Red Line (album)

Red Line
Studio album by
Trans Am
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2000
StudioNational Recording Studio
GenrePost-rock
Length73:18
LabelThrill Jockey[1]
Trans Am chronology
Futureworld
(1999) 		Red Line
(2000) 		TA
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Guardian[4]
Pitchfork8.7/10[5]

Red Line is the fifth album by Trans Am, released in 2000.[6][7]

Production

The album was recorded at the band's National Recording Studio.[8] The track "Let's Take The Fresh Step Together" uses a timestretched sample of the default Windows 98 startup sound. Ian Svenonius guests on "Ragged Agenda".[9]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "a sprawling career summary of Trans Am’s myriad obsessions," writing that "the trio stretches out on ambient mood-pieces like the baffling 'Village in Bubbles' and the psychedelic, spacious noise of 'For Now and Forever'."[1] The New York Times wrote that the band "has finally embraced free-form rock with a beat rather than derivative kitsch."[10] SF Weekly thought that "overall the album is a success—dark at times, frenetic at others, but always covered in a sticky layer of garage-sale gunk."[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Trans Am (Philip Manley, Nathan Means, Sebastian Thomson) unless noted:

  1. "Let's Take the Fresh Step Together"
  2. "I Want It All"
  3. "Casual Friday"
  4. "Polizei (Zu spät)"
  5. "Village in Bubbles"
  6. "For Now and Forever"
  7. "Play in the Summer"
  8. "Where Do You Want to Fuck Today?"
  9. "Don't Bundle Me"
  10. "Mr. Simmons"
  11. "Diabolical Cracker"
  12. "I'm Coming Down"
  13. "The Dark Gift"
  14. "Air and Space"
  15. "Talk You All Tight"
  16. "Lunar Landing"
  17. "Bad Cat"
  18. "Slow Response"
  19. "Getting Very Nervous"
  20. "Ragged Agenda" (Ian Svenonius, Trans Am)
  21. "Shady Groove"

Japan release extra tracks

  1. "Ragged Agenda (Spivvy Nice Mix)"
  2. "Grooveship Heights"
  3. "Shady Groove (Good Cat Mix)"

References

  1. ^ a b "Trans Am". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 243.
  4. ^ Poole, Steven (3 Nov 2000). "Friday Review: Music: Pop CD RELEASES: Trans Am Red Line". The Guardian. Friday. p. 25.
  5. ^ Richard-San, Mark (2000-09-05). "Album Reviews: Trans Am: Red Line". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  6. ^ "Thrill Jockey Set Shows Evolution Of Trans Am Band". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 27, 2000 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Buckley, Peter (April 29, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Trans Am | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ^ Jenkins, Mark (14 Dec 2001). "TRANS AM". The Washington Post. p. WW8.
  10. ^ Sisario, Ben (October 1, 2000). "RECORDINGS; Finding Freedom in Free-Form Rock". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ "Trans Am". SF Weekly. September 27, 2000.



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