Tarantula (Ride album)
Tarantula is the fourth studio album by British rock band Ride, released in March 1996 shortly after the band split. The album was deleted from Creation Records' catalogue only one week after its release.[8]
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| Released | 11 March 1996 | |||
| Recorded | London, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, Britpop[1] | |||
| Length | 50:17 | |||
| Label | Creation | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.4/10)[3] |
| NME | (6/10)[4] |
| Melody Maker | (negative)[5] |
| Select | [6] |
| Vox | (5/10)[7] |
This is also the only Ride album on which Andy Bell's vocal duties outweigh those of regular frontman Mark Gardener, due to internal conflict and the prior of their breakup.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Andy Bell except where noted. All lead vocals performed by Andy Bell except where noted.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Black Nite Crash" | 2:34 | |||
| 2. | "Sunshine/Nowhere to Run" | 4:48 | |||
| 3. | "Dead Man" | 3:34 | |||
| 4. | "Walk on Water" | 4:20 | |||
| 5. | "Deep Inside My Pocket" | Mark Gardener, Jack Rieley | Gardener | Gardener | 5:24 |
| 6. | "Mary Anne" | 6:49 | |||
| 7. | "Castle on the Hill" | 3:17 | |||
| 8. | "Gonna Be Alright" | Loz Colbert | Colbert, Bell | 2:52 | |
| 9. | "The Dawn Patrol" | 4:04 | |||
| 10. | "Ride the Wind" | Colbert | Colbert, Gardener, Steve Queralt | Gardener | 3:45 |
| 11. | "Burnin'" | 5:17 | |||
| 12. | "Starlight Motel" | 3:33 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 13. | "Nothing Lasts Forever" | 3:31 | |||
| 14. | "Slave" | Gardener | Gardener | Gardener | 3:50 |
| 15. | "A Trip Down Ronnie Lane" | 3:37 |
References
- Corr, Alan (22 June 2017). "Ya big Ride! '90s band deliver killer new album". RTÉ.ie.
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/r232862
- "Ride: Tarantula: Pitchfork Review". 5 October 2002. Archived from the original on 5 October 2002.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "For Whom the Bell Toils". NME. 2 March 1996.
- "Eight-legged snooze machine". Melody Maker. 16 March 1996.
- "Ride, Tarantula". Select. April 1996.
- "Uneasy riders". Vox. April 1996.
- "Gig preview: Ride at O2 Academy Leeds".
"Link". Official Ride website. Retrieved 9 December 2005.
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