The Rhumb Line

This article is about the album. For the navigation term, see Rhumb line.
The Rhumb Line
Studio album by
Ra Ra Riot
ReleasedAugust 19, 2008
RecordedBear Creek Studio, Seattle (December, 2007)
GenreIndie rock, indie pop
Length36:58
LabelBarsuk
ProducerRyan Hadlock
Ra Ra Riot chronology
Ra Ra Riot
(2007) 		The Rhumb Line
(2008) 		The Orchard
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Drowned In Sound(8/10)[3]
Entertainment Weekly(A-)[4]
musicOMH[5]
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]

The Rhumb Line is the debut LP for the Syracuse-based indie rock band Ra Ra Riot. Recorded in late 2007 with Ryan Hadlock in Woodinville, WA,[8] the band released their debut album on August 19, 2008, through Seattle-based indie label Barsuk Records.[9] The album peaked at #109 on the Billboard 200. This album was ranked as the 38th best album of 2008 by Rolling Stone.

  1. ^ "The Rhumb Line by Ra Ra Riot". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ "Album Review: Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line". Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. ^ "The Rhumb Line - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. ^ "musicOMH review". Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  6. ^ "Ra Ra Riot: The Rhumb Line Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-07.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ Backbeat Online, "Q&A with Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot" Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Denver Westword, June 11, 2008.
  9. ^ Dave Maher, "Ra Ra Riot Sign to Barsuk, Reveal Debut Album"[permanent dead link], Pitchfork Media, June 6, 2008.