Raise (album)

Raise
Studio album by Swervedriver
Released	September 30, 1991
Genre	Alternative rock, shoegazing
Length	44:55
Label	Creation Records
Producer	Swervedriver
Swervedriver chronology
Raise (1991) Mezcal Head (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.3/10)[2]
PopMatters	[3]
The A.V. Club	A[4]

• For the Earth, Wind & Fire album, see Raise!

Raise is the first studio album by the British alternative rock band, Swervedriver. The album only contained six new songs; "Son of Mustang Ford", "Rave Down" and "Sandblasted" had all appeared on earlier EPs and singles released by the band between 1990 and 1991.

Track listing

1. "Sci-Flyer" – 5:12
2. "Pile-Up" – 3:42
3. "Son of Mustang Ford" – 4:11
4. "Deep Seat" – 6:04
5. "Rave Down" – 5:06
6. "Sunset" – 5:24
7. "Feel So Real" – 4:40
8. "Sandblasted" – 5:41
9. "Lead Me Where You Dare..." – 4:53

Early pressings of the UK LP came with a free 7", which included "Surf Twang" (a 4-track version of "Last Train to Satansville") and "Deep Twang" (a 4-track version of "Deep Seat"), both of which were instrumental.^[5]

Sony BMG reissued the album in 2008 in the UK as a "Remastered and Expanded" edition (Hi-Speed Soul/Second Motion released it in the US in 2009) with four bonus tracks

10. "Hands" – 3:28
11. "Andalucia" – 3:52
12. "Kill the Superheroes" – 6:03
13. "Over" – 5:31

Personnel

• Adam Franklin - guitars and vocals
• Jimmy Hartridge - guitars and vocals
• Adi Vines - bass guitar
• Graham Bonnar - drums

The album was engineered by Philip Ames and mixed by Anjali Dutt.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Pitchfork Media review
5. "Swervedriver Discography".

External links

• Raise at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)