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This article is about the Ride album. For the 1997 film soundtrack, see Nowhere: Music from the Gregg Araki Movie.
Nowhere 
Studio album by Ride Released 15 October 1990 Recorded Blackwing Studios, London Genre Shoegazing, dream pop, noise pop, space rock, neo-psychedelia Length 51:52 Language English Label Creation Records Producer Marc Waterman Ride chronology Nowhere
(1990)Going Blank Again
(1992)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Entertainment Weekly (B)[2] Pitchfork Media (9.5/10)[3] Sputnikmusic [4]Nowhere is the debut album by British indie band Ride. The album was released by Creation Records on 15 October 1990. Allmusic has cited the album as one of the greatest albums of the shoegazing genre, second only to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless.[1] Nowhere was voted number 74 on Pitchfork Media's list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s,[5] and closing track "Vapour Trail" was voted at number 145 on Pitchfork's Top 200 Tracks of the 90s.[6] The album is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
The album was issued in the United States in December 1990 by Sire Records, featuring the bonus tracks "Taste", "Here and Now", and "Nowhere", all of which were previously issued on the band's Fall EP. A 2001 reissue by Ignition Records further added the four songs from the band's Today Forever EP as bonus tracks. In February 2011, Rhino Handmade released a special 20th anniversary edition of Nowhere, featuring the remastered original album with seven bonus tracks, plus a bonus disc featuring a previously unreleased live performance at The Roxy in Los Angeles recorded on 10 April 1991. The set also includes a 40-page booklet with exclusive photos and a new essay by music critic Jim DeRogatis, as well as a lenticular-covered digipak book.[7][8]
Contents
Cover artwork
The cover features an uncrested wave photographed by Warren Bolster.[9] The original LP cover had the band name in embossed text in the location of the visible text and an embossed album title in the lower right corner. The original cassette and CD releases featured no band name or album title on the cover, but sometimes came with an identifying sticker on the outside of the CD or cassette case. For the 2001 CD re-release, the band name and title were printed visibly on the cover.[10] The 2011 Rhino Handmade edition features a lenticular design of the wave.[7]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Ride.
Original album No. Title Length 1. "Seagull" 6:09 2. "Kaleidoscope" 3:01 3. "In a Different Place" 5:29 4. "Polar Bear" 4:45 5. "Dreams Burn Down" 6:04 6. "Decay" 3:35 7. "Paralysed" 5:34 8. "Vapour Trail" 4:18 Bonus tracks No. Title Length 9. "Taste" 3:17 10. "Here and Now" 4:26 11. "Nowhere" 5:23 12. "Unfamiliar" 5:03 13. "Sennen" 4:23 14. "Beneath" 4:06 15. "Today" 6:26 Bonus disc: Live at the Roxy, 10 April 1991 No. Title Length 1. "Polar Bear" (Live) 5:01 2. "Seagull" (Live) 5:51 3. "Unfamiliar" (Live) 4:42 4. "Dreams Burn Down" (Live) 5:28 5. "Like a Daydream" (Live) 2:46 6. "Vapour Trail" (Live) 3:36 7. "In a Different Place" (Live) 5:30 8. "Perfect Time" (Live) 3:26 9. "Taste" (Live) 3:27 10. "Nowhere" (Live) 8:26 11. "Chelsea Girl" (Live) 4:34 12. "Drive Blind" (Live) 6:59 Credits
- Mark Gardener – vocals, guitar
- Andy Bell – vocals, guitar and piano
- Steve Queralt – bass
- Laurence Colbert – drums
- Personnel
- Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London, by Marc Waterman
- Mixed at Swanyard Studios, London, by Alan Moulder
- Remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Rick Webb
- Band photography by Joe Dilworth
- Wave photograph by Warren Bolster
Release history
Country Date Label Format Catalogue # Notes United Kingdom 15 October 1990 Creation Records LP CRELP074 8 tracks CD CRECD074 11 tracks United States 18 December 1990 Sire Records CD 9 26462-2 11 tracks United Kingdom 24 September 2001 Ignition Records CD IGN CD9 15 tracks United States 21 December 2010 Rhino Records LP WBLP79789 8 tracks (180-gram vinyl) February 2011 Rhino Handmade 2CD 603497949298 15 tracks + 12 track live CD References
- ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "Nowhere - Ride". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r16545. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ Browne, David (25 January 1991). "Nowhere - Music - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313099,00.html. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ Bevan, David (4 February 2011). "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Ride: Nowhere [20th Anniversary Edition"]. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15069-nowhere-20th-anniversary-edition/. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Herren, Scott (13 August 2005). "Ride - Nowhere (album review)". http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/3187/Ride-Nowhere/. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ Pitchfork: Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s
- ^ Pitchfork Top 200 Tracks of the 90s
- ^ a b "Rhino - Nowhere: 20th Anniversary Edition". http://www.rhino.com/shop/product/ride-nowhere-20th-anniversary-edition. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (11 November 2010). "Pitchfork: Ride's Nowhere Gets Double-Disc Reissue". http://pitchfork.com/news/40656-rides-inowherei-gets-double-disc-reissue/. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ Discogs credits
- ^ Ride - Nowhere (CD, Album) at Discogs
- Sources
- "The official Ride website". http://www.rideox4.net/. Retrieved 8 December 2005.
External links
- Andy Bell
- Laurence Colbert
- Mark Gardener
- Steve Queralt
Studio Albums - Nowhere
- Going Blank Again
- Carnival of Light
- Tarantula
EPs - Ride
- Play
- Fall
- Today Forever
- Grasshopper
- Coming Up for Air
Singles - "Taste"
- "Vapour Trail"
- "Leave Them All Behind"
- "Twisterella"
- "Birdman"
- "How Does It Feel to Feel?"
- "I Don't Know Where It Comes From"
- "Black Nite Crash"
Compilations - Smile
- OX4 The Best of Ride
- Firing Blanks: Unreleased Ride Recordings 1988 – 95
- Live Reading Festival 1992
- Waves
Categories:- Ride albums
- Creation Records albums
- Debut albums
- 1990 albums
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