Wonderful Rainbow | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Lightning Bolt |
Cover: | Wonderful_Rainbow.jpg |
Released: | March 4, 2003 |
Recorded: | Providence, Rhode Island Costa Mesa, California |
Genre: | Noise rock |
Length: | 41:40 |
Label: | Load (LOAD #41) |
Producer: | Dave Auchenbach |
Prev Title: | Ride the Skies |
Prev Year: | 2001 |
Next Title: | Hypermagic Mountain |
Next Year: | 2005 |
Wonderful Rainbow is the third studio 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.
This album is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, which describes the band as creating "a mix of sheer abuse and welcome diversity, for a truly challenging listening experience".[1]
Critical response to Wonderful Rainbow was generally favorable, with an average of 81 out of 100 based on 13 reviews on Metacritic. Online music magazine Pitchfork placed Wonderful Rainbow at number 157 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[2]