Wonderful Rainbow
by
Lightning Bolt
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Release type:
studio album
First released:
Mar 4 2003

Overview Edit

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 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 , but with an apparently confused understanding of geography, describing Lightning Bolt as being from Boston, Massachusetts (the band is actually from Providence, Rhode Island).

Critical response to Wonderful Rainbow was generally favorable, with an average of 81% based on 13 reviews on Metacritic.

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Catalog number:
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Release dates:
  • Mar 4 2003 in United States

Genres

Alternative Rock, Art Rock, Punk, Experimental, Hard Rock,
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5 stars My neck still hurts
Oh Jeebus, this is one intense album. For those unfamiliar with Lightning Bolt, the loud, hard-pounding Wonderful Rainbow should serve as a suitable introduction to this manic drum-and-bass duo. There may only be two instruments being played, and a few wordless vocals scattered throughout, but Wonderful Rainbow is anything but minimal. This is one busy album, filled with dense, complex, and occasionally playful pieces of noise rock that will have you banging your head in no time at all.

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2 stars Thunder tap
LB presented an interesting palate of stripped down, neo-punk assaults, but become too ensnared in the aesthetics of pounding minimalism to have most of the songs rise above noisy novelty.
Written by IRate

Track listing Edit

  • CD

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    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Hello Morning
    0:55
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    2
    Assassins
    3:43
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    3
    Dracula Mountain
    5:10
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    4
    2 Towers
    7:08
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    5
    On Fire
    4:42
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    6
    Crown of Storms
    5:09
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    7
    Longstockings
    3:17
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    8
    Wonderful Rainbow
    1:29
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    9
    30,000 Monkies
    3:49
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    10
    Duel in the Deep
    6:16
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