Tip (album)

Tip
Studio album by Finger Eleven
Released	August 26, 1997
Studio	Arnyard Studios, Toronto
Genre	Hard rock heavy metal[1]
Length	42:03
Label	Mercury
Producer	Arnold Lanni
Finger Eleven chronology
Letters from Chutney (1995) Tip (1997) The Greyest of Blue Skies (2000)
Singles from Tip
"Quicksand" Released: 1998

Tip is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Finger Eleven, released in 1997. It departed from the funk-influenced sound of the 1995 album Letters from Chutney and the previous band name "Rainbow Butt Monkeys" in favor of a darker, heavier sound influenced by Tool. While responses to Tip were initially muted, compounded by Finger Eleven being dropped by their record label, the album was critically acclaimed and became a modest success with consumers upon its September 1998 re-release by Wind-up Records. Tip paved the way for Finger Eleven's mainstream breakthrough with The Greyest of Blue Skies in 2000. The album was certified Gold by Music Canada in 2014. It is the only studio album to feature drummer Rob Gommerman as departed the band shortly after the album's release.