inside" (4:19)
11. "Begin" (4:05)
12. "Reincarnation Song" (7:14)
13. "Hope" (Bonus Track) (international release)