- post-rock, slowcore, post rock
- 38 min
- 8 tracks
- [PIAS]
Rock Action is the third studio album by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released on 30 April 2001 on Matador Records. The album was produced by Dave Fridmann, of the band Mercury Rev, in New York.
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 76/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Alternative Press4/5
- Blender2/5 ★
- The Boston Phoenix3/4 ★
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork8/10
- Q4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Spin8/10
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Tracks
- 1Sine Wave4:55
- 2Take Me Somewhere Nice6:57
- 3O I Sleep0:55
- 4Dial: Revenge3:28
- 5You Don’t Know Jesus8:02
- 6Robot Chant1:03
- 7Two Rights Make One Wrong9:31
- 8Secret Pint3:37
8 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mogwai
- Label
- [PIAS]
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- MX
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