The Raincoats (album)
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| Studio album by The Raincoats | ||||
| Released | 3 November 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 at Berry Street Studio, Clerkenwell, London | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 34:27 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade | |||
| Producer | Geoff Travis, Mayo Thompson, the Raincoats | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10 |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| Smash Hits | 7/10 |
The Raincoats is the debut studio album by English rock band the Raincoats. It was released in 1979 on Rough Trade Records. The album is perhaps best known for its off-kilter cover of "Lola" by the Kinks. The album's seventh track, "The Void", was notably covered by Hole in 1994.
In May 2010, the band performed the album in its entirety in London.
The cover painting is by Pang Hsiao-Li.
The Raincoats was re-released by Rough Trade in 1994, with liner notes by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. The album was again re-released on 9 November 2009 on vinyl on We ThRee (the band's own label) in the UK and on the Kill Rock Stars label in the U.S. This edition included a free mp3 download and an extra track, "Fairytale in the Supermarket", as well as a special edition bonus CD, including live footage from 1977 and 1979 and a video of "Fairytale in the Supermarket".
AllMusic praised the album, writing, "This music, even at its most dissonant, is stunning and captivating".
Cobain listed it at No. 20 in his top 50 albums of all time.
All songs written by the Raincoats, except where noted.
"Fairytale in the Supermarket", the Raincoats' first single, was included as an opening track on all reissues of the album since 1993.
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