Wonderful Rainbow

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Wonderful Rainbow

Studio album by Lightning Bolt

Released

March 4, 2003

Recorded

Providence, Rhode Island
Costa Mesa, California

Genre

Noise rock

Length

41:40

Label

Load Records – LOAD #41

Producer

Dave Auchenbach

Professional reviews

Lightning Bolt chronology

Ride the Skies
(2001)

Wonderful Rainbow
(2003)

Hypermagic Mountain
(2005)

Wonderful Rainbow is the third album by noise rock band Lightning Bolt. It is considered to be their most accessible album, featuring heavy but catchy bass guitar riffs and frenetic drums.

Track #3 "Dracula Mountain," has been covered live by the U.K. rock band Muse, who used the song to open their two Earl's Court concerts in London, 2004. The cover includes numerous deviations from the original track, most notably being shorter and at a slower tempo. Muse has expressed admiration for Lightning Bolt in interviews [1], but with an apparently confused understanding of both geography (describing Lightning Bolt as being from Boston - the band is from Providence, Rhode Island) and music terminology (referring to the band as "skronk").

Critical response to Wonderful Rainbow was generally favorable, with an average of 81% based on 13 reviews on Metacritic.^[1]