Restraining Bolt
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ReleasedApril 22, 1997[1]
Recorded
- June 1996
- November 1996
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| Released | April 22, 1997[1] | |||
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| Length | 48:42 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
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Restraining Bolt is the final studio album by American alternative rock band Radish, released in 1997.[2] Ben Kweller, the group's frontman, was 15 at the time the album was released. The album was a commercial failure, selling only 13,000 copies by March 1998.[3][4]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [6] |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10[7] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[8] |
| Los Angeles Times | [9] |
| NME | 5/10[10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
| USA Today | [12] |
| Vox | 8/10[13] |
| Wall of Sound | 72/100[14] |
The Village Voice noted that "Kweller plays the roar that was grunge's revenge for punk like a teen gymnast executes a vault: there's a correct form and you follow it."[15]
