Released August 19, 2008 Label Barsuk | Length 36:58 Release date 19 August 2008 | |
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Nominations Independent Music Award for Best Album - Pop Similar Ra Ra Riot albums, Indie rock albums | ||
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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, the band released their debut album on August 19, 2008, through Seattle-based indie label Barsuk Records. The album peaked at #109 on the Billboard 200. This album was ranked as the 38th best album of 2008 by Rolling Stone.
Contents
- Ghost under rocks ra ra riot lyrics in description
- Ra ra riot oh la the rhumb line live 4 of 4
- Songs
- Track listing
- Videos
- Personnel
- References
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Songs
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 band mate John Pike, who went missing in June 2007 but was later found dead in Buzzard's Bay.
Track listing
All tracks written by Ra Ra Riot (Wes Miles, Mathieu Santos, Milo Bonacci, Alexandra Lawn, Rebecca Zeller), except where noted.
- "Ghost Under Rocks" (John Pike, Ra Ra Riot) – 4:26
- "Each Year" (John Pike, Ra Ra Riot) – 3:16
- "St. Peter's Day Festival" (John Pike, Wes Miles) – 3:34
- "Winter '05" – 2:57
- "Dying Is Fine" (John Pike, Wes Miles, e. e. cummings) – 3:52
- "Can You Tell" – 2:42
- "Too Too Too Fast" (John Pike, Ra Ra Riot) – 3:46
- "Oh, La" – 4:42
- "Suspended in Gaffa" (Kate Bush) – 3:48
- "Run My Mouth" – 3:58
Videos
Personnel
Songs
1Ghost Under Rocks4:27
2Each Year3:17
3St Peter's Day Festival3:35