Wonderful Rainbow

Infobox Album |
Name = Wonderful Rainbow
Type = Album
Artist = Lightning Bolt


Released = March 4, 2003
Recorded = Providence, Rhode Island
Costa Mesa, California
Genre = Noise rock
Length = 41:40
Label = Load Records – LOAD #41
Producer = Dave Auchenbach
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:30qpg40ztv5z link]
*Pitchfork (8.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19397-wonderful-rainbow link]
*Tiny Mix Tapes rating|5|5 [http://www.tinymixtapes.com/musicreviews/l/lightning_bolt.htm link]
*The Stranger rating|4|4 [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=13405 link]
*Stylus Magazine (A) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/lightning-bolt/wonderful-rainbow.htm link]
Last album = "Ride the Skies"
(2001)
This album = "Wonderful Rainbow"
(2003)
Next album = "Hypermagic Mountain"
(2005)

"Wonderful Rainbow" is the third album by noise rock band Lightning Bolt. It is considered to be their most accessible album, featuring heavy but catchy bass guitar riffs and frenetic drums.

Track #3 "Dracula Mountain," has been [http://www.laserbeast.com/mp3s/Muse_-_Dracula_Mountain.mp3 covered live] by the U.K. rock band Muse, who used the song to open their two Earl's Court concerts in London, 2004. The cover includes numerous deviations from the original track, most notably being shorter and at a slower tempo. Muse has expressed admiration for Lightning Bolt in interviews [http://www.diskant.net/weblog/2005/02/muse-cover-lightning-bolt-interviewer.htm] , but with an apparently confused understanding of geography, describing Lightning Bolt as being from Boston - the band is from Providence, Rhode Island

Critical response to "Wonderful Rainbow" was generally favorable, with an average of 81% based on 13 reviews on "Metacritic". [cite web
url = http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/lightningbolt/wonderfulrainbow?q=lightning%20bolt
publisher = "Metacritic"
title = Wonderful Rainbow – Lightning Bolt
accessdate = 2008-01-14]

Track listing

#"Hello Morning" – 0:55
#"Assassins" – 3:43
#"Dracula Mountain" – 5:11
#"2 Towers" – 7:08
#"On Fire" – 4:42
#"Crown of Storms" – 5:09
#"Longstockings" – 3:17
#"Wonderful Rainbow" – 1:29
#"30,000 Monkies" – 3:50
#"Duel in the Deep" – 6:16

Album personnel

*Brian Chippendale – drums and vocals
*Brian Gibson – bass guitar
*Dave Auchenbach – recording engineer
*Mike McHugh – recording engineer
*Jeff Lipton – mastering
*John Golden – vinyl mastering

References

External links

* [http://laserbeast.com/ Lightning Bolt official website]
* [http://www.loadrecords.com/bands/bolt.html Lightning Bolt at Load Records]