Travel On, Rider

Travel On, Rider
Studio album by Scrawl
Released	August 20, 1996
Genre	Rock
Length	40:32
Label	Elektra
Producer	Steve Albini Jeff Powell
Scrawl chronology
Velvet Hammer (1993) Travel On, Rider (1996) Nature Film (1998)

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

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. 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.