Weather Diaries

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Weather Diaries
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Studio album by
Released16 June 2017
RecordedNovember 2016 – February 2017
Genre Alternative rock, shoegaze, dream pop, post-punk revival
Length52:10
Label Wichita Recordings, Play It Again Sam
Producer Erol Alkan
Ride chronology
Waves: Radio 1 Sessions 90–94
(2003)
Weather Diaries
(2017)
Tomorrow's Shore
(2018)
Singles from Weather Diaries
  1. "Charm Assault"
    Released: 21 February 2017
  2. "Home Is a Feeling"
    Released: 22 February 2017
  3. "All I Want"
    Released: 26 April 2017
  4. "Cali"
    Released: 1 September 2017

Weather Diaries is the fifth studio album by English rock band Ride. The album was released on 16 June 2017, and is the first Ride album since 1996's Tarantula . [1] The album was produced by English DJ Erol Alkan and mixed by long-time Ride collaborator Alan Moulder.

Contents

Release

The album was supported by two singles: "Charm Assault", released on 21 February 2017, and "Home Is a Feeling" released the next day. [2] [3]

The Japanese edition features the bonus track, which is the remix edition of "Home Is a Feeling", also with the limited edition Tote Bag.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Clash 7/10 [6]
Consequence of Sound B− [7]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 6.3/10 [10]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Reviews were largely positive. Spin felt the album had less shoegaze and was a simplified sound compared to early albums. [12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Lannoy Point"5:58
2."Charm Assault"4:12
3."All I Want"3:56
4."Home Is a Feeling"3:20
5."Weather Diaries"7:00
6."Rocket Silver Symphony"5:24
7."Lateral Alice"2:54
8."Cali"6:30
9."Integration Tape"2:26
10."Impermanence"4:22
11."White Sands"6:08
Total length:52:10
Japanese Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
12."Home Is A Feeling Remix (A Creamy Crambled Suite for a Ride, by Babe, Terror)"25:44
Total length:77:53

Personnel

Ride [13]
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 75
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [15] 63
Irish Albums (IRMA) [16] 53
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [17] 39
Scottish Albums (OCC) [18] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [19] 11

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