Nowhere (album)

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Nowhere
Studio album by Ride
Released 15 October 1990
Recorded Blackwing Studios, London
Genre Shoegazing, dream pop, noise pop, space rock, neo-psychedelia
Length 39:00
Label Creation
Producer Marc Waterman
Ride chronology

Fall
(1990)		 Nowhere
(1990)		 Today Forever
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Beats Per Minute (website) (98%)[2]
Pitchfork Media (9.5/10)[3]

Nowhere is the debut album by British shoegazing band Ride. The album was released by Creation Records on 15 October 1990. Allmusic has cited the album as one of the greatest albums of the shoegazing genre.[1] Nowhere was voted number 74 on Pitchfork Media's list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s.[4] The track "Vapour Trail" was voted at number 145 on Pitchfork's Top 200 Tracks of the 90s[5] and at number 81 on NME's 100 Best Tracks of the Nineties.[6] The album is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

The album was issued in the United States in December 1990 by Sire Records, featuring the bonus tracks "Taste", "Here and Now", and "Nowhere", all of which were previously issued on the band's Fall EP. A 2001 reissue by Ignition Records further added the four songs from the band's Today Forever EP as bonus tracks. In February 2011, Rhino Handmade released a special 20th anniversary edition of Nowhere, featuring the remastered original album with seven bonus tracks, plus a bonus disc featuring a previously unreleased live performance at The Roxy in Los Angeles recorded on 10 April 1991. The set also includes a 40-page booklet with exclusive photos and a new essay by music critic Jim DeRogatis, as well as a lenticular-covered digipak book.[7][8]

Cover artwork

The album cover features an uncrested wave photographed by Warren Bolster.[9] The original LP cover artwork had the band name in embossed text (in the location of the visible text) and an embossed album title in the lower right corner. The original cassette and CD releases featured no band name or album title on the cover, but sometimes came with an identifying sticker on the outside of the CD or cassette case. For the 2001 CD re-release, the band name and title were printed visibly on the cover.[10] The 2011 Rhino Handmade edition features a lenticular design of the wave.[7]

Track listing

From the band's official website:
The tracks from the Fall EP and the Nowhere LP were all recorded in sessions at Blackwing Studios over the summer of 1990 and were always intended to complement each other. They shared one track ("Dreams Burn Down") and the other 3 EP tracks were added to the CD release of Nowhere in the UK originally as “bonus tracks”. When Nowhere was released in North America and Japan, the 11 track version became the default.
All songs written and composed by Andy Bell except where noted[11]. 
Original album
No. TitleLead vocals Length
1. "Seagull"  Gardener and Bell 6:09
2. "Kaleidoscope"  Gardener with Bell 3:01
3. "In a Different Place"  Gardener 5:29
4. "Polar Bear"  Gardener 4:45
5. "Dreams Burn Down"  Gardener 6:04
6. "Decay" (Mark Gardener)Gardener 3:35
7. "Paralysed"  Bell 5:34
8. "Vapour Trail"  Bell 4:18
CD Bonus Tracks
No. TitleLyricsMusicLead vocals Length
9. "Taste"  GardenerAndy Bell, Loz Colbert, Mark Gardener, Steve QueraltGardener 3:17
10. "Here and Now"    Bell 4:26
11. "Nowhere"  ColbertBell, Colbert, Gardener, QueraltBell 5:23

Credits

  • Mark Gardener – vocals, guitar
  • Andy Bell – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
  • Steve Queralt – bass
  • Laurence Colbert – drums
Personnel

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue # Notes
United Kingdom 15 October 1990 Creation Records LP CRELP074 8 tracks
CD CRECD074 11 tracks
United States 18 December 1990 Sire Records CD 9 26462-2 11 tracks
United Kingdom 24 September 2001 Ignition Records CD IGN CD9 15 tracks
United States 21 December 2010 Rhino Records LP WBLP79789 8 tracks (180-gram vinyl)
February 2011 Rhino Handmade 2CD 603497949298 15 tracks + 12 track live CD

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kellman, Andy. "Nowhere – Ride". Retrieved 4 December 2010. 
  2. ↑ Winkie, Luke (23 March 2011). "Nowhere - Music - beatsperminute.com". Beats Per Minute (website). Retrieved 3 September 2013. 
  3. ↑ Bevan, David (4 February 2011). "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Ride: Nowhere [20th Anniversary Edition]". Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
  4. ↑ Pitchfork: Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s
  5. ↑ Pitchfork Top 200 Tracks of the 90s
  6. ↑ NME 100 Best Tracks of the Nineties
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Rhino – Nowhere: 20th Anniversary Edition". Retrieved 20 December 2010. 
  8. ↑ Breihan, Tom (11 November 2010). "Pitchfork: Ride's Nowhere Gets Double-Disc Reissue". Retrieved 4 December 2010. 
  9. ↑ Discogs credits
  10. ↑ Ride – Nowhere (CD, Album) at Discogs
  11. ↑ Piutti, Piero (July 1998). "Interview with Andy Bell – July 1998". Retrieved 26 May 2012. 
Sources

External links

Ride
Studio Albums
EPs
Singles
  • "Taste"
  • "Vapour Trail"
  • "Leave Them All Behind"
  • "Twisterella"
  • "Birdman"
  • "How Does It Feel to Feel?"
  • "I Don't Know Where It Comes From"
  • "Black Nite Crash"
Compilations
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