Capture/Release Explained

Capture/Release
Type:Album
Artist:The Rakes
Cover:The_Rakes_-_Capture-Release.jpg
Released:15 August 2005
Recorded:2004–2005
Genre:Post-punk revival
Length:41:23
Label:V2 Records
Producer:Paul Epworth, The Rakes
Next Title:Ten New Messages
Next Year:2007

Capture/Release is the debut album by The Rakes, released on 15 August 2005. The album peaked at number 32 on the UK. NME named it the 13th best album of 2005 and it received a generally positive critical response. It was released in the US on 18 April 2006 with the additional track "All Too Human".

Track listing

All songs written by Alan Donohoe, Jamie Hornsmith, Lasse Petersen and Matthew Swinnerton.

  1. "Strasbourg" – 2:30
  2. "Retreat" – 2:58
  3. "22 Grand Job" – 1:46
  4. "Open Book" – 2:17
  5. "The Guilt" – 3:47
  6. "Binary Love" – 3:45
  7. "We Are All Animals" – 4:08
  8. "Violent" – 2:34
  9. "T Bone" – 3:36
  10. "Terror!" – 2:54
  11. "Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)" – 4:07
  12. "All Too Human" (US release) – 3:30

Japanese bonus tracks

  1. "Wish You Were Here" – 2:13
  2. "Automaton" – 2:00

Personnel