Tarantula (Ride album)

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Tarantula
Tarantularidebandalbum.jpg
Studio album by
Released11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)
Recorded London, 1995
Genre Alternative rock, Britpop [1]
Length50:17
Label Creation
Producer
  • Richard "Digby" Smith
  • Paul Motion
Ride chronology
Carnival of Light
(1994)
Tarantula
(1996)
OX4 The Best of Ride
(2001)
Singles from Tarantula
  1. "Black Nite Crash"
    Released: 12 February 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork Media (5.4/10) [3]
NME (6/10) [4]
Melody Maker (negative) [5]
Select Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Vox (5/10) [7]

Tarantula is the fourth studio album by British rock band Ride, released in March 1996 shortly after the band split. The album was deleted from Creation Records' catalogue only one week after its release. [8]

Contents

This is also the only Ride album on which Andy Bell's vocal duties outweigh those of regular frontman Mark Gardener, due to internal conflict and the prior of their breakup.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andy Bell except where noted. All lead vocals performed by Andy Bell except where noted.

Original album
No.TitleLyricsMusicLead vocalsLength
1."Black Nite Crash"   2:34
2."Sunshine/Nowhere to Run"   4:48
3."Dead Man"   3:34
4."Walk on Water"   4:20
5."Deep Inside My Pocket" Mark Gardener, Jack Rieley GardenerGardener5:24
6."Mary Anne"   6:49
7."Castle on the Hill"   3:17
8."Gonna Be Alright" Loz Colbert Colbert, Bell 2:52
9."The Dawn Patrol"   4:04
10."Ride the Wind"ColbertColbert, Gardener, Steve QueraltGardener3:45
11."Burnin'"   5:17
12."Starlight Motel"   3:33
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLead vocalsLength
13."Nothing Lasts Forever"   3:31
14."Slave"GardenerGardenerGardener3:50
15."A Trip Down Ronnie Lane"   3:37

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References

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  2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r232862
  3. "Ride: Tarantula: Pitchfork Review". 5 October 2002. Archived from the original on 5 October 2002.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "For Whom the Bell Toils". NME. 2 March 1996.
  5. "Eight-legged snooze machine". Melody Maker. 16 March 1996.
  6. "Ride, Tarantula". Select. April 1996.
  7. "Uneasy riders". Vox. April 1996.
  8. "Gig preview: Ride at O2 Academy Leeds".

"Link". Official Ride website. Retrieved 9 December 2005.