| Ride the Fader | ||||
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| Released | November 5, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, math rock, post-hardcore [1] | |||
| Length | 38:15 | |||
| Label | Matador | |||
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Ride the Fader is the second and final studio album by American indie rock band Chavez. [2] [3] [4] [5] It was released on Matador Records on November 5, 1996. [6] The album is considered by most fans and critics to be the band's best work.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A [8] |
| The Great Indie Discography | 8/10 [9] |
| MusicHound Rock | [10] |
| NME | 5/10 [11] |
| Pitchfork | 8.6/10 [12] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |  [13] |
Andrew Earles, in Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 (2014), wrote that "Chavez's second album in a gigantic wall of all-encompassing guitar wizardry (riffs, leads, and everything else) constructed over a massive rhythm section and majestic vocals." [14] Entertainment Weekly praised the album as "a fine specimen of spare, brainy post-metal hard rock."
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