The Black-Eyed Snakes / Rise Up
Artist The Black-Eyed Snakes
Album Title: Rise Up
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Primary Genre Blues: Blues Rock
Format CD
Released 08/19/2003
Label Chairkickers' Music
Catalog No CMK010
Bar Code No 656605801025
Packaging Digipack
Tracks
1. Rise Up! (2:36)
2. Foresight (3:43)
3. Mexican Half-Stick (2:50)
4. Good Woman Blues (1:49)
5. Cornbread (5:21)
6. Red Sheet (0:46)
7. No Good Daddy (8:52)
8. Bo Diddley (3:16)
9. Hillside Stomp (4:58)
10. In A (2:15)
11. Shine-Ola (1:40)
12. Hillside Stomp (Reprise) (1:38)
Date Acquired 07/18/2009
Personal Rating
Acquired from Electric Fetus - Duluth
Purchase Price 13.49

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Analyzed: The Black-Eyed Snakes / Rise Up!
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR6       -0.10 dB    -8.01 dB      2:36 01-Rise Up!
DR6       -0.10 dB    -7.86 dB      3:43 02-Foresight
DR10      -0.10 dB   -12.33 dB      2:50 03-Mexican Half-stick
DR8       -0.10 dB    -9.02 dB      1:49 04-Good Woman Blues
DR10      -0.10 dB   -12.58 dB      5:21 05-Cornbread
DR7       -0.10 dB    -8.15 dB      0:46 06-Red Sheet
DR9       -0.10 dB   -11.71 dB      8:52 07-No Good Daddy
DR7       -0.10 dB    -8.37 dB      3:16 08-Bo Diddley
DR9       -0.10 dB   -12.41 dB      4:58 09-Hillside Stomp
DR6       -3.00 dB   -10.68 dB      2:15 10-In A
DR7       -0.10 dB    -8.22 dB      1:40 11-Shine-ola
DR12      -1.93 dB   -19.04 dB      1:36 12-Hillside Stomp (Reprise)
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR8

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           822 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Todd Kristel

Rise Up! features hard-pounding, heavily distorted, double-drummer-driven blues-punk that's definitely not intended for purists, as the Black-Eyed Snakes' noisy 46-second cover version of Swans' "Red Sheet" and their scraping, screaming sonic meltdown in the middle of the almost nine-minute "No Good Daddy" amply demonstrate. Thankfully, there's less self-conscious irony and posturing here than on the group's debut album, although the band has a running joke of giving itself and everyone else connected with this album down-home nicknames such as "Chicken-Bone" and "Big House." Alan Sparhawk's heavily filtered vocals sound appropriately vigorous and unhinged; they give the band a contemporary feel while fitting well with their relatively abrasive sound. However, his vocals also sound emotionally distant and don't convey much nuance (plus sometimes it's hard to understand what he's saying). Also, there isn't a surfeit of catchy tunes on this album, although that's not really what the band is about anyway. They tend to go for the sledgehammer approach, which is jus' fine if you're in the mood for it.

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