Mantra_(Shelter_album)

<i>Mantra</i> (Shelter album)

Mantra (Shelter album)

1995 studio album by Shelter

Mantra is an album by New York City hardcore punk band Shelter.[3][4] Released in 1995, it was the band's first album for Roadrunner.[5][6]

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Lyrically the album focuses mainly on Hare Krishna religious philosophy and social commentary on Western civilization — including a manifesto entitled Supersoul in the album's booklet, authored by band's frontman Ray Cappo. The first song, "Message of the Bhagavad", is introduced by an excerpt of a Bhagavad Gita verses reading.

Mantra was distributed in Brazil featuring two bonus tracks, expanding the listing from 11 to 13. Howerever, the lyrics for tracks #12 and #13 were not included in the booklet. By the time of the release, the band hadn't played live in the country yet, which happened for the first time in 1996.[7]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that Cappo "is an articulate and principled spokesman for transcendental thought set to a tough 4/4 beat."[5] In a retrospective review, Ox-Fanzine called Mantra "a tame rock album from another time."[8]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Shelter except where noted

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Credits

References

  1. [1]
    "Mantra - Shelter | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. [2]
    "Album Review: Shelter - Mantra". DrownedInSound. November 2001.
  3. [3]
    "Shelter | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. [4]
    Strauss, Neil (December 23, 1995). "POP REVIEW;Hates Meat And Calls Its Fans 'Murderers' (Published 1995)". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  5. [5]
    "Shelter". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  6. [6]
    Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. pp. 200–201.
  7. [7]
    "Grupo Shelter deve fazer show no Brasil". Folhateen. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2014. In Portuguese
  8. [8]
    "Review". www.ox-fanzine.de.
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