''Let It Ride'' is the third studio album by the

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, released in June 1998 via

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, and was the band's first LP to be written solely by

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(lyrics) and Paul Banks (music).Let It Ride album liner notes The album features

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of the

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-based band,

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, on keyboards, and Heather "Lady Galadril" Findlay, of the fellow

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-based band, Mostly Autumn, on vocals.

Reception

''Let It Ride'' garnered a mixed reception upon release. At the time the Shed's were deemed to be taking on a 'new', punchier sound following first hearings of their comeback single, "

She Left Me on Friday "She Left Me on Friday" is the second single taken from the Shed Seven album ''Let It Ride''. It was released on 2 March 1998 and made it to number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also appears on the band's compilation albums ''Going For Gol ...

", with various reviewers drawing comparisons to both

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and Blur. The ''

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'', who labelled the song "the most fiendishly clever Blur parody ever", went on to liken the album's sound to that of both

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in their lukewarm review; Writing for ''

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'' in June 1998, Caroline Sullivan saw ''Let It Ride'' as an improvement on the band's previous album, stating that "it aspires to bigger things, and almost gets there hilstsinger Rick Witter has even acquired a raspiness that complements the beefy music".

Chart performance

Album

''Let It Ride'' spent a total of 7 weeks in the UK album chart, peaking at number 9 on 13 June 1998, giving the band their second consecutive Top 10 album release.

Singles

It spawned four UK hit singles for the band with " Chasing Rainbows", "

", "The Heroes" and "Devil in Your Shoes (Walking All Over)" all placing in the Top 40 of the Singles Chart. "She Left Me on Friday" was the most successful of the four, peaking at number 11 on 14 March 1998.

Track listing

All tracks written by

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/ Paul Banks.

UK version

*Track 10 is an alternate mix to the single version originally released in 1996, reworked by Stephen Street.

Japanese version

The Japanese album release, along with a different album cover, featured a different running order with 2 additional bonus tracks, "Slinky Love Theme" and "Happy Now", which were to be found as b-sides on the UK single releases of "The Heroes" and "Devil in Your Shoes (Walking All Over)", respectively. 2014 Remaster released 4 August 2014

Personnel

Shed Seven

– lead vocals * Paul Banks – guitars, keyboards, harmonica *Tom Gladwin – bass *Alan Leach – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

– keyboards *Heather Findlay – backing vocals *

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References

External links

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