The Ride (Catfish and the Bottlemen album)

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The Ride
The Ride Catfish and the Bottlemen.jpeg
Studio album by
Released27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)
StudioHillside Manor, Los Angeles
Genre
Length39:40
Label
Producer Dave Sardy
Catfish and the Bottlemen chronology
The Balcony
(2014)
The Ride
(2016)
The Balance
(2019)
Singles from The Ride
  1. "Soundcheck"
    Released: 16 February 2016
  2. "7"
    Released: 1 April 2016
  3. "Twice"
    Released: 20 May 2016
  4. "Outside"
    Released: 16 January 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 60/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound C [5]
Evening Standard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

The Ride is the second studio album by Welsh indie rock band Catfish and the Bottlemen. It was released on 27 May 2016 through Island Records and Capitol Records. The album was produced by Dave Sardy, who has previously worked with bands such as Oasis, Jet and Wolfmother. The Ride became the band's first UK no.1 album and was promoted by four singles; "Soundcheck", "7", "Twice" and "Outside", the second of which became the band's highest charting UK single at the time. The album received generally mixed reviews upon release.

Contents

Track listing

Lyrics by Van McCann and music by Catfish and the Bottlemen.

No.TitleLength
1."7"4:16
2."Twice"3:16
3."Soundcheck"4:21
4."Postpone"4:05
5."Anything"4:09
6."Glasgow"2:36
7."Oxygen"2:49
8."Emily"2:18
9."Red"3:48
10."Heathrow"2:51
11."Outside"5:11
Total length:39:40

Personnel

Credits adapted from The Ride liner notes. [7]

Catfish and the Bottlemen

Production

Charts and certifications

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