Rage to Live - s/t

Name: Rage to Live
Album: s/t
Year: 1986
Style: College Rock, Alt-Country
Similar Bands: Yo La Tengo, Feelies, dB's, Guided By Voices, Connells. Paul Westerberg
"One-Word" Review: Twangy, Brooding Cerebral Rock
Based Out Of: Hoboken, NJ
Label: Bar/None

 Cover & Record

Record & Back 

Rage to Live (1986)

1. Cause/Effect 3:04
2. Don't Worry Man 2:50
3. Under Heaven 2:59
4. Rain 2:30
5. Lucky Charm 4:25
6. The Secret 3:55 /
7. Enough is Never Enough 3:22 (single)
8. Nobody Hitchhikes Anymore 2:16
9. Live and Breathe 3:50
10. Swimmer 5:14
11. Pony Day 3:31 

Album Rating (1-10): 7.0

Members & Other Bands:

• Glenn Morrow - Producer, Lead Vox, Guitar (Individuals, Infidels, Chris de Burgh)
• Chris Irwin - Producer
• Rich Grula - Producer, Bass, Vox, Assorted Overdubs (Otis Ball & Chain, Big Happy Crowd)
• Ed Tomney - Guitars (Necessaries, Harry Toledo & the Rockets, Dinosaur L, The Seclusions, Dancing Hoods, Luka Bloom Earle Brown, Loose Joints)
• Bob Riley - Percussion, Keys, Vox (Grace Pool, Linda Hudes Power Trio,  Alessi, Eve Moon, Ellen Foley, Davitt Sigerson, Patti Austin, Ayou Takahashi, Daryl Hall, Chaka Khan, Bob James-David Sanborn, Peter Gordon, Brian Wilson, Shawn Colvin, Luka Bloom, Rick Bowles)
• Elly Brown - Vox (Grace Pool, Shawn Colvin)
• Pat Irwin - Guitar (8 Eyed Spy, PI Power Trio, Suss, B-52's Raybeats, Command V, Foolish Virgins, Love Tractor, Lydia Lunch, The dB's, Lucky Pierre)
• Joe Teig - Vox
• Ann Boston - Shouts
• Duncan Hannah - Cover Painting "Lament"
• Bob Wagner - Back Photo

Unknown-ness: Never heard of this band, but i assume, for '86, and a generally dark cover & bandname, that this will be some sophisticated, cerebral-ly dark art rock, perhaps a little jangly.

Album Review: Glenn Morrow is one of the founders of the record Label Bar-None, famous for TMBG's original label. This is the first record put out by Bar None, and I came across a radio performance of Rage to Live supporting TMBG in a radio performance of "Why Does the Sun Shine"(link below). Pat Irwin of Raybeats & B-52's fame plays a guitar solo on the song Rain. The record is a mix of twangy college radio atmospheric rock, and tracks that take a bunch of listens to really get into and understand. Enough is Enough is pretty straightforward rock from the time, reminding me of Paul Westerberg

Stand Out Track: Enough is Enough

Links:
Rage to Live + TMBG '87 radio performance of Why Does the Sun Shine
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