This Is Not a Safe Place

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This Is Not a Safe Place
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Studio album by
Released16 August 2019
RecordedOctober 2018–March 2019
StudioAssault & Battery, London
Genre
Length50:45
Label
Producer Erol Alkan
Ride chronology
Tomorrow's Shore
(2018)
This Is Not a Safe Place
(2019)
Interplay
(2024)
Singles from This Is Not a Safe Place
  1. "Future Love"
    Released: 23 April 2019
  2. "Repetition"
    Released: 2 July 2019
  3. "Clouds of Saint Marie"
    Released: 13 August 2019
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.8/10
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Clash 8/10 [3]
Consequence of Sound B− [4]
Exclaim! 6/10 [5]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 6.5/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut 7/10 [11]

This Is Not a Safe Place is the sixth studio album by English rock band Ride. The album was released on 16 August 2019, the date being announced on 23 April 2019 along with the release of the album's first single, "Future Love". [12] The album is the band's second produced by English DJ Erol Alkan.

Contents

Production

After seeing on exhibition in 2018, Andy Bell was inspired by the work and thinking of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. One symbol that Basquiat incorporated into his work was three slashes '///'. [13] This was based upon historic graffiti markings used by American hobos to indicate an unsafe place. [14] This influenced the album name and cover artwork. Basquiat is also referenced in the lyrics of Repetition. [15] [16] [17]

Bell stated that the album was influenced by the likes of Sonic Youth and the Fall and by "post-punk in general, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd". [17]

Track listing

This Is Not a Safe Place track listing
No.TitleLength
1."R.I.D.E."3:00
2."Future Love"3:38
3."Repetition"3:16
4."Kill Switch"2:44
5."Clouds of Saint Marie"3:54
6."Eternal Recurrence"5:48
7."Fifteen Minutes"3:14
8."Jump Jet"5:08
9."Dial Up"3:36
10."End Game"3:36
11."Shadows Behind the Sun"4:00
12."In This Room"8:40
Total length:50:44

Personnel

Ride

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for This Is Not a Safe Place
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [18] 78
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [19] 75
French Albums (SNEP) [20] 193
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 72
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22] 94
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 7

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