| Rev | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ultra Vivid Scene |
| Cover: | Rev (Ultra Vivid Scene album) cover art.jpg |
| Released: | November 16, 1992[1] |
| Recorded: | Zabriskie Point and Axis Studios, August 1992 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 53:20 |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | 4AD |
| Producer: | Kurt Ralske, Fred Maher |
| Prev Title: | Joy 1967–1990 |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
Rev is an album by the American band Ultra Vivid Scene, released in 1992.[2] [3] It was the band's third and final album. The single, an edited "Blood and Thunder", reached number 27 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.[4] [5] Ultra Vivid Scene supported the album by touring with Grant Lee Buffalo.[6]
The album was produced by Kurt Ralske and Fred Maher.[7] Unlike previous albums, Ralske recorded Rev with many other musicians instead of just going it alone.[8]
Ralske often wrote lyrics while still mostly asleep as he preferred the "naturalness" of the process.[9] "Mirror to Mirror" is about materialism.[10]
The Washington Post praised the "elegance" of the album.[11] The Toronto Star wrote that Rev "has Nick Drake-like melodies, T. Rex-ish riffs, ethereal sliding guitar licks, restless rhythms, silences and explosions."[12] The Chicago Tribune noted that Ralske "seems so juiced to be working with a live rhythm section that he just grooves on and on with little heed paid to pop structure."