This remnant will be replaced soon. The FAQ is back, with a new design! HEADERHERE... All of the songs on Rift (Elektra #61433; Producer: Barry Beckett) are part of a theme, of the singer falling asleep and having a dream about some great turmoil -- e.g. he faces himself in his reflection on "It's Ice". ... The images on the cover include a reference to every song except "Horse"; and a horse is featured prominently on the cover of the next album, Hoist. ... To note, Rift debuted at #51 on Billboard album charts in February 1993, while Hoist debuted at #34 on Billboard album charts in April 1994. On 2-20-93, Billboard Magazine called Rift "a must-listen for the college and alternative circuits, and a bold new album from one of the finest bands to emerge in recent years." (Posted by Mike Pelczarski <pella@javanet.com>.) "Mound" From Joshua Kean <J322%NEMOMUS.bitnet@academic.nemostate.edu>: What are they talking about in the liner notes for Mound? All of the other songs contain at least a few of the lyrics. Response from Shelly: Mike wrote Mound. First, he wrote the music. Then, he listened to the music he had written and mumbled along with it into a tape recorder. Then he listend to the tape of the mumbling and wrote out the words that he heard himself saying. The phrases that are in the Rift liner notes are things he heard himself saying on the tape that didn't make it into the final version of the song that they recorded. See also, reviews and sound clips from Music Boulevard. "The music keeps changing and morphing all the time, as if it were this tightly wound ball of energy we were passing around among us." -- Page McConnell This page last updated February 03, 2007. All contents © 1992-2007 Ellis Godard. All rights reserved.