Restraining Bolt Explained

Restraining Bolt
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Radish
Cover:	Restraining_Bolt.jpg
Released:	April 22, 1997^[1]
Studio:	Sheffield (Baltimore) Fort Apache (Boston)
Genre:	Alternative rock grunge post-grunge
Label:	Mercury
Prev Title:	Dizzy
Prev Year:	1995

Restraining Bolt is the final studio album by American alternative rock band Radish, released in 1997.^[2] Ben Kweller, the group's frontman, was only 15 at the time the album was released. The album was a commercial failure, selling only 13,000 copies by March 1998.^{[3] [4]}

Critical reception

The Village Voice noted that "Kweller plays the roar that was grunge's revenge for punk like a teen gymnast executes a vault: there's a correct form and you follow it."^[5]

Track listing

1. Little Pink Stars
2. Simple Sincerity
3. Failing and Leaving
4. Dear Aunt Arctica
5. Sugar Free
6. Today's Bargain
7. The You in Me
8. Still I Wait
9. A Promise
10. Apparition of Purity
11. My Guitar
12. Bedtime

Personnel

Personnel per liner notes.^[6]

Radish

• Ben Kweller - guitar, vocals
• Bryan Blur - bass
• John Kent - drums

Production

• Roger Greenawalt - production (2-6, 9, 10, 12)
• Sean Slade - production (1, 7, 8, 11), additional production (2-6, 9, 10, 12), mixing
• Paul Q. Kolderie - production (1, 7, 8, 11), additional production (2-6, 9, 10, 12), mixing

Notes and References

1. Reece . Doug . Mercury planting seeds of interest for youthful threesome Radish . Billboard . Mar 22, 1997 . 109 . 12 . 14.
2. News: Tuzzeo Jr. . Salvatore . Ben Kweller's solo system . The Record . 16 Aug 2002 . Bergen County . Go! . 13.
3. Web site: Wilonsky . Robert . Robert Wilonsky . March 19, 1998 . The Butcher and the baby . 2024-03-15 . Dallas Observer . en . May 17, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220517234837/https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/the-butcher-and-the-baby-6401965 . live .
4. Moerer . Keith . February 1998 . Disappearing Act . . SPIN Media, LLC . 14 . 2 . 37.
5. News: Weisbard . Eric . Teen tricks . The Village Voice . 42 . 17 . 29 Apr 1997 . 59.
6. Restraining Bolt . . 1997 . booklet . . 314 534 644-2.