Pressure & Time

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Pressure & Time
Rival Sons - Pressure and Time.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 28, 2011
Recorded2010-2011
Genre Blues rock, hard rock
Length30:55
Label Earache
Producer Dave Cobb
Rival Sons chronology
Rival Sons-EP
(2011)
Pressure & Time
(2011)
Head Down
(2012)
Singles from Pressure & Time
  1. "Soul"
    Released: 2011
  2. "All Over the Road"
    Released: 2011
  3. "Pressure & Time"
    Released: 2011
  4. "Company Man / Life for This Road"
    Released: 2012

Pressure & Time is the second studio album by American rock band Rival Sons. It was released on June 20, 2011, in the UK and was released in the United States on June 28, 2011, through UK independent label Earache Records. [1] The cover artwork was designed by Storm Thorgerson, [2] who had worked for Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd before. A music video has been released for title track "Pressure & Time", which features the band performing in different backgrounds. The title track was also used as the theme song of the 2013 action-adventure video game Ride to Hell: Retribution , was featured in the movie Swearnet [3] and in the commercial for the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado (reference needed). The track Get Mine was featured in a Jeremiah Weed premium malt beverage television advertising campaign showing an arm wrestling competition. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Altsounds(favorable) [6]
Cinema BlendStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
FasterLouder.com.au(favorable) [9]
Hardrock Haven(9.4/10) [10]
Metal-TempleStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rockfreaks.netStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

AllMusic editor William Ruhlmann noted how the band was an oddity in Earache's mostly death metal roster but gave praise to their musical ability to harken back to late 1960s hard rock reminiscent of Led Zeppelin ("Pressure & Time", "Gypsy Heart") and "Hush"-era Deep Purple ("All Over the Road"), concluding that "anyone who likes that kind of music should overlook the implications of the record label and check out Rival Sons." [5] Joseph Giannone of Cinema Blend was ambivalent towards the record, commending the band's catchy musicianship for capturing late 1960s and 1970s hard rock, but felt it lacked virtuosity and a style to call their own. He singled out the title track, "Gypsy Heart" and "Face of Light" for showcasing the band's potential in their given subgenre and should be used as a blueprint to follow, saying that "instead of concerning themselves with easily digestible music, then maybe this album would have been distinguished." [7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jay Buchanan.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."All Over the Road"Scott Holiday, Jay Buchanan, Robin Everhart2:54
2."Young Love"Buchanan, Holiday, Dave Cobb 3:00
3."Pressure and Time"Holiday, Buchanan, Everhart, Michael Miley3:19
4."Only One"Holiday, Buchanan, Everhart, Cobb3:14
5."Get Mine"Holiday, Buchanan, Cobb2:24
6."Burn Down Los Angeles"Buchanan2:29
7."Save Me"Holiday, Buchanan2:33
8."Gypsy Heart"Holiday, Buchanan, Everhart3:29
9."White Noise"Buchanan, Miley, Cobb3:04
10."Face of Light"Buchanan, Holiday4:29
Total length:30:49
iTunes version [13]
No.TitleLength
11."Company Man"3:13
12."Life for This Road"3:29
Total length:37:31
UK bonus tracks [Limited Edition]
No.TitleLength
11."Torture" 
12."Soul" 
13."Sleepwalker" 
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Sleepwalker" 
Redux Edition/Deluxe Edition
No.TitleLength
11."Company Man" 
12."Life for This Road" 

Personnel

Adapted credits from the liner notes of Pressure & Time. [14]

Rival Sons
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 89
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [16] 34
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 52
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [18] 33
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [19] 19

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