Blood Visions

Blood Visions is the debut studio album by American punk rock singer and songwriter Jay Reatard, formerly of the Reatards.

Blood Visions
Studio album by
Jay Reatard
ReleasedOctober 10, 2006
RecordedJuly 2005-December 2005
GenreGarage rock, punk rock
Length29:09
Label
Jay Reatard chronology
Blood Visions
(2006)		 Watch Me Fall
(2009)

The track, "Oh It's Such a Shame" has been covered by Deerhunter (for the "Fluorescent Grey/Oh, It's Such a Shame" split single) and more recently by Arcade Fire during their support tour for The Suburbs.[1]

Just prior to Jay Reatard's death in 2010, he sold the rights to the record to Fat Possum Records, after which In the Red Records ceased production and distribution of the record.[2]

The album was reissued on Record Store Day in 2016 as an exclusive 10th anniversary 12" on red vinyl, featuring a gatefold jacket and bonus 7" of Blood Visions demos. The release was limited to 2000 copies.[3]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [4]
Dusted MagazinePositive [5]
Pitchfork9.1/10[6]
JunkMedia [7]
Robert ChristgauA- [8]

The music review online magazine Pitchfork Media, placed Blood Visions at number 200 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[9]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Blood Visions"1:32
2."Greed, Money, Useless Children"0:54
3."It's So Easy"1:10
4."My Shadow"3:18
5."My Family"1:43
6."Death Is Forming"2:06
7."Oh It's Such a Shame"2:28
8."Not a Substitute"1:05
9."Nightmares"2:13
10."I See You Standing There"1:39
11."We Who Wait" (The Adverts Cover)2:01
12."Fading All Away"1:28
13."Turning Blue"2:41
14."Puppet Man"1:44
15."Waiting for Something"3:16
Total length:29:09

Musicians
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gollark: `ed`, the standard editor.
gollark: GTech™, of course, perfectly simulates the oracle in order to predict what *it* will do, then does the optimal thing for that.
gollark: There are two boxes in front of you, A and B. B has 10,000 dollars in it, and A contains either 1,000,000 or 0 dollars.You may choose to take either only box A, or take both boxes.A perfect oracle has predicted your choice beforehand, and filled box A with the money if and only if it was predicted that you would take only box A.
gollark: (My model for this is that if I find myself choosing between the boxes, I may be being simulated, so I can "change the past" ish)

References
  1. "The Arcade Fire Go Gospel on Jay Reatard Cover » Cover Me". Covermesongs.com. 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  2. Interview with In The Red Records founder Larry Hardy
  3. "Jay Reatard - Blood Visions 10th Anniversary". Record Store Day. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  4. Stewart Mason. "Blood Visions". AllMusic. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  5. "Dusted Reviews: Jay Reatard - Blood Visions". Dustedmagazine.com. 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  6. "Jay Reatard: Blood Visions". Pitchfork Media. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  7. "Jay Reatard : Blood Visions". Junkmedia. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  8. Christgau, Robert. "Review: Blood Visions". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. Crock, Jason (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
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