''Raise'' is the debut studio album by English
alternative rock
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band
Swervedriver
Swervedriver are an English alternative rock band formed in Oxford in 1989 around core members Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge. Between 1989 and 1998, the band released four studio albums and numerous EPs and singles despite a considerable f ...
. It was released on 30 September 1991 by
Creation Records
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. The album contained six new songs; "
Son of Mustang Ford", "
Rave Down" and "
Sandblasted
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" had all appeared on earlier
EPs and singles released by the band between 1990 and 1991.
Early pressings of the UK LP came with a free 7", which included the instrumental tracks "Surf Twang" (a
4-track version of "Last Train to Satansville") and "Deep Twang" (a 4-track version of "Deep Seat"). The album was reissued as a remastered and expanded edition with four bonus tracks in 2008 by
Sony BMG
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in the United Kingdom and in 2009 by Hi-Speed Soul and
Second Motion Records
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in the United States.
In 2016, ''
Pitchfork
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The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to th ...
'' ranked ''Raise'' at number 15 on its list of "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time".
Track listing
Personnel
Credits for ''Raise'' adapted from liner notes.
Swervedriver
*
Adam Franklin
Adam Franklin (born 7 October 1968) is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter who is the front-man of the alternative rock band Swervedriver (1989–99, 2007–present) as well as the main creative force behind Toshack Highway (1999–2006 ...
– guitar, vocals
* Jimmy Hartridge – guitar, vocals
* Adi Vines – bass
* Graham Bonnar – drums
Production
* Swervedriver – arrangement, production
* Arnie Acosta – mastering
* Philip Ames – engineering
* Anjali Dutt – mixing
Design
* Designland – sleeve design
Charts
References
External links
''Raise''at
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(streamed copy where licensed)
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1991 debut albums
Swervedriver albums
Creation Records albums