Rise Above is an album by indie rock band Dirty Projectors, released on September 11, 2007. The album was band leader Dave Longstreth's reinterpretation of Black Flag album Damaged, having not heard it in 15 years. The album features Longstreth on guitar and vocals, Amber Coffman on vocals and guitar, Brian McOmber on drums, Nat Baldwin on bass, and Susanna Waiche on vocals.Angel Deradoorian would join the band shortly before the Rise Above tour on bass and vocals. This album is the first that presents Dirty Projectors as a fully realized band rather than an individual project of Longstreth.
Reception
The record was generally well received by critics, maintaining a 78% positive rating at MetaCritic. The album received particularly high ratings from The Onion AV Club and Tiny Mix Tapes. AllMusic called the album "a brave and ultimately successful experiment."
"Rise Above 1" is the first single from the soundtrack of the Broadway rock musicalSpider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, released in May 2011. The song was recorded by Reeve Carney, who portrays Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the musical, along with co-writers Bono and the Edge of U2. Another version of the song contains the cast from the musical, titled "Rise Above 2".
The single peaked at number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Carney's first single to chart.
Performances
Carney, Bono, and the Edge performed the song live on the season finale of the 10th season of American Idol..
Music video
A music video directed by Aaron Platt and Joseph Toman premiered in July 2011. It was produced by Jonathan Lia via GOODCOMPANY.
Critical reception
Giving 3 stars out of 5, Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone magazine said that the song "may become a metaphor for its slog towards redemption." Victoria Meng of TheCelebrityCafe was critical of the song, saying it "tries to sound good and somewhat succeeds", but that the song didn't convey the true personality of Spider-Man.
Over the years since the album's original release it has been recognized as a punk classic and one of the most influential punk records ever made by appearing on a number of "best of" lists by punk fans and critics alike. In 2003, the album was ranked number 340 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.Pitchfork Media also ranked it number 25 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1980s.
Background
Black Flag had made at least two cancelled attempts to record a full-length album since the release of its first extended playNervous Breakdown, with singers Keith Morris, Ron Reyes, and Dez Cadena; some of the Reyes sessions became the Jealous Again EP, while selections from two of many Cadena sessions became the Six Pack EP and the "Louie Louie"/"Damaged I" single; other session outtakes would later comprise the Everything Went Blackdouble album. At the time of the recording, Cadena had moved to rhythm guitar (a position he had initially intended to take when Reyes was still in the band) and 20-year-old Washington, DC expatriate Henry Rollins had become the band's new lead singer weeks before the sessions occurred. Unlike Reyes, who had never sung in a studio before and Cadena, who had not even sung at all before joining the band, Rollins already had one recording credit to his name with the short-lived DC hardcore punk band State of Alert, who recorded No Policy, an EP released earlier that year on Dischord Records.
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℗ 2007 Dead Oceans
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Dirty Projectors - Rise Above (Live)
In late July 2007, the Dirty Projectors were asked to perform an intimate apartment set in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Playing songs from their Rise Above LP and the New Attitude EP, the trio stripped their re-interpretations of Black Flag songs down to a single electric guitar, highlighting their complex vocal arrangements.
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Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
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Dirty Projectors: Rise Above
Dirty Projectors perform Rise Above at Sneaky Dee's, Toronto thru the Trashlites
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Dirty Projectors - 'Rise Above' @ Whartscape '07
Dirty Projectors playing the title track from their upcoming album 'Rise Above' @ Wham City's Whartscape 2007.
published: 24 Jul 2007
Dirty Projectors - New Attitude (experimental rock, 2006) Full EP
A cool little EP by Dirty Projectors that I found out in the wild! This was released in 2006 between their albums The Getty Address and Rise Above. It's still super lofi and has all the aspects of early DP! I'm a big fan of DP and David Longstreth's songwriting, please support them by streaming their music, going to shows, and buying their records! I put this up because it didn't seem to be up anywhere in it's entirety. If anybody involved in the recording/publishing of this record would like me to take this down, please let me know!
