Rock Action (album)

Rock Action
Studio album by
Mogwai
Released30 April 2001 (2001-04-30)
Studio
Genre
Length38:28
LabelMatador
ProducerDave Fridmann
Mogwai chronology
Come On Die Young
(1999) 		Rock Action
(2001) 		Happy Songs for Happy People
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press4/5[3]
Blender[4]
The Boston Phoenix[5]
The Guardian[6]
NME8/10[7]
Pitchfork8.0/10[8]
Q[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Spin8/10[11]

Rock Action is the third studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. The album was produced by Dave Fridmann of Mercury Rev in New York.[12]

  1. ^ "Reviews for Rock Action by Mogwai". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "Rock Action – Mogwai". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Mogwai: Rock Action". Alternative Press (155): 78. June 2001.
  4. ^ Gross, Joe (June–July 2001). "Mogwai: Rock Action". Blender (1): 114. Archived from the original on 20 August 2004. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. ^ Perry, Jonathan (17–23 May 2001). "Mogwai: Rock Action (Matador)". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  6. ^ Aizlewood, John (27 April 2001). "We will rock you". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  7. ^ Segal, Victoria (26 April 2001). "Mogwai : Rock Action". NME. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  8. ^ LeMay, Matt (30 April 2001). "Mogwai: Rock Action". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Mogwai: Rock Action". Q (176): 114. May 2001.
  10. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Mogwai". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 551. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  11. ^ Greenwald, Andy (May 2001). "Mogwai: Rock Action / Arab Strap: The Red Thread". Spin. 17 (5): 147. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  12. ^ Beaujon, Andrew (2001) "Mouth Almighty", SPIN, June 2001, retrieved 2010-04-17