A Radical Recital is a live recording of a Rasputina recital held in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, on Halloween

Halloween

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, 2004 (although the album cover claims it to have been 1804). It contains songs from the previous Rasputina albums, and lead singer Melora Creager

Melora Creager

Melora Creager, formerly Melora Mather, is an American cellist and singer-songwriter best known for her role as lead singer and chief composer of the cello rock trio Rasputina....

's spoken introductions. It also has their first recorded release of their cover of "Barracuda"

Barracuda (song)

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, a staple of their live shows.

Track listing

1. "Saline the Salt Lake Queen" – 4:44
2. "Rats" – 3:22
3. "Howard Hughes" – 4:32
4. "Signs of the Zodiac" – 4:25
5. "Secret Message" – 3:43
6. "Watch TV" – 3:36
7. "Hunter's Kiss" – 4:14
8. "Things I'm Going to Do" – 3:03
9. "If Your Kisses Can't Hold..." – 3:02
10. "Any Old Actress" – 3:42
11. "Rose K." – 3:06
12. "The Mayor" – 4:30
13. "Momma Was an Opium-Smoker" – 2:11
14. "Wicked Dickie" – 2:35
15. "When I Was a Young Girl" – 2:00
16. "Barracuda"  – 3:28
17. "Rock & Roll" – 4:31
18. "A Quitter" – 3:59
19. "High on Life" – 4:01

Bonus tracks

1. "New Zero" – 4:01 (iTunes bonus track)

Personnel

• Melora Creager
  Melora Creager
  Melora Creager, formerly Melora Mather, is an American cellist and singer-songwriter best known for her role as lead singer and chief composer of the cello rock trio Rasputina....
  
   – cello, vocals
• Zoë Keating
  Zoë Keating
  Zoë Keating is a Canadian-born cellist and composer based in San Francisco, California.In her solo performances and recordings , she uses live electronic sampling and repetition in order to layer the sound of her cello, creating rhythmically dense musical structures...
  
   – cello
• Jonathon TeBeest
  Jonathon TeBeest
  Jonathon S. TeBeest is an American drummer, born and raised in Montevideo, Minnesota best known for his work in the cello-based group Rasputina. He was a member of the band from 2002 - 2008 and previously been associated with the act 3 Minute Hero where he garnered the nickname "ATHENS-manservant"...
  
   – drums