Bareback Ride

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Bareback Ride
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Studio album by
Walt Mink
ReleasedJune 1, 1993
Genre Alternative rock, math rock, psychedelic rock
Length30:43
Label Caroline Records (US release) [1]
Quigley Records (UK release)
Producer Walt Mink [2]
Walt Mink chronology
Miss Happiness
(1992)		Bareback Ride
(1993)		 El Producto
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B [4]

Bareback Ride is the second album by the American alternative rock band Walt Mink, released in 1993. [2] [5] Sales and acclaim for the album fell short of the band's first album, Miss Happiness , which was released the previous year.

Contents

Bareback Ride was the last album with the original band lineup of John Kimbrough, Candice Belanoff and Joey Waronker. [6]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Astonishingly derivative of ’60s Brit-pop (the Kinks at their most cloying) and ’70s prog-rock (don’t ask), Walt Mink can’t be serious, and that’s the trio’s appeal." [4] The Washington Post wrote that "these 10 songs are pithy -- there's not a 10-minute drum solo to be found -- and [John] Kimbrough's wispy voice recalls the feyness of neo-psychedelic pop bands like the Three O'Clock." [1] Billboard praised the band's "keen sense of melody and dynamic instrumental punch." [7] Trouser Press thought that "Kimbrough weaves a simple, busy web of guitar, roaring just as loudly but concentrating his efforts into metallic vignettes rather than functionally stable textures." [6]

Track listing

All songs written by John Kimbrough.

  1. "Subway" – 2:18
  2. "Shine" – 4:06
  3. "Zero Day" – 1:58
  4. "Disappear" – 2:48
  5. "Sunnymede" – 3:49
  6. "Frail" – 3:41
  7. "Turn" – 2:30
  8. "Fragile" – 3:02
  9. "What a Day" – 2:59
  10. "Tree in Orange" – 3:31

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Jenkins, Mark (June 18, 1993). "ALTERNATE AMBIANCE AT THE 9:30 CLUB" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  2. 1 2 "Walt Mink | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Bareback Ride - Walt Mink | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. 1 2 "Bareback Ride". EW.com.
  5. ↑ "Geek Love". SPIN - Google Books. August 1993.
  6. 1 2 "Walt Mink". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 12, 1993 – via Google Books.
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