Rev is an album by the American band Ultra Vivid Scene, released in 1992.[2][3] It was the band's third and final album. The single, an edited "Blood and Thunder", reached number 27 on the BillboardModern Rock Tracks chart.[4][5] Ultra Vivid Scene supported the album by touring with Grant Lee Buffalo.[6]
The album was produced by Kurt Ralske and Fred Maher.[7] Unlike previous albums, Ralske recorded Rev with many other musicians instead of just going it alone.[8]
Ralske often wrote lyrics while still mostly asleep as he preferred the "naturalness" of the process.[9] "Mirror to Mirror" is about materialism.[10]
The Washington Post praised the "elegance" of the album.[14] The Toronto Star wrote that Rev "has Nick Drake-like melodies, T. Rex-ish riffs, ethereal sliding guitar licks, restless rhythms, silences and explosions."[15] The Chicago Tribune noted that Ralske "seems so juiced to be working with a live rhythm section that he just grooves on and on with little heed paid to pop structure."[13]
12Caro, Mark (March 4, 1993). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p.7.
↑Jenkins, Mark (April 19, 1993). "Ultra Vivid's Bad Scene". The Washington Post. p.C2.
↑Punter, Jennie (April 22, 1993). "Ralske's out of Ultra Vivid studio". Toronto Star. p.WO6.
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