Sticks and Stones and Broken Bones is an album by the American band the Toll, released in 1991.
[2] The band supported the album by touring with the Ramones.
[4] The Washington Post wrote that "the Toll has succeeded in fashioning a thoroughly mainstream American-rock sound that's subtly enlivened by deft borrowings from Britain.
"[7] The Chicago Tribune noted that the "producer Matt Wallace also has worked with the Replacements and Faith No More, and The Toll fits perfectly midway between those two bands.
"[6] The Roanoke Times opined that the "music is middle-of-the-road: heavy enough to satisfy headbangers but not blaring enough to produce headaches.