Inside

Inside is the debut studio album released by British rock band Presence; it was released through Smash Records, a subsidiary of Island Records. Although Inside was well received by critics, it was a commercial failure, and the band dissolved shortly afterwards. Nevertheless, this band does spark interest among some Cure fans because of the involvement of Lol Tolhurst. According to an interview with Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey was also involved with this band as he co-wrote two of the tracks off of this album as well as the b-side "Amazed".

In December 2011, this album was made available in MP3 format through Amazon and iTunes.

Reception
Staff writer Dave Thompson of Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars, writing "for anybody still reeling from the horrors of the Cure's own most recent releases, if Wish was the cure, then Inside was the plague with the built-in immunity."

Track listing
All tracks written by Biddles, Tolhurst, and Youdell, except where noted.

Personnel

 * Presence
 * Gary Biddles &mdash; vocals
 * Alan Burgess &mdash; drums
 * Roberto Soave &mdash; bass guitar
 * Rob Steen &mdash; guitar
 * Laurence Tolhurst &mdash; keyboard
 * Chris Youdell &mdash; keyboard


 * Production
 * Produced by Presence
 * Engineered by Jim Russell, assisted by Alex Byrd
 * Mixed by Ingmar Kiang, assisted by Anthony Fisher
 * Mastered by Greg Calbi
 * Art direction – Deborah Melian
 * Design and Logo – Rob Steen
 * Artwork and Photography – Jeremy Baile and Darryl Schiff