Okemah and the Melody of Riot

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Okemah and the Melody of Riot
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Studio album by
Son Volt
ReleasedOctober 5, 2005
RecordedOctober 12–26, 2004
StudioSt. Louis
Genre Alternative country
Length46:20
Label Transmit Sounds
Producer Jay Farrar
Son Volt chronology
Wide Swing Tremolo
(1998)		Okemah and the Melody of Riot
(2005)		 The Search
(2007)

Okemah and the Melody of Riot is the fourth album by alt-country band Son Volt. It was released on October 5, 2005.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 7/10 [1]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Stylus Magazine B− [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

The album has a score of 72 out of 100 from Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1] Trouser Press gave the album a very favorable review and called it "A stunning return to form." [10] The A.V. Club gave it a favorable review and said of Jay Farrar, "Even when his overintellectualized lyrics smear into a palette of industrial gray, the guitars provide a strong human heartbeat." [11] NME gave it a score of seven out of ten and said that "Farrar has the passion to carry the songs beyond any hackneyed themes." [1] Other reviews are average or mixed: Mojo gave the album three stars out of five and said, "By focusing on the temporal, [Farrar] reduces himself to simple protest music rather than timeless folk." [1] The New York Times gave it an average review and said, "The band's underlying, stubborn seriousness, and nearly Amish unwillingness to change, creates its appeal." [12] Blender , however, gave it two stars out of five and said that Farrar had "never tried so actively to fuse prescriptive politics into [the] mix, and the move feels suspect." [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Jay Farrar.

  1. "Bandages & Scars" – 3:23
  2. "Afterglow 61" – 2:48
  3. "Jet Pilot" – 3:12
  4. "Atmosphere" – 3:50
  5. "Ipecac" – 3:29
  6. "Who" – 4:02
  7. "Endless War" – 4:25
  8. "Medication" – 5:00
  9. "6 String Belief" – 3:16
  10. "Gramophone" – 3:09
  11. "Chaos Streams" – 3:52
  12. "World Waits for You" – 4:08
  13. "World Waits for You (Reprise)" – 1:56

2018 Deluxe Edition

  1. "Exurbia"
  2. "Joe Citizen Blues"
  3. "Anacostia"
  4. "Afterglow 61" (Live)
  5. "Gramophone" (Live)
  6. "Ipecac" (Live)
  7. "Bandages & Scars" (Live)
  8. "Atmosphere" (Live)
  9. "Medication" (Live)

[13]

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Critic Reviews for Okemah And The Melody Of Riot". Metacritic . Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  2. ↑ Okemah and the Melody of Riot at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Pastorek, Whitney (2005-07-15). "Okemah and the Melody of Riot Review". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on May 25, 2007. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  4. ↑ Hochman, Steve (2005-07-10). "Plain-spoken to a fault". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  5. ↑ Deusner, Stephen M. (2005-07-14). "Son Volt: Okemah and the Melody of Riot". Pitchfork . Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  6. ↑ Horan, Mark (2005-07-20). "Son Volt: Okemah and the Melody of Riot". PopMatters . Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  7. ↑ Hoard, Christian (2005-07-18). "Okemah And The Melody Of Riot : Son Volt : Review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  8. ↑ Keefe, Jonathan (2005-07-11). "Son Volt: Okemah And The Melody Of Riot". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  9. ↑ Funk, Peter (2005-07-21). "Son Volt - Okemah And The Melody of Riot - Review". Stylus Magazine . Retrieved 2013-06-12.
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  13. ↑ "SON VOLT - Okemah and the Melody of Riot Deluxe Double CD".
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