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Reception

Mike O'Cull of Rock and Blues Muse regards the album as "one of the best rock releases of our current era and shows us all just how much life is left in the primordial power trio format." Gerrod Harris of ''

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'' praised the album highly, saying that with the album the band "have set the tone for the shape of hard rock throughout the coming decade."

Track listing

Personnel

* Phillip Freeman – vocals, bass guitar * Benjamin Guiles – guitar, backing vocals * Jonathan O'Neil – drums, backing vocals

Production

* Production: Grant McFarland and Carson Slovak (1–8, 10), Kevin Soffera, Mike Plotnikoff,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ride, The 2020 albums Hard rock albums by American artists