''Ride'' is a 1989 album by
British folk rock
British folk rock is a form of folk rock which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s. Though the merging of folk and rock music came from several sources, it is widely regarded that the ...
band
Oysterband
Oysterband (originally The Oyster Band) is a British folk rock and folk punk band formed in Canterbury around 1976.
History Early history
The band formed in parallel to Fiddler's Dram, and under the name "Oyster Ceilidh Band" played purely as ...
. The album features a cover of the
New Order song "
Love Vigilantes".
Critical reception
Martin Aston, reviewer of British music newspaper ''
Music Week
''Music Week'' is a trade publication for the UK record industry distributed via a website and a monthly print magazine. It is published by Future.
History
Founded in 1959 as '' Record Retailer'', it relaunched on 18 March 1972 as ''Music W ...
'', called Oysterband "best band in Folk Roots last three polls" but complained that they lost a half of their roots here while making sound more modern.
Track listing
LP
''Side 1''
# "New York Girls" (Traditional) - 3:02
# "Gamblers (We Do Not Do That Anymore)" (Ian Telfer / Alan Prosser)- 4:24
# "Take Me Down" (Telfer / Prosser / John Jones) - 3:50
# "Cheekbone City" (Telfer / Prosser) - 5:03
# "
Love Vigilantes" (
Stephen Morris /
Peter Hook /
Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner (born 4 January 1956) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is a founding member of the bands Joy Division, New Order, and Electronic. Sumner was an early force in several areas, including the po ...
/
Gillian Gilbert
Gillian Lesley Gilbert (born 27 January 1961) is an English musician and singer, best known as the keyboardist and guitarist of the band New Order.
Early life
Gilbert's family moved from her birthplace, Manchester, to the nearby market town of ...
) - 3:58
''Side 2''
# "Too Late Now" (Telfer / Prosser / Jones / Kearey) - 4:05
# "Polish Plain" (Telfer / Prosser) - 3:54
# "Heaven to Calcutta" (Telfer / Prosser / Jones) - 4:06
# "Tincans" (Telfer / Jones) - 3:30
# "This Year, Next Year" (Telfer) - 4:31
CD version
# "New York Girls" - 3:02
# "Gamblers (We Do Not Do That Anymore)" - 4:24
# "Polish Plain" - 3:54
# "Too Late Now" - 4:05
# "Tincans" - 3:30
# "Heaven to Calcutta" - 4:06
# "This Year, Next Year" - 4:31
# "My Dog (Knows Where the Bones Are Hid)" (Telfer / Prosser / Jones) - 3:07
# "The Sins of the Family" (Telfer / Jones) - 4:24
# "Take Me Down" - 3:50
# "Cheekbone City" - 5:03
# "
Love Vigilantes" - 3:58
Personnel
John Jones - Vocals, Melodeon
Ian Telfer - Fiddle, Alto Saxophone, Organ
Alan Prosser - Guitars, Vocals, Bones
Russell Lax - Drums
Chopper - Bass Guitar, Electric Cello, Vocals
Issues
LP
Cooking Vinyl Records COOK 020 (Great Britain)
Polydor 422 838 400-1 (USA)
Mercury 838 400-1 (West Germany)
CD
Cooking Vinyl Records COOKCD 020 (Great Britain)
Polydor 422 838 400-2 (USA)
References
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1989 albums
Oysterband albums