The Rhumb Line

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The Rhumb Line
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Studio album by
Ra Ra Riot
ReleasedAugust 19, 2008
RecordedBear Creek Studio, Seattle (December, 2007)
GenreIndie rock, indie pop
Length36:58
LabelBarsuk
ProducerRyan Hadlock
Ra Ra Riot chronology
Ra Ra Riot
(2007) 		The Rhumb Line
(2008) 		The Orchard
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStar[2]
Drowned In Sound(8/10)[3]
Entertainment Weekly(A−)[4]
musicOMHStarStarStarStarHalf star[5]
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10)[6]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar[7]

The Rhumb Line is the debut LP for the Syracuse-based indie rock band Ra Ra Riot. Recorded in late 2007 with Ryan Hadlock in Woodinville, WA,[8] the band released their debut album on August 19, 2008, through Seattle-based indie label Barsuk Records.[9] The album peaked at #109 on the Billboard 200. This album was ranked as the 38th best album of 2008 by Rolling Stone.

Songs

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The track listing includes the Kate Bush cover "Suspended in Gaffa". Other songs, "Ghost Under Rocks", "Each Year", "Dying Is Fine", and "Can You Tell", previously appeared on the band's 2007 self-titled EP. Also, during a WOXY.com Lounge Act session (January 30, 2008), the band showcased "Too Too Too Fast", "Oh, La", and "Run My Mouth". Several of the songs contained in the album are literary references such as "Each Year" which appears to be written about Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and "Dying Is Fine" using the poem by E. E. Cummings. "St. Peter's Day Festival" commemorates the loss of bandmate John Pike, who went missing in June 2007 but was later found dead in Buzzard's Bay. The album was named after The Rhumb Line, a bar in Gloucester, Massachusetts that is referenced in the lyrics of "St. Peter's Day Festival".[10]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Ra Ra Riot (Wes Miles, Mathieu Santos, Milo Bonacci, Alexandra Lawn, Rebecca Zeller), except where noted.

  1. "Ghost Under Rocks" (John Pike, Ra Ra Riot) – 4:26
  2. "Each Year" (John Pike, Ra Ra Riot) – 3:16
  3. "St. Peter's Day Festival" (John Pike, Wes Miles) – 3:34
  4. "Winter '05" – 2:57
  5. "Dying Is Fine" (John Pike, Wes Miles, E. E. Cummings) – 3:52
  6. "Can You Tell" – 2:42
  7. "Too Too Too Fast" (John Pike, Ra Ra Riot) – 3:46
  8. "Oh, La" – 4:42
  9. "Suspended in Gaffa" (Kate Bush) – 3:48
  10. "Run My Mouth" – 3:58.

Videos

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Personnel

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  • Wes Miles – vocals, keyboards
  • Mathieu Santos – bass guitar
  • Milo Bonacci – guitar
  • Rebecca Zeller – violin
  • Alexandra Lawn – cello
  • Cameron Wisch – drums

References

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  8. ^ Backbeat Online, "Q&A with Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot" Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Denver Westword, June 11, 2008.
  9. ^ Dave Maher, "Ra Ra Riot Sign to Barsuk, Reveal Debut Album"[permanent dead link], Pitchfork Media, June 6, 2008.
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