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| Released | 26 February 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited | |||
| Producer | Mike Peters | |||
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Rise is the third solo album by Mike Peters.
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| Released | 26 February 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited | |||
| Producer | Mike Peters | |||
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Rise is the third solo album by Mike Peters.
All songs were written by Peters, except "In Circles", which was co-written by Peters and Billy Duffy.
To promote the album in the US, a compact disc release was made available for the complete album. This edition included three tracks not released in the UK:
There was also another compact disc release for the US only titled "Mike Peters Sampler" containing:
The North American release of the album included three tracks not released in the UK:
Peters' describes In Circles as about living in the present, stopping to appreciate the here and the now. It's about life as the best drug available and the human being as the most interesting lifeform in the universe. Peters was kicking the song around in a minor key when Billy Duffy suggested the major key. Peters wrote the chorus and the lyrics whilst on tour in France.
Transcendental began life as a Jules Jones composition based around the main piano melody and verse. Peters later added the bridge and chorus. The song was first demoed using harmonica and acoustic guitar but when it entered the second phase using the band, it was decided to get as close to the original piano feel as possible. To this end Peters experimented with an old electric piano, and then came across the 'Procol Harum' organ sound. The drums were recorded using only one microphone and a lot of compression to achieve that authentic sound and mixed in with a trip hop loop.
High on the Hill is dedicated to Chris Anderson who was a great friend of Peters. Anderson was a great source of encouragement and faith when Peters Himself was diagnosed, and subsequently cleared, of having cancer. Later, Anderson was himself diagnosed with the illness not long after Peters received the all clear. Anderson died shortly before the recording of the 'Rise' album. Peters dedicated 'High On The Hill' to Anderson and also used his guitar to record the song with. His family were all present for the recording session.
Peters describes The Wasting Land as a requiem of lost opportunity.
In Burnout Syndrome Duffy strapped on his guitar and lashed into a solo. Duffy even blew the amps during the last bar of the song and listeners can actually hear the electronics burning out in the recording of the song.
Peters completed a UK tour with band members James Stevenson on guitar (Gene Loves Jezebel), Craig Adams on bass (Sisters of Mercy, The Mission, Cult) and Johnny Donnelly on drums (The Saw Doctors).
The tour kicked off with the now traditional event "The Gathering" in Llandudno.
Rise Tour UK 1998
January
February
In 1999 Peters released a double compact disc edition of the album titled "Rise demos" (also referred to as "mikepeters.rise. demos")via His own 21st Century label.
This featured the ‘Rise’ album tracks at 3 different stages:
Track listing was as follows:
Acoustic
Electric
Peters stated on 30 March 1999 regarding this release:
"Where does an album begin and when is an album finished? Personally, I never try to think I am working on a specific album as such, I never stop writing songs for starters, my whole life seems to revolve around one huge album with each title merely a snapshot of my experiences along the way. You see, songwriting is my passion, I like nothing better than attempting to fit words to music and music to words. I do it for many reasons, but for the most part I do it because I enjoy it. To be able to record something that has been created out of nothing and share it with someone else is a wonderful experience.
To make a new album, I try and write as many songs as possible without putting my own ‘self’ in the way of the creative process until certain themes begin to reveal themselves and can collectively be heard as a complete album. Sometimes, I feel like I am working in the dark, compelled towards some unspecified goal. Sometimes, I have begun only to find I have finished. Sometimes, a whole universe can be opened up where at first I sensed nothing. Sometimes what is right can be revealed by what is wrong. When putting together this collection of "mikepeters.rise. demos", I decided to present the songs in the order that they were recorded.
I hope in this way, you can hear everything in the sequence that I first heard it, and maybe begin to understand the excitement I felt, as the "Rise" album was revealed to me."
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