One of the interesting things with this project is the opportunity to compare and contrast albums from different eras, and trace the inspirations from generation to generation. I was slightly perturbed to realise that this album was closer to the 60’s that 1990 is to 2026 at the time of listening though!
In this case, this album owes a lot to the psychedelic 60s sound of Jefferson Airplane as well as the unique Fripp/Eno guitar sounds on Bowie’s Berlin trilogy. Ride take these elements and view them through a shoegaze lens into something quite interesting. The album does suffer a little from the need that some bands felt to fill up CD releases with exactly 72 minutes of music. This could easily have been trimmed down to 40 minutes of bangers, but I suppose they thought it was value for money.
https://album.link/gb/i/884059844
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