Rise and Fall (The Warlocks album)

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Rise and Fall
Warlocks riseandfall.jpg
Studio album by
Released2001
StudioCatasonic Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre
Length58:22
Label Bomp! [1]
Producer Rod Cervera
The Warlocks chronology
The Warlocks
(2000)
Rise and Fall
(2001)
Phoenix
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Stylus Magazine B [3]

Rise and Fall is the first album by American neo-psychedelic rock band the Warlocks. [4] [5] It was released by Bomp! Records in 2001.

Contents

Content

The album has been compared to early Pink Floyd [2] and also to the work of the Velvet Underground and more recent space rock acts, such as Spacemen 3.[ citation needed ]

The UK version of the album features a different track selection and ordering, modified to include tracks from the Warlocks' previous self-titled EP. The album's experimental structure, opening on the US version with a fourteen-minute instrumental and featuring a number of rough jams, would surprise and divide critics, both being remarked on as a highlight,[ citation needed ] while also being panned as not translating well from live performance to the studio.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

  1. "Jam of the Witches"
  2. "House of Glass"
  3. "Skull Death Drum Jam"
  4. "Whips of Mercy"
  5. "Song for Nico"
  6. "Left and Right of the Moon"
  7. "Motorcycles"
  8. "Heavy Bomber"
  9. "Laser Beam"
UK version
  1. "Song for Nico"
  2. "Cocaine Blues"
  3. "Caveman Rock"
  4. "Skull Death Drum Jam"
  5. "Jam of the Witches"
  6. "House of Glass"
  7. "Whips of Mercy"
  8. "Motorcycles"
  9. "Jam of the Zombies"

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