The Unraveling

Infobox Album | Name = The Unraveling
Type = Album
Artist = Rise Against


Released = April 24, 2001 August 23, 2005 (reissue)
Recorded = December 2000
Genre = Hardcore punk Melodic hardcore Punk rock
Length = 40:26
Label = Fat Wreck Chords
Producer = Mass Giorgini
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g5120r1ai48z link]
*Punknews.org Rating|4.5|5 [http://punknews.org/review/201 link]
*Sputnikmusik Rating|4.5|5 [http://sputnikmusik.com/album.php?albumid=4341 link]
Last album = "Transistor Revolt" (2000)
This album = "The Unraveling" (2001)
Next album = "Revolutions Per Minute" (2003) |

"The Unraveling" is the debut album by the Melodic Hardcore band Rise Against, released on April 24, 2001, and produced by punk recordist Mass Giorgini. Fat Wreck Chords reissued "The Unraveling" in 2005, and it was remixed and remastered by Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore, with two bonus songs. It is also the only Rise Against studio album where Tim McIlrath only does lead vocals.

Track listing

# "Alive and Well" – 2:06
# "My Life Inside Your Heart" – 3:02
# "Great Awakening" – 1:35
# "Six Ways 'Til Sunday" – 2:36
# "401 Kill" – 3:19
# "The Art of Losing" – 1:50
# "Remains of Summer Memories" – 1:17
# "The Unraveling" – 3:12
# "Reception Fades" – 2:10
# "Stained Glass and Marble" – 1:36
# "Everchanging" – 3:47
# "Sometimes Selling Out is Giving Up" – 1:09
# "3 Day Weekend" – 1:03
# "1000 Good Intentions" – 3:07
# "Weight of Time" – 2:00
# "Faint Resemblance" – 2:51
# "Join the Ranks"* – 1:26
# "Gethsemane"* – 2:30
*"Join the Ranks" and "Gethsemane" are two bonus tracks, which are not found on original release
*Todd Mohney plays guitar on Gethsemane, not Mr. Precision
*Track 1, "Alive and Well" intro dialogue ("Are You Ready to Rawk?") is Jack Black from the motion picture "The Cable Guy" (1996)
*Track 9, "Reception Fades", includes dialogue from the 1997 film "Henry Fool"

Credits

* Tim McIlrath – lead vocals
* Chris Chasse - guitar, vocals
* Mr. Precision – guitar
* Joe Principe – bass, vocals
* Brandon Barnes – drums

Trivia

*So far, this is the only Rise Against album that has a title track.
*Russ Rankin, lead singer of Only Crime and formerly of the now defunct Santa Cruz, CA. melodic hardcore band Good Riddance, sings on "Weight of Time".