Pressure & Time is the second studio album by American rock band Rival Sons. It was released on June 20, 2011 in the UK and was released in the United States on June 28, 2011 through UK independent label Earache Records.[1] The cover artwork was designed by Storm Thorgerson,[2] who had worked for Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd before. A music video has been released for title track "Pressure & Time", which features the band performing in different backgrounds. The title track was also used as the theme song of the 2013 action-adventure video game Ride to Hell: Retribution.[3] The track Get Mine was featured in a Jeremiah Weed premium malt beverage television advertising campaign showing an arm wrestling competition.[4]
Critical reception
AllMusic editor William Ruhlmann noted how the band was an oddity in Earache's mostly death metal roster but gave praise to their musical ability to harken back to late '60s hard rock reminiscent of Led Zeppelin ("Pressure & Time", "Gypsy Heart") and Hush-era Deep Purple ("All Over the Road"), concluding that "anyone who likes that kind of music should overlook the implications of the record label and check out Rival Sons."[5] Joseph Giannone of Cinema Blend was ambivalent towards the record, commending the band's catchy musicianship for capturing late '60s and '70s hard rock but felt it lacked virtuosity and a style to call their own. He did however singled out the title track, "Gypsy Heart" and "Face of Light" for showcasing the band's potential in their given subgenre and should be used as a blueprint to follow, saying that "instead of concerning themselves with easily digestible music, then maybe this album would have been distinguished."[6]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Jay Buchanan.
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| 1. | "All Over the Road" | Scott Holiday, Jay Buchanan, Robin Everhart | 2:54 |
| 2. | "Young Love" | Buchanan, Holiday, Dave Cobb | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Pressure & Time" | Holiday, Buchanan, Everhart, Michael Miley | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Only One" | Holiday, Buchanan, Everhart, Cobb | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Get Mine" | Holiday, Buchanan, Cobb | 2:24 |
| 6. | "Burn Down Los Angeles" | Buchanan | 2:29 |
| 7. | "Save Me" | Holiday, Buchanan | 2:33 |
| 8. | "Gypsy Heart" | Holiday, Buchanan, Everhart | 3:29 |
| 9. | "White Noise" | Buchanan, Miley, Cobb | 3:04 |
| 10. | "Face of Light" | Buchanan, Holiday | 4:29 |
| Total length: | 30:49 |
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| 11. | "Company Man" | 3:13 |
| 12. | "Life for This Road" | 3:29 |
| Total length: | 37:31 |
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| 11. | "Torture" | |
| 12. | "Soul" | |
| 13. | "Sleepwalker" | |
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| 11. | "Company Man" | |
| 12. | "Life for This Road" | |
Personnel
Adapted credits from the liner notes of Pressure & Time.[9]
- Rival Sons
- Jay Buchanan – vocals
- Scott Holiday – guitar
- Robin Everhart – bass
- Michael Miley – drums
- Additional musicians
- Arlan Shierbaum – Wurlitzer, B3 ("Only One" and "Face of Light")
- Production
- Dave Cobb – production
- Pete DiRado – recording, engineering
- Mark Rains – mixing
- Pete Lyman – mastering
References
- ↑ Rival Sons
- ↑ Davies, Danni. "Rival Sons reveal artwork". Resonance UK. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ↑ High Voltage Festival
- 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Pressure & Time - Rival Sons". AllMusic. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- 1 2 Giannone, Joseph (July 29, 2011). "Album Review: Rival Sons Pressure & Time". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
- ↑ Empire, Kitty (June 19, 2011). "Rival Sons: Pressure & Time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- ↑
- ↑ Pressure & Time (booklet). Rival Sons. Earache. 2011. ERL-CD-5550.
