Editing Toad the Wet Sprocket (section)

=== Commercial breakthrough (1991–1998) ===
Toad the Wet Sprocket finally achieved fame with their third album, 1991's ''[[Fear (Toad the Wet Sprocket album)|fear]]''. The album's singles "[[All I Want (Toad the Wet Sprocket song)|All I Want]]" and "[[Walk on the Ocean]]" reached the top 20 of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The album became the band's first [[RIAA certification|RIAA-certified]] [[platinum album]].

In 1993, the [[Mike Myers (actor)|Mike Myers]] feature film ''[[So I Married an Axe Murderer]]'' included the song "Brother" on its soundtrack. "Brother" later appeared on the ''[[In Light Syrup]]'' compilation album, as well as the ''CD Extra'' compilation album included with [[IBM Aptiva]] PCs in 1996. The song was later included on the 2004 release of the live album ''Welcome Home: Live at the Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara 1992''.

In 1994, after years of heavy touring, Toad the Wet Sprocket released ''[[Dulcinea (album)|Dulcinea]]'', their follow-up to ''[[Fear (Toad the Wet Sprocket album)|fear]]''. This album spawned the hit singles "[[Fall Down (Toad the Wet Sprocket song)|Fall Down]]", which reached No.&nbsp;1 on the U.S. Modern Rock charts, as well as No.&nbsp;5 on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock chart]], and "Something's Always Wrong", which also charted. Like ''fear'', this album was certified platinum by the [[RIAA]].

A 1995 compilation album of [[b-side]]s and rarities, ''[[In Light Syrup]],'' included the singles "[[Good Intentions (Toad the Wet Sprocket song)|Good Intentions]]", which was featured on the soundtrack for the television show ''[[Friends]]'', as well as the aforementioned "Brother". The compilation was certified as a [[gold album]] in 2001.

The release of 1997's ''[[Coil (album)|Coil]]'' acted as the proper follow-up to 1994's ''Dulcinea''. Featuring a more electric, rock sound, it featured the modern-rock and mainstream rock hit "[[Come Down (Toad the Wet Sprocket song)|Come Down]]", as well as the singles "Crazy Life" (a previous recording of the song was featured on the soundtrack for the film ''[[Empire Records]]'') and "Whatever I Fear", which did not chart. The album, despite the success of "Come Down" as a single, failed to reach any sales benchmarks. This failure is often attributed to the label doing a poor job of promoting the album.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}

Toad the Wet Sprocket formally broke up in July 1998, citing creative differences.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Toad the Wet Sprocket Call It Quits |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/toad-the-wet-sprocket-call-it-quits-19980727 |access-date=2018-01-18}}</ref>