Someday Maybe is the 1996 fourth album

Album

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 by Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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 band The Clarks

The Clarks

The Clarks are an American rock band from the Pittsburgh region, originating at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Over the course of twenty years, they have produced a total of 12 studio, live and solo releases, selling near a quarter of a million copies....

. The record constituted both the band's first and last major label release. After two successful local records on a self-created label, MCA

Music Corporation of America

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 inked a deal with the band, giving them at least a shot at national success. However, MCA was in financial disarray at the time, due to it being bought out by a larger corporation. In turn, many struggling or newly signed bands were cut from the label. Before 'Someday Maybe' received any promotion, The Clarks were one of many bands that saw their contracts with MCA be terminated in 1997. Despite this heartbreak, the album did perform well in Pittsburgh. 'Stop!', a song that could draw comparison's 'For What It's Worth' by Buffalo Springfield

Buffalo Springfield

Buffalo Springfield is a North American folk rock band renown both for its music and as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina. Among the first wave of North American bands to become popular in the wake of the British invasion, the group combined...

, was intended to be the band's first nation single. Instead, it was relegated to only local success. The traditional rock love song 'Caroline' and the Southern rock influenced 'Mercury' were also major hits in the Pittsburgh market. The Clarks' problems with MCA nearly ruined their careers, and it certainly left them disillusioned with the recording industry. It would take 4 years for the band to release their next album.

Track listing

1. "Stop!"
2. "Courtney"
3. "Mercury"
4. "Rain"
5. "Caroline"
6. "Never Let You Down"
7. "Fatal"
8. "The Box"
9. "One Day In My Life"
10. "No Place Called Home"
11. "Everything Has Changed"
12. "These Wishes"
13. "Last Call"
14. "Hollywood"
15. "Lost and Found"

Personnel

• Scott Blasey
  Scott Blasey
  Scott Blasey is an American rock musician best known as the lead vocalist for The Clarks, a position he has held since the band's inception. Aside from The Clarks, he also has a successful solo career, and three studio albums have been credited to him....
  
   - lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
• Rob James - electric guitar, vocals
• Greg Joseph - bass guitar, vocals
• Dave Minarik - drums, vocals