American Ride | ||||
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Released | June 25, 2013 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 40:31 | |||
Label | Loud & Proud Blue Rose | |||
Producer | Stewart Lerman Willie Nile Johnny Pisano Alex Alexander | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 87/100 [1] |
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Classic Rock Revisited | A [6] |
Tom Hull | B [7] |
American Ride is the eighth studio album from American musician Willie Nile. It was released in June 2013 under Loud & Proud Records.
Hal Horowitz in American Songwriter says: "Nile delivers one of his finest and most passionate projects with American Ride." [5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "This is Our Time" | Nile | 2:45 |
2. | "Life on Bleecker Street" | Nile | 3:23 |
3. | "American Ride" | Nile, Mike Peters | 4:51 |
4. | "If I Ever See the Light" | Nile, Frankie Lee | 3:06 |
5. | "She's Got My Heart" | Nile, Frankie Lee | 3:08 |
6. | "God Laughs" | Nile, Eric Bazilian | 3:12 |
7. | "People Who Died" | Jim Carroll, Brian Linsley, Steve Linsley, Terrell Winn, Wayne Woods | 3:50 |
8. | "Holy War" | Nile | 4:01 |
9. | "Say Hey" | Nile | 2:54 |
10. | "Sunrise in New York City" | Nile, Frankie Lee | 2:49 |
11. | "The Crossing" | Nile, Frankie Lee | 3:10 |
12. | "There's No Place Like Home" | Nile | 3:23 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Occupy" | Nile | 3:22 |
14. | "The Motel Life" | Nile | 4:01 |
15. | "One Guitar V2.0" | Nile, Frankie Lee | 4:13 |
Total length: | 49:22 |
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9] | 1 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10] | 40 |
US Billboard 200 [11] | 156 |
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