Melville (album)
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Released | April 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1990, Reaction Studios, Toronto, Ontario | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Label | Green Sprouts | |||
Producer | Michael Phillip Wojewoda | |||
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Melville is the second studio
The album's title was a complex, multilayered reference, meant to simultaneously evoke both writer Herman Melville and the town of Melville, Saskatchewan, as well as Lewis Melville, a frequent collaborator with the band who appeared as a session musician on the album.[3]
The song “You Are Very Star”, a bonus track on the CD release, ends with a hockey announcer’s narration in which the band is presented as a hockey team competing for the league’s top ranking against 13 Engines, Scott B. Sympathy and Tom Cochrane.
In 1996, the Canadian music magazine
Track listing
All songs are credited to the Rheostatics, except where noted.
No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
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1. | "Record Body Count" | Martin Tielli | 1:54 |
2. | "Aliens (Christmas 1988)" | Tielli | 4:17 |
3. | "Northern Wish" (Janet Morassutti, Rheostatics) | Tielli | 4:16 |
4. | "Saskatchewan" | Tielli | 5:56 |
5. | "Horses" | Dave Bidini | 4:47 |
6. | "Christopher" | Tielli | 4:25 |
7. | "Chanson Les Ruelles" | Tim Vesely | 2:49 |
8. | "Lying's Wrong" | Tielli | 2:44 |
9. | "It" | Tielli | 4:29 |
10. | "When Winter Comes" | Bidini, Tielli | 6: 32 |
11. | "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (Gordon Lightfoot) | Vesely | 8:45 |
12. | "You Are Very Star" | Ensemble | 3:28 |
The last two songs are bonus tracks available only on the CD version of the album.
References
- ^ Mitch Potter, "Rheostatics take honest look at their home and native land". Toronto Star, March 15, 1991.
- ^ Bill Reynolds, "Rheostatics show they know how to throw a good party". The Globe and Mail, August 3, 1991.
- ^ Roch Parisien, "Alternative rockers produce a uniquely Canadian musical form". Ottawa Citizen, April 5, 1991.