RIDE

[soulkid555]

RIDE - Going Blank Again

Bought this in 1993..loved it when it came out.

19 years later and I have started listening to it again.

Just brilliant.

[Hub]

Oh yes, I love that album! I don't think there is a bad track on it, which is weird because I don't really rate anything else they did. I know the album before, the one with Vapour Trail on, is generally considered better but being too young at the time in retrospect it is a bit too muddy and shoegazey for me. Going Blank Again was their accomplished peak for me. After that the songwriting dipped massively with generally poor lyrics and annoying songs on Carnival of Light.

I don't know what happened to Andy Bell though. Capable of writing a good track and a great guitarist (I still think 'Step Into My World' by Hurricane #1 is a really good and underrated track), but he was happy to sit back and be the bassist in Oasis for years and not do much on the songwriting front.

[soulkid555]

Hub said:

Oh yes, I love that album! I don't think there is a bad track on it, which is weird because I don't really rate anything else they did. I know the album before, the one with Vapour Trail on, is generally considered better but being too young at the time in retrospect it is a bit too muddy and shoegazey for me. Going Blank Again was their accomplished peak for me. After that the songwriting dipped massively with generally poor lyrics and annoying songs on Carnival of Light.

I don't know what happened to Andy Bell though. Capable of writing a good track and a great guitarist (I still think 'Step Into My World' by Hurricane #1 is a really good and underrated track), but he was happy to sit back and be the bassist in Oasis for years and not do much on the songwriting front.

Am with you 100%. They say Nowhere is ther best album. I like some tracks. The best album for me is Going Blank Again..amazing...every track is great.

Mark Gardener is still producing music.
http://markgardener.com/

Andy Bell release some solo stuff in 2009 apparently..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Bell_(musician)

Reform RIDE..and do a Going Blank Tour

[satan 59]

Was hoping it was going to be this. :-(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-08wmIm440&ob=...

[MrDarkBlack]

RIDE are one of my all time favourite bands. Unlike the previous posts, Knowwhere, is by far my favourite album, and I love the earlier EP's too.

I remember buying Going Blank Again when it first came out, and was disappointed when I first heard it. It took me a while to appreciate it, but I did learn too!

I would love them to reform, having never seen them live.

[Crackie]

MrDarkBlack said:

RIDE are one of my all time favourite bands. Unlike the previous posts, Knowwhere, is by far my favourite album, and I love the earlier EP's too.

I remember buying Going Blank Again when it first came out, and was disappointed when I first heard it. It took me a while to appreciate it, but I did learn too!

I would love them to reform, having never seen them live.

.... I think Decay & Taste both approach perfection and Paralysed is even better.

PS. Is it possible to play Paralysed too loud ??

Edited by Crackie on Friday 24th February 07:11

[Sprouts]

How bizzare. I got the CD in the post yesterday from Amazon. First time I've heard it since I had it on vinyl, which is still at me mams. First few times I remember it being hard to listen to all of it as the blast of Leave Them All Behind just kept getting put back on.

[Marvindodgers]

Ride were a great band. To me Nowhere is their best overall album, but Leave Them All Behind is just a masterpiece. Saw them live in Stoke (Hanley Victoria Hall) a few times between 1991 to 1993 and they just got better and better.

[soulkid555]

Crackie said:

Decay & Taste approach perfection and Paralysed is even better.

PS. Is it possible to play Paralysed too loud ??

I just listened to Paralysed for the first time...cant stop playing it...an amazzzing masterpiece.