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

The Rhumb Lineis the debutLPfor theSyracuse-basedindie rockbandRa Ra Riot.Recorded in late 2007 withRyan HadlockinWoodinville, WA,[8]the band released their debut album on August 19, 2008, throughSeattle-based indie labelBarsuk Records.[9]The album peaked at #109 on theBillboard200.This album was ranked as the 38th best album of 2008 byRolling Stone.

Songs

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The track listing includes theKate Bushcover "Suspended in Gaffa".Other songs," Ghost Under Rocks "," Each Year ","Dying Is Fine",and" Can You Tell ", previously appeared on the band's 2007self-titled EP.Also, during aWOXY.comLounge Actsession (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 aboutHarper Lee'sTo Kill a Mockingbirdand "Dying Is Fine" using the poem byE.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 inBuzzard's Bay.The album was named after The Rhumb Line, a bar inGloucester, Massachusettsthat is referenced in the lyrics of "St. Peter's Day Festival".[10]

Track listing

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All tracks written byRa 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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  • "Dying Is Fine"onYouTube:Directed by Albert Birney, Nicholas Gurewitch, and Jon Moses.
  • "Ghost Under Rocks": Directed byBrian Savelson.
  • "Can You Tell": Directed by Taryn Gould and Emily Kowalczyk.

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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  1. ^"The Rhumb Line by Ra Ra Riot".Metacritic.Retrieved1 October2016.
  2. ^Allmusic review
  3. ^"Album Review: Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line".Archived fromthe originalon 7 December 2008.Retrieved1 October2016.
  4. ^"The Rhumb Line - EW.com".Entertainment Weekly.Archived fromthe originalon January 22, 2013.Retrieved1 October2016.
  5. ^"musicOMH review".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-10-02.Retrieved2008-10-03.
  6. ^"Ra Ra Riot: The Rhumb Line Album Review - Pitchfork".Pitchfork.Retrieved1 October2016.
  7. ^"Rolling Stone review".Rolling Stone.Archived from the original on August 21, 2008.Retrieved2008-08-07.{{cite magazine}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^Backbeat Online,"Q&A with Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot"Archived2011-10-01 at theWayback MachineDenver Westword,June 11, 2008.
  9. ^Dave Maher,"Ra Ra Riot Sign to Barsuk, Reveal Debut Album"[permanent dead link],Pitchfork Media,June 6, 2008.
  10. ^Muraviyova, Kat (10 August 2018)."Interview: Ra Ra Riot".Sound of Boston - Boston Music Blog.Retrieved30 August2020.
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