Progarchives, the progressive rock ultimate discography

RA CAN ROW

Ra Can Row

Psychedelic/Space Rock


From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

Ra Can Row Ra Can Row album cover
3.88 | 6 ratings | 1 reviews | 0% 5 stars

Write a review

Buy RA CAN ROW Music
from Progarchives.com partners
Studio Album, released in 1982

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Things Beyond Our Control (16:27)
2. Somewhere Else (4:39)
3. Return to Zero (12:27)
4. Sometimes I Get Lonely (10:56)

Total Time 44:29

Line-up / Musicians

- Don Schott / 8-string & fretless bass, guitar, electronics
- Steven Sailer / drums, percussion, organ, piano
- Rick Biszante / guitar
- Paul Haneberg / Mellotron, Minimoog

Releases information

LP Eye Records 8107 (US 1982)

Thanks to rivertree for the addition
Edit this entry

Buy RA CAN ROW Ra Can Row Music



RA CAN ROW Ra Can Row ratings distribution


3.88
(6 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(0%)
0%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(50%)
50%
Good, but non-essential (50%)
50%
Collectors/fans only (0%)
0%
Poor. Only for completionists (0%)
0%

RA CAN ROW Ra Can Row reviews


Showing all collaborators reviews and last reviews preview | Show all reviews/ratings

Collaborators/Experts Reviews

Review by Progfan97402
PROG REVIEWER
4 stars It's safe to say in the early '80s the mainstream rock scene in the Midwest was an AOR wasteland so it's nice to see an underground band out of Cincinnati called Ra Can Row playing instrumental space rock that's very little like the AOR and New Wave popular in the mainstream. "Things Beyond our Control" can remind you of Ozric Tentacles before that group ever existed. There's two brief uses of Mellotron that makes me disappointed it was used absolutely nowhere else on the album, but that's my only real gripe. The rest of the album sounds like King Crimson as a space rock group complete with Fripp-like lead guitar. The band apparently listed Pink Floyd and Heldon as influences so I guess Crimson wasn't too far off (given how much Fripp influenced Heldon and Richard Pinhas). The album blew me away. 1982 had never been a favorite year of music for me, doesn't help that Duran Duran and similar copycat synth pop bands were clogging the airwaves and the (then) brand new MTV. Ra Can Row doesn't even sound like a 1982 recording by avoiding what was trendy in the early '80s. So imagine what would happen if Crimson teams up with Ozrics, this is what you get. I can imagine some listeners may find it a bit noodly but not me. I wished music went this way instead of the Duran Duran route in the early '80s. Even the underground scene was more into goth and post punk so it's nice to see Ra Can Row doing the space rock thing. Worth getting, although an original LP doesn't exactly grow on trees.

Latest members reviews

No review or rating for the moment | Submit a review

Post a review of RA CAN ROW "Ra Can Row"

You must be a forum member to post a review, please register here if you are not.

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).

Forum user
Forum password

Copyright Prog Archives, All rights reserved. | Legal Notice | Privacy Policy | Advertise | RSS + syndications

Other sites in the MAC network: JazzMusicArchives.com — jazz music reviews and archives | MetalMusicArchives.com — metal music reviews and archives

Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.