Rusty

Rodan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 1994)
• Original Release Date: April 5, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Quarter Stick
• ASIN: B0000037ND
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,734 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 4-MAR-1994

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece of the School of Loud and Quiet, January 28, 2001

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John Carswell "sweetgeorgiabreezes.wordpress.com" (Franklin, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rusty (Audio CD)

This album changed my view of music forever. Before I understood nothing of patience with music, of letting a theme develop, of any song structure that was different from verse-chorus-verse...but the day I made this purchase was a fateful one indeed. Throughout its forty-two minute duration, the band members and producer Bob Weston craft unimagined soundscapes, pull meditative melodies from spare arrangements, assault the senses with aggressiveness unknown to any type of rock music, and create an air of haunting mystery that can only leave the listener addicted. It happened to me, people.

All of the songs stand alone themselves..."Bible Silver Corner" is the plaintive opening instrumental, deceptively introducing a mood that is both comforting and disturbing at the same time..."The Everyday World of Bodies" is Rodan's epic signature tune, with it's army of vocalists weaving together a mysterious story of love, betrayal, life, and death..."Gauge" is, in my opinion, one of the greatest rock songs ever written...the song manages to go everywhere in seven minutes but maintain a cohesiveness and pensive beauty throughout.

However, the thing you notice most on first listen will be the overall unity of the album. Weston aided the band in bringing these songs together as one...the track order coupled with the brilliant use of feedback ties the songs together into one work of art rather than several.

If you are a fan of any type of music with an experimental edge (especially those of an indie vein), you don't know the first of it until you get your hands on this album. Solid yet trippy drumming, fractured yet intricate guitars, pummeling yet melodious bass-playing, and the combined effort of three excellent vocalists make this album one of a kind. Ten stars, baby.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars From a Slint Perspective, March 15, 2003

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Brock (Lubbock, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rusty (Audio CD)

If you've arrived at this CD the same way I did (through this website's "If You Bought This, You'll Like THIS" feature) then there's a good chance you are a fan of Slint. If you've never heard of Slint, I'd recommend buying their "Spiderland" album first, since that would be the center of gravity around which all of these off-shoots revolve.

While "Rusty" by Rodan is a great album, it's not exactly what I was expecting after reading the other reviews here. The first track, "Bible Silver Corner", does recall the ocean of guitar drones and chimes that I would typically relate with Slint and similar bands (such as Mogwai and The For Carnation). But beginning with the second track, it turns into an up-tempo, angular punk buzz while the vocals flip back and forth between a scream and a soft, almost unintelligble spoken word. If you've ever wondered what it would sound like if a punk band decided to make a prog-rock album, well, stop wondering and check out "Rusty".

If I had to compare this album to anything by Slint, I'd say it most closely resembles the heavier moments on Slint's first album, "Tweez". The songs on "Rusty" seem to thrive on harsh contrast by sprinkling a few melodic interludes in between the buzz, but these passages never really take their own direction - instead, they seem more like shortcuts back to the main road. So, since I bought this album expecting "Spiderland" but instead I wound up with an earful of "Tweez", I figured it be nice to post a review here that got a little more specific than the typical "If you like Slint, you'll like Rodan" offerings.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars like fine wine, January 16, 2003

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Joseph A. Coleman (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rusty (Audio CD)

unforgivably, i turned down the opportunity to see Rodan live in order to do something that i can't even remember. only after the band broke up did i come to believe that Rusty is perhaps one of the best indie albums ever. Rodan's only album contains some of the best elements of music from Louisville . . . moody, angular, energetic and melancholic. tara jane o'neil, jason noble, jeff meuller and kevin coultas make up the foursome. each member has since branched off to join other reputable bands such as: June of '44, Rachel's, TJO, the Sonora Pine and Shipping News.

highlights of Rusty include "Toothfairy Retribution Manifesto", "Gauge" and "Bible Silver Corner". i actually like this album better than both of the Slint full-lengths. all of the members of the band are in this really bad movie filmed in Louisville and Chatanooga called "Half-Cocked", which you can order from a nameless indie label. if you get burned-out on this album, Jeff Meuller and Jason Noble reunite along with Kevin Crabtree to form The Shipping News. they are worth checking out.