DELUXE EDITION INCLUDES REMIXES BY RAC AND ANAMANAGUCHI
LISTEN TO THE ORCHARD (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) HERE
“The Orchard’s 10 songs positively burst with sophistication precision and polish.” – NPR
Ten years ago today, Ra Ra Riot released their sophomore album The Orchard. In celebration of the anniversary, the band is excited to now release The Orchard (10th Anniversary Edition), an expanded version of the record that features b-sides and alternate versions of songs from the album, some of which have not been available on digital services before or have never before been heard.
Highlights include vintage remixes of the album’s biggest hit “Boy” by RAC and fan-favorite “Too Dramatic” by Anamanaguchi, and a cover of the 1971 Sparks deep cut “Saccharine and the War”.
LISTEN TO THE ORCHARD (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) HERE
The follow-up to The Rhumb Line, their critically acclaimed debut, The Orchard was written in a country house near a peach orchard in Penn Yan, New York. There, the band embarked upon mammoth writing sessions punctuated by new adventures in cooking, playing bocce, and simply enjoying the benefits of country living. The house had prior history with the band - guitarist Milo Bonacci, while house sitting during a break from his architecture studies at Syracuse University in the winter of 2005, began writing songs there that would eventually appear on Ra Ra Riot’s debut.
The Orchard was produced by Ra Ra Riot and Andrew Maury and mixed by Death Cab for Cutie co-founder Chris Walla (except for "Do You Remember," which was mixed by Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij). Upon its original release, The Orchard debuted #36 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart and was met with critical praise, with New York Magazine hailing it as "poised to become the soundtrack to your life," and NPR lauding its "sophistication, precision and polish."
THE ORCHARD (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION)
1. The Orchard
2. Boy
3. Too Dramatic
4. Foolish
5. Massachusetts
6. You and I Know
7. Shadowcasting
8. Do You Remember
9. Kansai
10. Keep It Quiet
11. Boy (RAC Mix)
12. Too Dramatic (Alternate Version)
13. Too Dramatic (Anamanaguchi Remix)
14. Keep It Quiet (Bear)
15. Keep It Quiet (GOP)
16. Megafauna
17. Saccharin and the War