Ritual (song)
| ritual | |
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| Dan Reed Network | |
| publication | February 1988 |
| length | 4:31 |
| Genre (s) | Rock music |
| text | Dan Reed |
| music | Dan Reed , Blake Sakamoto, Melvin Brannon II, Brion James, Dan Pred |
| album | Dan Reed Network |
Ritual is the title of a song that was released as the first single from the self-titled debut album by the American band Dan Reed Network, which was released in 1988 .
background
In the winter of 1987 the group released their debut album Dan Reed Network, produced by Bruce Fairbairn at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver . Ritual was released as the first single in February 1988. The song made it to the Billboard Top 40 and peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 7, 1988 . It was on heavy rotation at MTV USA . The song stayed in the Hot 100 for a total of eleven weeks.
Versions
In addition to the original version, which was released on vinyl single in Canada and the Netherlands , several versions of the song were released on various recording formats. A maxi single was released in the USA with the following remixes: 12 "Mix - Extended Dido Slam, Dido Dub Mix, A cappella Mix and as a House Mix - Tribal Dub. In Germany, the song was released on CD single, alongside the single mix and the Club mix contained, the German vinyl maxi-single containing the Extended Dido Slam and the Club mix . the Dido Slam was by Shep Pettibone produced .
reception
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The song reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The German magazine Musikexpress wrote that “the absolute bombshell” on the album was “the smash hit ritual ,” which “could easily be compared with single hits like Jump by Van Halen or Bon Jovis Runaway ”. Especially producer Bruce Fairbairn knows “how to handle the brute song potential excellently,” let “the massive drums stand far in front,” dose “the keyboards almost always right” and give Dan Reed “enough leeway,” grant his voice “erotic timbre and Presence."
In 1997 a sampler was released in Australia with the title A Bouquet of Barbed Wire , on which the gothic rock band Meridian was represented with a cover version of Ritual .
Individual evidence
- ^ Billboard Chart History for the debut album
- ↑ Information about the single versions on sevensistersroad.com ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed February 4, 2014
- ↑ Maxi Single ritual of Dan Reed Network, Mercury Records 870244-1, here
- ↑ Charts US
- ↑ Musikexpress, issue 06/1988, June 2, 1988, p. 96.
- ↑ A Bouquet of Barbed Wire. Heartland, HL06, 1997.
