Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt album)

Lightning Bolt is the debut album by noise rock band Lightning Bolt. Originally, five of the tracks on the album were recorded in the studio, however, with the exception of one track, the band discarded these and instead put low fidelity live versions of the songs on the record. A 50-minute "companion cassette" entitled Zone was available for three dollars via direct mail order when the record was originally released. This material appears in the form of two bonus tracks included on the CD release.

Lightning Bolt
Studio album by Lightning Bolt
Released	April 1, 1999
Recorded	Providence, Rhode Island, 1997–1998
Genre	Noise rock lo-fi[1]
Length	31:44 78:52 (with Zone)
Label	Load (LOAD #26)
Producer	Dave Auchenbach
Lightning Bolt chronology
Lightning Bolt (1999) Ride the Skies (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Stylus Magazine	(C) link

The original vinyl issue was limited to 750 copies and had the artwork that is represented on this page. The more common CD reissue contained slightly different artwork.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lightning Bolt.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Into the Valley"	10:46
2.	"Murk Hike"	3:04
3.	"Caught Deep in the Zone"	3:13
4.	"Fleeing the Valley of Whirling Knives"	10:37
5.	"Mistake"	4:04
Total length:		31:44

Zone tracks

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Zone"	32:46
7.	"And Beyond"	14:22
Total length:		78:52

Album personnel

• Brian Chippendale – drums and vocals
• Brian Gibson – bass guitar
• Rik Peltier – recording engineer