Travel On, Rider

Travel On, Rider is the fifth studio album by Columbus, Ohio-based rock band Scrawl. It was released in 1996 on Elektra Records, making it the band's major-label debut. It was produced by Steve Albini and Jeff Powell.[1]

Travel On, Rider
Studio album by
Released1996
GenreRock
Length40:32
LabelElektra
ProducerSteve Albini
Jeff Powell
Scrawl chronology
Velvet Hammer
(1993)
Travel On, Rider
(1996)
Nature Film
(1998)

In a favorable review, Gina Arnold wrote that "although Travel On, Rider...is by far the best album of [Scrawl's] career, it is also the band's most difficult." She also described the album as "the Ladies to the [Afghan] Whigs' 1993 tour de force Gentlemen.[2] Andy Kellman gave Travel On, Rider 3 and a half stars out of 5, writing, "Without sacrificing the band's rough edges, Steve Albini's and Jeff Powell's recording and engineering give the band it's [sic] most polished sound yet, but it doesn't make their songs -- still bitter, still pessimistic, still sad -- suffer for it."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(1-star Honorable Mention)[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Track listing

  1. "Good Under Pressure" – 3:39
  2. "The Garden Path" – 3:11
  3. "I'm Not Stuck" – 4:23
  4. "From Deep Inside Her" – 2:49
  5. "Story Musgrave" – 4:46
  6. "Easy On Her Mind" – 2:46
  7. "Hunting Me Down" – 2:27
  8. "Louis L'Amour" – 3:12
  9. "Come Back Then" – 2:49
  10. "He Cleaned Up" – 3:09
  11. "Story Musgrave (At The Piano)" – 3:39
  12. "What Did We Give Away?" – 3:46

References

  1. Jenkins, Mark (1996-09-27). "SCRAPPY SCRAWL". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  2. Arnold, Gina (1996-08-29). "One From the Heart". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  3. Kellman, Andy. "Travel On, Rider - Scrawl". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  4. Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Scrawl: Travel On, Rider". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 315.
  6. McDonnell, Evelyn (1996). "Scrawl, Travel On, Rider". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2002-03-05. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
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