Waves
Released: Aug 4, 2003
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Released: Aug 4, 2003
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The only drawback of Waves, a compilation of Ride's sessions for BBC Radio 1, is that it begins in a tidal wave and ends in a puddle. Though it's sequenced like all BBC-session and singles-oriented...
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OX4: The Best of Ride
Released: Nov 5, 2002
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Released: Nov 5, 2002
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It wasn't exactly fashionable to be a Ride fan in the early '90s. In certain nooks of the universe, wearing a Ride T-shirt meant you had to walk with your fists clenched, ready to defend your...
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OX4: The Best of Ride - UK
Released: Sep 10, 2001
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Released: Sep 10, 2001
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It wasn't exactly fashionable to be a Ride fan in the early '90s. In certain nooks of the universe, wearing a Ride T-shirt meant you had to walk with your fists clenched, ready to defend your...
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Nowhere - 2001 BONUS TRACKS
Released: Sep 10, 2001
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Released: Sep 10, 2001
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Nowhere seems to hold consensus as the second-best record of the shoegaze era, and with very good reason. All of the common words, phrases, and adjectives commonly used with the short-lived...
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Tarantula - 2001 BONUS TRACKS
Released: Sep 10, 2001
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Released: Sep 10, 2001
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Here's where the plot got lost, an abomination of '70s/Lenny Kravitz clichés, full of third- and fourth-rate tunes and, ultimately, bad blood. Where Carnival of Light was a decent appropriation of...
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Going Blank Again - 2001 BONUS TRACKS
Released: Sep 10, 2001
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Released: Sep 10, 2001
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From the sounds of cloistered, chaotic opener "Leave Them All Behind," Going Blank Again sounds like it could be headed down the same Nowhere path. Guitars as far as the ear can hear -- not much...
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Black Nite Crash
Released: Feb 12, 1996
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Released: Feb 12, 1996
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Containing three non-LP cuts, this final import single is a good buy. How could Ride leave the spindly "Nothing Lasts Forever," "Slave," and "A Trip Down Ronnie Lane" off Tarantula when there was...
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Live Light
Released: Oct 24, 1995
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Released: Oct 24, 1995
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The live LP is only for the most ardent fans, as the set relies too heavily on Carnival of Light, and doesn't really sound all that different! Still, Live Light contains fevered moments among the...
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