Laced (album) explained

Laced
Type:Album
Artist:Reveille
Cover:Reveille Laced-album.jpg
Released:June 22, 1999
Recorded:1998–1999
Studio:Long View Studios in North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Genre:Nu metal, rap metal
Label:Elektra[1]
Producer:Steve Thompson[2]
Prev Title:Reveille
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Bleed the Sky
Next Year:2001

Laced is the debut album by American nu metal band Reveille.[3] [4] [5] It was released on June 22, 1999, through Elektra Records. The album contains the majority of the songs from the six-track demo that initially got the attention of major label Elektra.[6]

The band members were all between the ages of 16 and 19 when the album was recorded.[7]

The album artwork was created by Clive Barker.[8] The album had sold over 100,000 copies before the release of Bleed the Sky.

Critical reception

CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that "Reveille is to Rage Against The Machine what Silverchair was to Nirvana, but the blatant aural similarities don't necessarily mean that Reveille should be pigeonholed as a cheap knockoff."[7]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reveille Laced. exclaim.ca.
  2. News: Morse . Steve . Reveille LACED; Elektra . The Boston Globe . July 1, 1999 . Calendar . 8.
  3. Web site: Popular Uprisings. Billboard. December 4, 1999. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Reveille answers wake-up call. December 24, 2008.
  5. Web site: Reveille Reborn. Nancy. Sheehan. telegram.com.
  6. Web site: Reveille | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  7. Web site: Reviews. CMJ New Music Monthly. August 2, 1999. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
  8. Web site: The Official Clive Barker Website - Revelations - Art on CDs. www.clivebarker.info.