Blood Visions

Blood Visions
Studio album by Jay Reatard
Released October 10, 2006
Recorded July 2005-December 2005
Genre Punk rock
Length 29:09
Label In the Red, Fat Possum Records
Jay Reatard chronology

Blood Visions
(2006)		 Watch Me Fall
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Dusted Magazine Positive [2]
JunkMedia [3]
Robert Christgau A- [4]

Blood Visions is the debut studio album by American punk rock singer and songwriter Jay Reatard, formerly of the Reatards.

The track, "Oh It's Such A Shame" has been covered by Deerhunter (for the "Fluorescent Grey/Oh, It's Such A Shame" split single) and more recently by Arcade Fire during their support tour for The Suburbs.[5]

Just prior to Jay Reatard's death in 2010, he sold the rights to the record to Fat Possum Records, after which In the Red Records ceased production and distribution of the record.[6]

Reception

The music review online magazine Pitchfork Media, placed Blood Visions at number 200 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[7]

Track listing

  1. "Blood Visions" - 1:32
  2. "Greed, Money, Useless Children" - 0:54
  3. "It's So Easy" - 1:10
  4. "My Shadow" - 3:18
  5. "My Family" - 1:43
  6. "Death is Forming" - 2:06
  7. "Oh It's Such a Shame" - 2:28
  8. "Not a Substitute" - 1:05
  9. "Nightmares" - 2:13
  10. "I See You Standing There" - 1:39
  11. "We Who Wait" (The Adverts Cover) - 2:01
  12. "Fading All Away" - 1:28
  13. "Turning Blue" - 2:41
  14. "Puppet Man" - 1:44
  15. "Waiting for Something" - 3:16

Musicians

References

  1. ↑ Stewart Mason. "Blood Visions". Allmusic. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Dusted Reviews: Jay Reatard - Blood Visions". Dustedmagazine.com. 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  3. ↑ "Jay Reatard : Blood Visions". Junkmedia. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Blood Visions". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "The Arcade Fire Go Gospel on Jay Reatard Cover » Cover Me". Covermesongs.com. 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  6. ↑ Interview with In The Red Records founder Larry Hardy
  7. ↑ Crock, Jason (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 1, 2009.