| Artist |
Mogwai |
| Album Title: |
Rock Action |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Art Rock |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
04/24/2001 |
| Label |
Matador Records |
| Catalog No |
OLE 490-2 |
| Bar Code No |
7 44861 04902 9 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Sine Wave (4:55)
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| 2.
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Take Me Somwhere Nice (6:57)
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| 3.
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O I Sleep (0:55)
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| 4.
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Dial: Revenge (3:28)
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| 5.
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You Don't Know Jesus (8:02)
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| 6.
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Robot Chant (1:03)
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| 7.
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2 Rights Make 1 Wrong (9:31)
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| 8.
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Secret Pint (3:37)
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| Date Acquired |
05/11/2001 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
16.00 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
A transparent plastic sheet is placed between booklet cover and case. The sheet has the band name and album title printed in black. Booklet cover page and transparent sheet forms cover image together. Standard CD jewel case with clear tray.
16-page fold-out cover booklet (8 pages each side) with band photos, artwork and credits.
Recorded and mixed at Tarbox Rd Studios, Cassadaga, NY.
Additional recording at Cava Studios, Glasgow, and Sorcerer Sound, NY.
Published by Chrysalis Music except track 4, Universal Music Publishing.
℗ PIAS Recordings/Southpaw Recordings 2001 © PIAS Recordings/Southpaw Recordings 2001
Manufactured under license in the U.S.A. and Canada by Matador Records
Design, Artwork – Vella Design
Engineer [Assistant: Cava Studios] – Willie Deans
Engineer [Assistant: Sorcerer Sound] – Bill Racine
Performer [Mogwai Are] – Barry Burns, Dominic Aitchison, John Cummings, Martin Bulloch, Stuart Leslie Braithwaite
Photography By – Steve Gullick
Producer, Mixed By – Dave Fridmann
Recorded By – Dave Fridmann, Tony Doogan
Songwriter [All Songs] – Mogwai
Licensed To – Matador Records
Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – Y15267
Phonographic Copyright (p) – [PIAS] Recordings
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Southpaw Recordings
Copyright (c) – [PIAS] Recordings
Copyright (c) – Southpaw Recordings
Published By – Chrysalis Music
Published By – Universal Music Publishing
Recorded At – Tarbox Road Studios
Recorded At – Cava Studios
Recorded At – Sorcerer Sound
Mixed At – Tarbox Road Studios
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Analyzed: Mogwai / Rock Action
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.10 dB -11.34 dB 4:55 01 - Sine Wave
DR6 -0.10 dB -8.26 dB 6:57 02 - Take Me Somewhere Nice
DR10 -2.12 dB -14.80 dB 0:56 03 - O I Sleep
DR6 -0.10 dB -8.56 dB 3:28 04 - Dial: Revenge
DR6 -0.10 dB -8.97 dB 8:03 05 - You Don't Know Jesus
DR7 -2.08 dB -11.36 dB 1:04 06 - Robot Chant
DR7 -0.10 dB -10.07 dB 9:31 07 - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
DR8 -0.10 dB -9.91 dB 3:37 08 - Secret Pint
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR7
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 739 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
AllMusic Review by Heather Phares:
Sripping away much of the noodling and noise of their earlier work in favor of tighter structures, more immediate melodies, and vocals, on Rock Action Mogwai recaptures the excitement that surrounded their first releases. Like so many groups stuck with the post-rock tag, Mogwai needed a way to expand beyond the term without changing their sound completely, and aided by guests like producer Dave Fridmann and Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys, they've found it. Rock Action incorporates bristling distortion, propulsive drums, and electronic textures similar to Tortoise's Standards -- particularly on the opening track "Sine Wave" -- but the album's most remarkable moments revisit and reinvent more traditional sounds. Buoyed by lush string arrangements and Fridmann's detailed, warm production, the brooding ballads "Take Me Somewhere Nice" and "Dial: Revenge" couldn't be further from "rock action," but they display the album's refreshing restraint and immediacy. In particular, "Dial: Revenge" -- so named because "dial" is the Welsh word for "revenge" -- benefits from Rhys' emotive yet cryptic vocals in his mother tongue, but the general emphasis on vocals adds to the album's organic, emotive feel. Nowhere is this more evident than the nine-minute epic "2 Rights Make One Wrong": With its lush layers of brass, strings, banjo, guitars, and vocals, it sounds like the rock-oriented cousin of Jim O'Rourke's pocket symphonies. Meanwhile, "You Don't Know Jesus" uses its eight-minute length to reaffirm that the group is still at the top of its game when it comes to guitar-driven catharsis. "Secret Pint" sends the album out on a serene note, proving that in the proper hands, the quietest ballad is just as commanding as the loudest rock action; Rock Action shows that Mogwai have mastered both styles.
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