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Strasbourg (song)
"Strasbourg" is a song by English indie rock band the Rakes, from their 2005 debut album, ''Capture/Release''. Released on 27 September 2004, it was the second single taken from the album. It charted on the UK Singles Chart at No. 57. The song was featured in the video game ''FIFA 06 ''FIFA 06'', known as ''FIFA Soccer 06'' in North America, is a football simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label. It was released in the United States on 4 October 2005 for the Pl ...''. Track listing 7" vinyl (B00030NU8G) #"Strasbourg" (2:30) #"Just Got Paid" (1:49) #"Ausland Mission" (3:43) #"T Bone" (3:36) References 2004 songs 2004 singles The Rakes songs Mercury Records singles {{2000s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rakes
The Rakes were an English post-punk band formed in London in 2003. Their first album ''Capture/Release'' released in 2005, received a nine out of ten review in the ''NME'' and was rated 13th best album of the year in the same paper. The band cited in their influences the Specials, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Pulp. The band disbanded in October 2009, after six years. History The Rakes formed in 2002. Their debut album, ''Capture/Release'', spawned the singles "22 Grand Job", "Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)", and "Retreat". Several of their singles appeared in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart and ''Capture/Release'' reached No. 32 in the UK Albums Chart. The final single release from ''Capture/Release'', "All Too Human", was released in the UK on 27 February 2006 and reached their best chart position (No. 22). The Rakes' second album, ''Ten New Messages'', was released by V2 Records on 19 March 2007. This album was produced by Jim Abiss (who has also worked with A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capture/Release
''Capture/Release'' is the debut album by The Rakes, released on 15 August 2005. The album peaked at number 32 on the UK. ''NME'' named it the 13th best album of 2005 and it received a generally positive critical response. It was released in the US on 18 April 2006 with the additional track "All Too Human". Track listing All songs written by Alan Donohoe, Jamie Hornsmith, Lasse Petersen and Matthew Swinnerton. #"Strasbourg" – 2:30 #"Retreat" – 2:58 #"22 Grand Job "22 Grand Job" is the debut single by English indie rock band the Rakes, from their debut album, ''Capture/Release ''Capture/Release'' is the debut album by The Rakes, released on 15 August 2005. The album peaked at number 32 on the UK. '' ..." – 1:46 #"Open Book" – 2:17 #"The Guilt" – 3:47 #"Binary Love" – 3:45 #"We Are All Animals" – 4:08 #"Violent" – 2:34 #"T Bone" – 3:36 #"Terror!" – 2:54 #"Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)" – 4:07 #"All Too Human" (US release) – 3:30 Japanese b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is operated through Republic Records; in the United Kingdom and Japan (as Mercury Tokyo in the latter country), it is distributed by EMI Records. Since the separation of Island Records, Motown, Mercury Records, and Def Jam Recordings combining the Island Def Jam Music Group, Mercury Records has been placed under Island Records, although its back catalogue is still owned by the Island Def Jam Music Group (now Island Records). Background Mercury Records was started in Chicago in 1945 and over several decades, saw great success. The success of Mercury has been attributed to the use of alternative marketing techniques to promote records. The conventional method of record promotion used by major labels such as RCA Victor, Decca Records, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22 Grand Job
"22 Grand Job" is the debut single by English indie rock band the Rakes, from their debut album, ''Capture/Release ''Capture/Release'' is the debut album by The Rakes, released on 15 August 2005. The album peaked at number 32 on the UK. '' NME'' named it the 13th best album of 2005 and it received a generally positive critical response. It was released in ...''. The song did not chart upon its initial release in 2004, but a re-release the following year proved moderately successful, charting in the UK top 40 at number 39. When headlining Brixton Academy in 2007, the Rakes claimed it was their best song to date. Track listings ;CD 1 (B000BCHJWY) #"22 Grand Job" (1:53) #"iProblem" (3:39) ;CD 2 (B000BCHJWE) #"22 Grand Job" (1:53) #"Pass the Metro" (2:39) #"22 Grand Job (Filthy Dukes Society Mix)" (4:25) References 2004 songs 2004 debut singles 2005 singles The Rakes songs V2 Records singles {{2000s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retreat (The Rakes Song)
Retreat or re-treat may refer to: Common uses *Retreat (spiritual), a time taken to reflect or meditate *Retreat (survivalism), a place of refuge for survivalists Military * Retreat (bugle call), a military signal for the end of day, known as "Sunset" in some countries * Retreat (military), a withdrawal of military forces Places Australia * Retreat, Tasmania, a locality in Australia Great Britain *Retreat, County Antrim, a small village in Northern Ireland * The Retreat, the London home of English textile designer, artist, writer and socialist William Morris, who renamed it Kelmscott House South Africa *Retreat, Cape Town United States *Retreat, Indiana *Retreat, Louisiana * Retreat (Port Tobacco, Maryland) *Retreat, New Jersey *Retreat, Texas *Retreat, Wisconsin Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Retreat'' (2011 film), a film starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, and Thandiwe Newton * ''Retreat'' (2013 film), a short film featuring Sophie Stone * ''The Retreat'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rakes
The Rakes were an English post-punk band formed in London in 2003. Their first album ''Capture/Release'' released in 2005, received a nine out of ten review in the ''NME'' and was rated 13th best album of the year in the same paper. The band cited in their influences the Specials, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Pulp. The band disbanded in October 2009, after six years. History The Rakes formed in 2002. Their debut album, ''Capture/Release'', spawned the singles "22 Grand Job", "Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)", and "Retreat". Several of their singles appeared in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart and ''Capture/Release'' reached No. 32 in the UK Albums Chart. The final single release from ''Capture/Release'', "All Too Human", was released in the UK on 27 February 2006 and reached their best chart position (No. 22). The Rakes' second album, ''Ten New Messages'', was released by V2 Records on 19 March 2007. This album was produced by Jim Abiss (who has also worked with A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single (music)
In music, a single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record or an album. One can be released for sale to the public in a variety of formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. In other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. Despite being referred to as a single, in the era of music downloads, singles can include up to as many as three tracks. The biggest digital music distributor, the iTunes Store, accepts as many as three tracks that are less than ten minutes each as a single. Any more than three tracks on a musical release or thirty minutes in total running time is an extended play (EP) or, if over six tracks long, an album. Historically, when mainstream music was purchased via vinyl records, singles would be released double-sided, i.e. there was an A-side and a B-side, on which two songs would appear, one on each si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling Single (music), singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and music streaming, streaming. The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV (Official UK Top 40), is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain across the week, and over 98% of albums. To be eligible for the chart, a Single (music), single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a private company limited by shares jointly owned by BPI and ERA. The Chart Information Network (CIN) took over as compilers of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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