Capture/Release

Capture/Release
Studio album by The Rakes
Released	15 August 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Post-punk revival
Length	41:23
Label	V2 Records
Producer	Paul Epworth, The Rakes
The Rakes chronology
Capture/Release (2005) Ten New Messages (2007)
Singles from Capture/Release
"22 Grand Job" Released: 3 May 2004 "Strasbourg" Released: 27 September 2004 "Retreat" Released: 18 April 2005 "Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)" Released: 1 August 2005 "22 Grand Job" Released: 31 October 2005 (reissue) "All Too Human" Released: 27 February 2006

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
NME	(9/10) link
Drowned in Sound	(9/10) link
Robert Christgau	A− link
Tiny Mix Tapes	link
Playlouder	link
Dot Music	(7/10) link
Pitchfork	(6.3/10) link
The Guardian	link
PopMatters	(4/10) link

Capture/Release is the debut album by The Rakes, released on 15 August 2005. The album peaked at number 32 on the UK. NME named it the 13th best album of 2005 and received general critical acclaim. It was released in the US on 18 April 2006 with the additional track "All Too Human".

Track listing

All songs written by Alan Donohoe, Jamie Hornsmith, Lasse Petersen and Matthew Swinnerton.

1. "Strasbourg" – 2:30
2. "Retreat" – 2:58
3. "22 Grand Job" – 1:46
4. "Open Book" – 2:17
5. "The Guilt" – 3:47
6. "Binary Love" – 3:45
7. "We Are All Animals" – 4:08
8. "Violent" – 2:34
9. "T Bone" – 3:36
10. "Terror!" – 2:54
11. "Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)" – 4:07
12. "All Too Human" (US release) – 3:30

Media usage

"We Are All Animals" features in the documentary One Night in Turin, a film about the England national football team's 1990 World Cup campaign in Italy.

"Open Book" is a playable track in the video game Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party. "Terror!" appears in the 2008 video game Saints Row 2.

Personnel

• Alan Donohoe – vocals
• Jamie Hornsmith – bass guitar
• Lasse Petersen – drums
• Matthew Swinnerton – lead guitar