Travel On, Rider is the fifth studio album by American rock band Scrawl, released on August 20, 1996.[1] It was the band's major-label debut, on Elektra Records. It was produced by Steve Albini and Jeff Powell.[2] As of August 1998, the album has sold 2,115 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[3]

Travel On, Rider
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 20, 1996
GenreRock
Length40:32
LabelElektra
Producer
Scrawl chronology
Velvet Hammer
(1993)
Travel On, Rider
(1996)
Nature Film
(1998)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
The Boston Phoenix    [5]
Christgau's Consumer Guide [6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [7]
Rolling Stone     [8]

In a favorable review, Gina Arnold wrote that "although Travel On, Rider...is by far the best album of [Scrawl's] career, it is also the band's most difficult." She also described the album as "the Ladies to the [Afghan] Whigs' 1993 tour de force Gentlemen.[9] Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave Travel On, Rider 3 and a half stars out of 5, writing, "Without sacrificing the band's rough edges, Steve Albini's and Jeff Powell's recording and engineering give the band it's [sic] most polished sound yet, but it doesn't make their songs -- still bitter, still pessimistic, still sad -- suffer for it."[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Good Under Pressure" – 3:39
  2. "The Garden Path" – 3:11
  3. "I'm Not Stuck" – 4:23
  4. "From Deep Inside Her" – 2:49
  5. "Story Musgrave" – 4:46
  6. "Easy On Her Mind" – 2:46
  7. "Hunting Me Down" – 2:27
  8. "Louis L'Amour" – 3:12
  9. "Come Back Then" – 2:49
  10. "He Cleaned Up" – 3:09
  11. "Story Musgrave (At The Piano)" – 3:39
  12. "What Did We Give Away?" – 3:46

References

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  1. ^ Reece, Doug (October 19, 1996). "Popular Uprisings". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 42. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 60.
  2. ^ Jenkins, Mark (1996-09-27). "SCRAPPY SCRAWL". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  3. ^ Anon. (August 17, 1998). "Elektra Drops Scrawl, Band Strikes Back" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. Vol. 55, no. 8. CMJ Network, Inc. pp. 3, 67 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  4. ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "Travel On, Rider - Scrawl". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  5. ^ Milano, Brett (October 4, 1996). "Off the Record". The Boston Phoenix (Arts): 40 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Scrawl: Travel On, Rider". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 315.
  8. ^ McDonnell, Evelyn (October 3, 1996). "Scrawl, Travel On, Rider". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2002-03-05. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  9. ^ Arnold, Gina (1996-08-29). "One From the Heart". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2018-07-24.