Ride the Skies

Infobox Album |
Name = Ride the Skies
Type = Album
Artist = Lightning Bolt


Released = February, 2001
Recorded = Providence, Rhode Island
Genre = Noise rock
Length = 35:33
Label = Load Records – LOAD #31
Producer = Dave Auchenbach
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8f87gjir36im link]
*Pitchfork (8.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19398-ride-the-skies link]
*Robert Christgau A- [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lightning+Bolt link]
Last album = "Lightning Bolt"
(1999)
This album = "Ride the Skies"
(2001)
Next album = "Wonderful Rainbow"
(2003)

"Ride the Skies" is the second album by noise rock band Lightning Bolt. This album is considered their breakthrough in the noise rock world.

Track #2, "Saint Jacques," is named after bassist Dan St. Jacques, a friend of the band and member of the bands Olneyville Sound System, Vincebus Eruptum (former), and Landed, the latter of which both Brian Gibson and Brian Chippendale are former members.

Scandinavian free jazz power trio The Thing recorded a cover of track #4, "Ride the Sky." The cover is on their 2006 CD "Action Jazz", released on the Norwegian label Smalltown Superjazzz.

Track listing

#"Forcefield" – 4:01
#"Saint Jacques" – 4:13
#"13 Monsters" – 2:48
#"Ride the Sky" – 4:27
#"The Faire Folk" – 6:16
#"Into the Mist 2" – 3:21
#"Wee Ones Parade" – 5:19
#"Rotator" – 5:08

Album personnel

*Brian Chippendale – drums and vocals
*Brian Gibson – bass guitar
*Dave Auchenbach – recording engineer
*Jeff Lipton – mastering

External links

* [http://laserbeast.com/ Lightning Bolt official website]
* [http://www.loadrecords.com/bands/bolt.html Lightning Bolt at Load Records]