Capture/Release

Capture/Release
Studio album by The Rakes
Released	August 15, 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Post-punk revival
Length	41:23
Label	V2 Records
Producer	Paul Epworth, The Rakes
The Rakes chronology
Capture/Release (2005) Ten New Messages (2007)
Singles from Capture/Release
"22 Grand Job" Released: 2004 (maxi single) "Strasbourg" Released: September 27, 2004 "Retreat (The Rakes song)" Released: 2005 "Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)" Released: 2005 "22 Grand Job" Released: October 31, 2005 "All Too Human" Released: 2006

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
NME	(9/10) link
Drowned in Sound	(9/10) link
Robert Christgau	A− link
Tiny Mix Tapes	link
Playlouder	link
Dot Music	(7/10) link
Pitchfork Media	(6.3/10) link
The Guardian	link
PopMatters	(4/10) link

Capture/Release is the debut album by The Rakes, released on August 15, 2005. The album peaked at #32 in the UK. NME named it the 13th best album of 2005 and received general critical acclaim. It was released in the US on April 18, 2006 with the additional track "All Too Human".

Track listing

All songs written by Alan Donohoe, Jamie Hornsmith, Lasse Petersen and Matthew Swinnerton.

1. "Strasbourg" – 2:30
2. "Retreat" – 2:58
3. "22 Grand Job" – 1:46
4. "Open Book" – 2:17
5. "The Guilt" – 3:47
6. "Binary Love" – 3:45
7. "We Are All Animals" – 4:08
8. "Violent" – 2:34
9. "T Bone" – 3:36
10. "Terror!" – 2:54
11. "Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)" – 4:07
12. "All Too Human" (U.S. release) – 3:30

Japanese bonus tracks

13. "Wish You Were Here" – 2:13

14. "Automaton" – 2:00

Media usage

"We Are All Animals" features in the documentary One Night in Turin, a film about the England national football team's 1990 World Cup campaign in Italy.

"Open Book" is a playable track in the video game Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party.

Personnel

• Alan Donohoe – vocals
• Jamie Hornsmith – bass guitar
• Lasse Petersen – drums
• Matthew Swinnerton – lead guitar