Restraining Bolt

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]

Restraining Bolt
Studio album by Radish
Released	April 22, 1997[1]
Recorded	June 1996 November 1996
Studio	Sheffield (Baltimore) Fort Apache (Boston)
Genre	Alternative rock grunge post-grunge
Length	48:42
Label	Mercury
Producer	Roger Greenawalt Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie
Radish chronology
Dizzy (1995) Restraining Bolt (1997)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
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]

Track listing

1. Little Pink Stars
2. Simple Sincerity
3. Failing and Leaving
4. Dear Aunt Arctica
5. Sugar Free
6. Today's Bargain
7. The You in Me
8. Still I Wait
9. A Promise
10. Apparition of Purity
11. My Guitar
12. Bedtime

Personnel

Personnel per liner notes.^[16]

Radish

• Ben Kweller - guitar, vocals
• Bryan Blur - bass
• John Kent - drums

Production

• Roger Greenawalt - production (2–6, 9, 10, 12)
• Sean Slade - production (1, 7, 8, 11), additional production (2–6, 9, 10, 12), mixing
• Paul Q. Kolderie - production (1, 7, 8, 11), additional production (2–6, 9, 10, 12), mixing