Rave Tapes

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Rave Tapes
Rave tapes cover.jpg
Studio album by
Mogwai
Released20 January 2014
Recorded2013
Studio Castle of Doom (Glasgow, Scotland)
Genre
Length49:03
Label Rock Action
Producer Paul Savage
Mogwai chronology
Les Revenants
(2013)		Rave Tapes
(2014)		 Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1.
(2014)

Rave Tapes is the eighth studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released on 20 January 2014 on Rock Action Records in the UK, and the following day in the USA on Sub Pop. [3] The album was released on vinyl, MC, CD, high resolution digital download and as part of a limited edition box set. In the first week of release the album charted at number 10 in the UK Album Charts and number 2 in the Scottish Album Charts. An EP of unreleased tracks from the Rave Tapes sessions along with remixes of three tracks was released on 1 December 2014 on Rock Action titled Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1.. [4]

Contents

Overview

On 5 August 2013 the band posted an image to Instagram with the caption "1st day in Castle Of Doom recording our new album." [5] On 28 October 2013 the track "Remurdered" was premiered on BBC Radio 6 Music and SoundCloud, [6] and the track listing released. The band debuted six tracks from the album ("Heard About You Last Night", "Master Card", "Blues Hour", "The Lord is Out of Control", "Hexon Bogon" and "Remurdered") during a concert at Cambridge Junction on 28 November, a warm up for their appearance at the final ATP festival. [7] Five days later, an official video for "The Lord is Out of Control" was posted on YouTube. [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Consequence of Sound C+ [12]
Crackle Feedback 8/10 [13]
Exclaim! 9/10 [14]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [15]
Paste 8/10 [16]
Pitchfork (6.0/10) [1]
No Ripcord8/10 [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [17]
This Is Fake DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [18]

At Alternative Press , Robert Ham rated the album four stars out of five, and wrote that the musical sound was softening, while the band "are aging gracefully and brilliantly." [11] Joe Gross of Rolling Stone rated the album three-and-a-half out of five stars, and noted that "Many were born to rock; Mogwai were born to score." [17] Consequence of Sound called the band to likely "stand as the genre’s last immobile pillar" and listed "Remurdered" and "The Lord Is Out of Control" as essential tracks. [12] Buzz & Howl wrote that Rave Tapes "isn’t so much a feverishly urgent collection as it is a contented, worthwhile keepsake" and noted that "krautrock subtly informs much of this album." [19]

Track listing

All songs by Mogwai.

No.TitleLength
1."Heard About You Last Night"5:22
2."Simon Ferocious"4:48
3."Remurdered"6:25
4."Hexon Bogon"2:35
5."Repelish"3:56
6."Master Card"3:57
7."Deesh"5:33
8."Blues Hour"6:17
9."No Medicine for Regret"5:39
10."The Lord Is Out of Control"4:21
Total length:49:03
Box Set Bonus Tracks

A "Box Set" version of the album included three bonus tracks:

No.TitleLength
11."Bad Magician 3"3:32
12."Die 1 Dislike!"5:26
13."Tell Everybody That I Love Them"4:38

Credits

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [20] 10
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [21] 56
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [23] 30
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [24] 78
French Albums (SNEP) [25] 37
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [26] 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [27] 24

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