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Dirty Projectors, 'Thirsty and Miserable' 'Rise Above'
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published: 21 Jul 2009
Dirty Projectors – Rise Above | Vinyl Unboxing
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In late July 2007, the Dirty Projectors were asked to perform an intimate apartment set in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Playing songs from their Rise Above LP and the ...
In late July 2007, the Dirty Projectors were asked to perform an intimate apartment set in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Playing songs from their Rise Above LP and the New Attitude EP, the trio stripped their re-interpretations of Black Flag songs down to a single electric guitar, highlighting their complex vocal arrangements.
In late July 2007, the Dirty Projectors were asked to perform an intimate apartment set in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Playing songs from their Rise Above LP and the New Attitude EP, the trio stripped their re-interpretations of Black Flag songs down to a single electric guitar, highlighting their complex vocal arrangements.
A cool little EP by Dirty Projectors that I found out in the wild! This was released in 2006 between their albums The Getty Address and Rise Above. It's still s...
A cool little EP by Dirty Projectors that I found out in the wild! This was released in 2006 between their albums The Getty Address and Rise Above. It's still super lofi and has all the aspects of early DP! I'm a big fan of DP and David Longstreth's songwriting, please support them by streaming their music, going to shows, and buying their records! I put this up because it didn't seem to be up anywhere in it's entirety. If anybody involved in the recording/publishing of this record would like me to take this down, please let me know!
A cool little EP by Dirty Projectors that I found out in the wild! This was released in 2006 between their albums The Getty Address and Rise Above. It's still super lofi and has all the aspects of early DP! I'm a big fan of DP and David Longstreth's songwriting, please support them by streaming their music, going to shows, and buying their records! I put this up because it didn't seem to be up anywhere in it's entirety. If anybody involved in the recording/publishing of this record would like me to take this down, please let me know!
Happy 15th anniversary to this fantastic album!
A cassette unboxing of Dirty Projectors – Rise Above. ㅤ
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Happy 15th anniversary to this fantastic album!
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Happy 15th anniversary to this fantastic album!
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Rise Above
℗ 2007 Dead Oceans
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Rise Above
℗ 2007 Dead Oceans
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In late July 2007, the Dirty Projectors were asked to perform an intimate apartment set in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Playing songs from their Rise Above LP and the New Attitude EP, the trio stripped their re-interpretations of Black Flag songs down to a single electric guitar, highlighting their complex vocal arrangements.
A cool little EP by Dirty Projectors that I found out in the wild! This was released in 2006 between their albums The Getty Address and Rise Above. It's still super lofi and has all the aspects of early DP! I'm a big fan of DP and David Longstreth's songwriting, please support them by streaming their music, going to shows, and buying their records! I put this up because it didn't seem to be up anywhere in it's entirety. If anybody involved in the recording/publishing of this record would like me to take this down, please let me know!
Happy 15th anniversary to this fantastic album!
A cassette unboxing of Dirty Projectors – Rise Above. ㅤ
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Rise Above
℗ 2007 Dead Oceans
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Rise Above is an album by indie rock band Dirty Projectors, released on September 11, 2007. The album was band leader Dave Longstreth's reinterpretation of Black Flag album Damaged, having not heard it in 15 years. The album features Longstreth on guitar and vocals, Amber Coffman on vocals and guitar, Brian McOmber on drums, Nat Baldwin on bass, and Susanna Waiche on vocals.Angel Deradoorian would join the band shortly before the Rise Above tour on bass and vocals. This album is the first that presents Dirty Projectors as a fully realized band rather than an individual project of Longstreth.
Reception
The record was generally well received by critics, maintaining a 78% positive rating at MetaCritic. The album received particularly high ratings from The Onion AV Club and Tiny Mix Tapes. AllMusic called the album "a brave and ultimately successful experiment."