Nightride (album)

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Nightride
Tinashe - Nightride.png
Studio album by
Tinashe
ReleasedNovember 4, 2016
Recorded2015–2016
Length51:32
Label RCA
Producer
Tinashe chronology
Amethyst
(2015)		Nightride
(2016)		 Joyride
(2018)
Singles from Nightride
  1. "Company"
    Released: September 16, 2016

Nightride is the second studio album by American singer Tinashe. It was released on November 4, 2016, [1] by RCA Records. Its first single, "Company" was released on September 16, 2016. The album also includes the promotional singles "Ride of Your Life" and "Party Favors". Unlike the single version of "Party Favors", the album version does not feature rapper Young Thug. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Tinashe recorded the project while recording her third studio album Joyride . [7] The album peaked at number 89 on the US Billboard 200.

Contents

Tinashe confirmed in 2019 that she considers Nightride her second studio album, however her former label, RCA Records, did not and that was the reason the album did not get promoted, did not get a proper lead single and she could not tour for the album. [8] She said multiple times that she and her label had creative differences, which led to them not releasing it as a proper album as it was not the kind of pop music they wanted from her.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.7/10 [9]
Metacritic 75/100 [10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
HotNewHipHop80% [12]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [14]
Pretty Much AmazingB [15]

Nightride received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 5 reviews. [10] Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times commented that the album "mixes themes of both cruising and loving, and does so through tracks produced by notables including the-Dream, Boi 1da and Dev Hynes". [16] Rebecca Haithcoat of the Pitchfork stated "Nightride sounds fascinating and, while polished, less sleek and cold than the title suggests. It has more of an ominous, broken-down carnival vibe" and that "Tinashe has long preferred shadows and slinkiness to bright poppiness, and [Nightride] is strictly after-hours music. [...] the album is infinitely interesting, possibly more so than the artist singing it. But then again, you shouldn’t count out anyone releasing an album like Nightride." [14] Kitty Empire of The Observer gave a more mixed but still positive review; describing the tracks from Nightride as a series of 'hazy, gauzy tracks'. [13]

Year-end lists

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Rolling Stone 20 R&B Albums of 2016
16
 [17]
Fuse The Best 20 Albums of 2016
14
 [18]
Uproxx The Best R&B Albums Of 2016
10
 [19]
Album of the YearThe Best R&B Albums of 2016
10
 [20]
Idolator The Best Albums of 2016
4
 [21]
Billboard 15 Best Overlooked Hip-Hop & R&B Albums of the 2010s5 [22]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Lucid Dreaming"
  • Reynolds
  • The Beat Bully
4:29
2."C'est La Vie"
  • Kachingwe
  • David "Dpat" Patino
Dpat3:35
3."Sunburn"
  • Kachingwe
  • Patino
  • Kai Wright
  • James Lovell
  • Atupele Ndisale
3:59
4."Binaural Test (Interlude)"Kachingwe 0:14
5."Sacrifices"
 Metro Boomin 4:14
6."Company" Terius Nash The-Dream 4:25
7."Soul Glitch"
  • Kachingwe
  • A. Sneed
  • Patino
Dpat4:11
8."You Don't Know Me"
  • Kachingwe
  • Wright
  • Patino
  • Sango
  • Dpat
3:15
9."Spacetime"
  • Kachingwe
  • Stephen Spencer
Spencer4:22
10."High Speed Chase (Interlude)"
  • Kachingwe
  • Thulani Kachingwe
King Kachingwe1:10
11."Ride of Your Life"
Metro Boomin3:30
12."Party Favors"
4:08
13."You Can Stay Here Tonight (Interlude)"Kachingwe 0:14
14."Touch Pass"
Wolf Cousins4:43
15."Ghetto Boy"
Hynes5:03
Total length:51:32

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA) [23] 12
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [24] 3
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [25] 16
US Billboard 200 [26] 89
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [27] 8

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousNovember 4, 2016 Digital download RCA [28]

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