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Oxfordshire quartet Ride quickly rose to prominence in 1989, driven by the chart success of its first three EPs, the intensity of its live shows, and a hypnotic and moody sound that presaged alt-rock’s ascendance. In October 1990, the band released its first full album Nowhere, a tour de force of intertwining guitars, intimate but otherworldly vocals, and open-ended lyrics. Two decades later, the album still resonates and remains one of the era’s high-water marks.
Rhino Handmade celebrates the album’s debut with a two-disc set that includes the newly remastered U.S. version of Nowhere, the EP Today Forever, and an unreleased live show. Adorned with a lenticular version of the album cover, the set’s 5" x 5" hardback book-style package includes a 40-page booklet with rare photos and an essay by author Jim DeRogatis.
Together Andy Bell, Mark Gardener (guitar/vocals), Steve Queralt (bass), and Laurence “Loz” Colbert (drums) created a mysterious sound that was both dense and dynamic as evidenced by tracks like “Taste,” “Seagull,” and the title track. And yet, at the center of this sonic swirl were memorable hooks and tightly written songs like “Kaleidoscope,” “Vapour Trail,” and “Dreams Burn Down.”
For this anniversary edition, Rhino Handmade bolsters the 11 tracks found on the U.S. version of Nowhere with four songs from the EP Today Forever, which was released in March 1991 by Creation Records, the band’s U.K. label. Short but essential, the tracks include “Unfamiliar,” “Sennen,” “Beneath,” and one of the band’s best, “Today.”
The second disc reveals another of the band’s facets with an hour of live music recorded April 10, 1991, at the Roxy in Los Angeles during the group’s first American tour. The previously unreleased 12-song set draws mostly from Nowhere, but does touch on Ride’s self-titled EP from 1990 (“Chelsea Girl” and “Drive Blind”) and the band’s follow-up EP later that year Play (“Perfect Time” and “Like A Daydream”). The live tracks are all newly mixed with supervision by Alan Moulder.
CD1 (Nowhere and Today Forever):
01 Seagull
02 Kaleidoscope
03 In a Different Place
04 Polar Bear
05 Dreams Burn Down
06 Decay
07 Paralysed
08 Vapour Trail
09 Taste
10 Here and Now
11 Nowhere
12 Unfamiliar
13 Sennen
14 Beneath
15 Today
CD2 (Live at the Roxy, 1991):
01 Polar Bear
02 Seagull
03 Unfamiliar
04 Dreams Burn Down
05 Like a Daydream
06 Vapour Trail
07 In a Different Place
08 Perfect Time
09 Taste
10 Nowhere
11 Chelsea Girl
12 Drive Blind
