Rites of Spring (album)
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| Released | June 1985 | |||
| Recorded | February 1985 | |||
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| Length | 37:32 | |||
| Label | Dischord | |||
| Producer | Ian Mackaye | |||
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Rites of Spring is the only studio album by American post-hardcore band Rites of Spring. It was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in February 1985 and released on vinyl in June 1985 as Dischord Records #16. The album was produced by Ian MacKaye and contains twelve songs.
The album was re-released on CD and cassette in 1987, with an additional track from the same session, "Other Way Around", as well as the four songs from the Rites' follow-up EP, All Through a Life (track 14–17), recorded January 1986 and released in 1987 (Dischord #22). End on End features the same cover as the debut album.
Music
Influenced by The Faith, Rites of Spring continued to combine desperate introspective lyrics with angry melody-tinged songwriting that moved even further from the hardcore punk formula.[1]
Reception
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The album was listed at number 30 on Kurt Cobain's top 50 favorite albums.[3][4] Pitchfork online magazine ranked it number 96 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1980s.[5] It has appeared on various best-of emo album lists by Consequence of Sound,[6] Kerrang!,[7] LA Weekly,[8] and Rolling Stone,[9] as well as by journalists Leslie Simon and Trevor Kelley in their book Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture (2007).[10] Metal Hammer named the album in their list of "the 10 essential post-hardcore albums."[11]
Kelefa Sanneh described it as, "The first emo album, and still one of the greatest. It was a volatile album, with Picciotto screaming lyrics that a different singer may have chosen to whisper.[12]
Track listing
All songs written by Rites of Spring.
Side one
- "Spring" – 2:09
- "Deeper Than Inside" – 2:17
- "For Want Of" – 3:09
- "Hain's Point" – 2:08
- "All There Is" – 2:54
- "Drink Deep" – 4:54
Side two
- "Theme" – 2:19
- "By Design" – 2:38
- "Remainder" – 2:30
- "Persistent Vision" – 2:21
- "Nudes" – 2:48
- "End On End" – 7:23
Personnel
Rites of Spring
- Guy Picciotto – vocals, guitar
- Eddie Janney – guitar
- Mike Fellows – bass
- Brendan Canty – drums
Additional performers
Production
- Ian MacKaye – production
- Michael Hampton – production
References
Citations
- ^ "Subject to Change 12" EP". Kill from the Heart. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ^ Kantor, Matt. "End on End - Rites of Spring | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE]". Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ Cross, Charles; Gaar, Gillian G.; Gendron, Bob; Yarm, Mark; Martens, Todd (2013). Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-7603-4521-4.
- ^ "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. November 21, 2002. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
- ^ Chelosky, Danielle (March 2, 2020). "10 Emo Albums Every Music Fan Should Own". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on March 8, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ De Freitas, Ryan (May 12, 2020). "The 20 Best Pre-2000s Emo Albums". Kerrang!. Archived from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
- ^ "Top 20 Emo Albums in History: Complete List". LA Weekly. October 10, 2013. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 4, 2019. Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ Simon; Kelley 2007, p. 167
- ^ Johnston, Emma (September 28, 2016). "The 10 essential post-hardcore albums". Metal Hammer. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ Kelefa Sanneh (2021). Major Labels. Canongate. p. 268. ISBN 9781838855932.
Sources
- Simon, Leslie; Kelley, Trevor (2007). Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. New York City: HarperEntertainment. ISBN 978-0-06-119539-6.