The Unraveling

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The Unraveling
Studio album by Rise Against
Released	April 24, 2001 August 23, 2005 (reissue)
Recorded	December 2000
Genre	Hardcore punk Melodic hardcore
Length	40:26
Label	Fat Wreck Chords
Producer	Mass Giorgini
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Rise Against chronology
Transistor Revolt (2000) The Unraveling (2001) Revolutions Per Minute (2003)

The Unraveling is the debut album by the Melodic Hardcore band Rise Against, released on April 24, 2001, and produced by punk recordist Mass Giorgini. Fat Wreck Chords reissued The Unraveling in 2005, and it was remixed and remastered by Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore, with two bonus songs.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Alive and Well" – 2:06
2. "My Life Inside Your Heart" – 3:02
3. "Great Awakening" – 1:35
4. "Six Ways 'Til Sunday" – 2:36
5. "401 Kill" – 3:19
6. "The Art of Losing" – 1:50
7. "Remains of Summer Memories" – 1:17
8. "The Unraveling" – 3:12
9. "Reception Fades" – 2:10
10. "Stained Glass and Marble" – 1:36
11. "Everchanging" – 3:47
12. "Sometimes Selling Out is Giving Up" – 1:09
13. "3 Day Weekend" – 1:03
14. "1000 Good Intentions" – 3:07
15. "Weight of Time" – 2:00
16. "Faint Resemblance" – 2:51
17. "Join the Ranks"* – 1:26
18. "Gethsemane"* – 2:30

• "Join the Ranks" and "Gethsemane" are two bonus tracks, which are not found on original release
• Todd Mohney plays guitar on Gethsemane, not Mr. Precision
• Track 1, "Alive and Well" intro dialogue ("Are You Ready to Rawk?") is Jack Black from the motion picture "High Fidelity" (2000)
• Track 9, "Reception Fades", includes dialogue from the 1997 film Henry Fool

[edit] Credits

• Tim McIlrath – lead vocals
• Chris Chasse - guitar, vocals
• Mr. Precision – guitar
• Joe Principe – bass, vocals
• Brandon Barnes – drums

[edit] Trivia

• So far, this is the only Rise Against album that has a title track.
• Russ Rankin, lead singer of Only Crime and formerly of the now defunct Santa Cruz, CA. melodic hardcore band Good Riddance, sings on "Weight of Time".
• The phrase "Are you ready to Rock", at the beginning of "Alive And Well", is actually Jack Black in the movie "The Cable Guy".

v • d • e Rise Against Tim McIlrath • Zach Blair • Joe Principe • Brandon Barnes Chris Chasse • Todd Mohney • Mr. Precision Studio albums The Unraveling • Revolutions Per Minute • Siren Song of the Counter Culture • The Sufferer & the Witness • Rise Against's fifth studio album EPs Transistor Revolt • This Is Noise DVDs Generation Lost Singles "Heaven Knows" • "Like the Angel" • "Give It All" • "Swing Life Away" • "Life Less Frightening" • "Ready to Fall" • "Prayer of the Refugee" • "The Good Left Undone" • "Behind Closed Doors" Concert tours The Unraveling Tour • Revolutions Per Minute Tour • Siren Song of the Counter Culture Tour • The Sufferer and the Witness Tour Related articles Discography • Fat Wreck Chords • Geffen Records • Punk scene • Warped Tour • Rock Against Bush Related bands 88 Fingers Louie • Arma Angelus • Baxter • The Killing Tree • Last of the Believers