Renegades (Special Edition) Feeder

• 1 White Lines 02:54
• 2 Call Out 03:27
• 3 Renegades 03:37
• 4 Sentimental 02:22
• 5 This Town 02:58
• 6 Down to the River 05:23
• 7 Home 03:11
• 8 Barking Dogs 02:05
• 9 City in a Rut 02:52
• 10 Left Foot Right 02:53
• 11 The End 03:11
• 12 As Time Goes By 03:16
• 13 Godhead 03:35
• 14 In Times of Crisis 03:31
• 15 All I Ever Wanted 02:44
• 16 Fallen 02:22
• 17 Sending out Waves 02:38
• 18 Side by Side 03:45
• Total Runtime 56:44

Info for Renegades (Special Edition)

A special edition of the seventh studio album from Welsh rock band Feeder, the album features a heavier musical style that abandons acoustic-driven styled songs that dominated their previous two releases and becomes very reminiscent of their 1997 album Polythene.

"Renegades, quite unexpectedly, is one of the best British rock albums you will hear all year" (Max Raymond, MusicOMH)

"Following the success of 2006's The Singles Collection, Welsh rock trio Feeder have experienced the kind of post-Greatest Hits lull that many artists succumb to once the release of a retrospective plants ideas into the record public's consciousness that their best days are behind them. Released in 2008, Silent Cry was greeted with both a muted critical response and their lowest sales tally since 1997 debut Polythene, drummer Mark Richardson has since left to rejoin his former outfit Skunk Anansie, while the band was forced to leave The Echo Label due to various record company infrastructures. While many bands would fall apart with such disruptive behind-the-scenes shenanigans, Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose, as we know from their tragic history, are made of sterner stuff. Indeed, free from the shackles of a major label, the duo, now joined by regular Robbie Williams sticksman Karl Brazil, appears more reinvigorated than ever on seventh studio album Renegades, named after the side project the two formed in order to test out its heavier explosive rock sound. Having abandoned any notions of becoming the next U2, the emotive stadium anthems of their three early- to mid-noughties commercial successes have been all but ignored in favor of 11 streamlined Kerrang-friendly bursts of Brit-rock that will undoubtedly please fans who argued they sold out with their "Devon/lemon" rhymes and Match of the Day montage soundtracks. But while the Queens of the Stone Age-esque storming opening number "White Lines" and the frenetically paced punk of "Call Out" provide a convincing return to their mid-'90s beginnings, the rest of the album rarely fails to build on its early promise, with only the ska-tinged title track, the glam leanings of "City in a Rut," and the post-grunge-influenced "Down by the River" offering any respite from its well-worn formula of crunching basslines, distorted vocals, and thrusting guitar riffs. Clocking it at just over half an hour, Renegades shouldn't really have had time to outstay its welcome, but by the time Nicholas plaintively asks "Is this the end of the road?" on the derivative "The End," you are slightly tempted to answer in the affirmative. That would be slightly unfair however, as Renegades does show glimpses of how effective they can be when Nicholas veers away from its repetitive meat-and-two-veg pub rock sound. Their late-'90s headbanging crowd will undoubtedly lap it up, but those who jumped on board with "Buck Rogers" and "Just the Way I'm Feeling" will more than likely abandon ship. [In 2017, Cooking Vinyl reissued Renegades in a Special Edition featuring seven bonus tracks.]" (Jon O'Brien, AMG)

Feeder

Feeder
are a Welsh rock band formed in Newport, Wales. They have released nine studio albums, three compilations, two EPs, and 34 singles. They have spent a total of 181 weeks on the singles and albums charts combined with their own releases as of 2016, and have accumulated 25 top 75 singles between 1997 and 2012. The band have also had two chart appearances as featured or guest performers, with their appearance on the Band Aid 20 single in 2004 being their only number one single if regarded.

Feeder’s music has been inspired by a wide variety of artists and styles, including The Police, Nirvana, and The Smashing Pumpkins. Their early material showcased a heavy rock sound reminiscent of grunge, but the band would later introduce more acoustic aspects into their music, including elements of pianos and string orchestras.

The band was formed in 1992 under the name of “Reel” by vocalist and guitarist Grant Nicholas, drummer Jon Lee and bassist Simon Blight, three of the four members of Raindancer, after the departure of that band’s other member, guitarist John Canham. However, Blight left Reel later in 1992, and the band played with many session bassists before hiring Taka Hirose in 1995, a year after the band signed with The Echo Label.

Feeder garnered media attention in 2001 for their third album, Echo Park, and its lead single, “Buck Rogers”, which later become a UK Top 5 single. In January 2002, Jon Lee committed suicide in his Miami home, after which the remaining members began to record and play with former Skunk Anansie drummer Mark Richardson. They released their fourth album, Comfort in Sound later that year, which touched on themes such as loss and coming to terms with death, while also exploring themes of positivity. Richardson was ultimately made an official member, remaining so until May 2009 when he returned to a reformed Skunk Anansie. Feeder employed Australian Damon Wilson and former Mexicolas drummer Tim Trotter for sessions and touring commitments for Renegades (2010), and they have since employed drummer Karl Brazil. Between 2010-2016, the band charted three more top 20 albums, with the latest of these being 2016’s All Bright Electric returning them to the top 10.

Over the course of their career, Feeder has come to domestically accumulate a total of eight gold and platinum records, with a gold record in Ireland for The Singles, bringing their British Isles (and worldwide) total to nine. In 2015, “Buck Rogers” received a Silver award for 200,000 UK sales, 14 years after release.

In Japan, Feeder have also gained a cult following, in which their last five studio albums have all charted in the top 100 between 2002 and 2012. Their most successful of these is 2008’s Silent Cry charting at #53, although their most successful and only top 40 entry to date is their 2006 singles compilation, meaning the band have charted six albums regardless of format. In addition, much of their music has been featured in the Gran Turismo racing video game series, which is developed by the Japanese video game development studio Polyphony Digital.

Feeder are also one of Wales’ most popular rock bands, highlighted in October 2003, by the display of Taka’s bass guitar from the “Seven Days in the Sun” video at the Hard Rock Cafe in Cardiff and Grant’s attendance at the branch’s opening the same year. The Cardiff branch later closed in late 2010, one day shy of its seventh anniversary of opening.In February 2017, Comfort in Sound was inducted into Virgin Radio’s “Classic Albums Vault”.

Although the band’s record sales are not of major totals, Feeder have however accumulated 25 top 75 singles between 1997-2012, a run which started with 1997’s “Tangerine” charting at #60, before ending in 2012 with “Borders” at #52. Their top 75 singles tally, ties with artists such as Coldplay. Feeder have also headlined many of the United Kingdom’s major venues, such as Wembley Arena, Birmingham National Indoor Arena, Birmingham LG Arena, Bournemouth International Centre and the Cardiff International Arena. Alongside this, Feeder also headlined a major festival for the first (and currently only) time in their career, which was at the 2005 Download festival.

In an April 2012 interview with British rock monthly Total Guitar, the band were praised by Rob Laing citing “All the way from their very first release, the Two Colours EP in 1995, through tragedy and triumph, he’s [Grant] gone the distance with Feeder while other British alternative rock bands of the 90s crashed or faded”.

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