Nowhere (album)
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Nowhere is the debut album by British
shoegazing
band Ride
. The album was released by Creation Records
on 15 October 1990. Allmusic has cited the album as one of the greatest albums of the shoegazing genre, second only to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless
. Nowhere was voted number 74 on Pitchfork Media
's list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s, and closing track "Vapour Trail" was voted at number 145 on Pitchfork's Top 200 Tracks of the 90s. The album is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
.
The album was issued in the United States in December 1990 by Sire Records
, featuring the bonus tracks "Taste", "Here and Now", and "Nowhere", all of which were previously issued on the band's Fall EP. A 2001 reissue by Ignition Records further added the four songs from the band's Today Forever
EP as bonus tracks. In February 2011, Rhino Handmade
released a special 20th anniversary edition of Nowhere, featuring the remastered original album with seven bonus tracks, plus a bonus disc featuring a previously unreleased live performance at The Roxy in Los Angeles
recorded on 10 April 1991. The set also includes a 40-page booklet with exclusive photos and a new essay by music critic Jim DeRogatis
, as well as a lenticular
-covered digipak
book.
. The original LP cover had the band name in embossed text in the location of the visible text and an embossed album title in the lower right corner. The original cassette and CD releases featured no band name or album title on the cover, but sometimes came with an identifying sticker on the outside of the CD or cassette case. For the 2001 CD re-release, the band name and title were printed visibly on the cover. The 2011 Rhino Handmade edition features a lenticular design of the wave.
Personnel
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
shoegazing
Shoegazing
Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...
band Ride
Ride (band)
Ride were a British alternative rock band that formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence "Loz" Colbert, and Steve Queralt. The band were initially part of the "shoegazing" scene. Following the break-up of the band in 1996, members moved on to various other...
. The album was released by Creation Records
Creation Records
Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were...
on 15 October 1990. Allmusic has cited the album as one of the greatest albums of the shoegazing genre, second only to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless
Loveless (album)
Loveless is the second studio album by alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine. Released on 4 November 1991, Loveless was recorded over a two-year period between 1989 and 1991 in nineteen recording studios...
. Nowhere was voted number 74 on Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
's list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s, and closing track "Vapour Trail" was voted at number 145 on Pitchfork's Top 200 Tracks of the 90s. The album is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a musical reference book edited by Robert Dimery, first published in 2005. The most recent edition consists of a list of albums released between 1955 and 2010, part of a series from Quintessence Editions Ltd...
.
The album was issued in the United States in December 1990 by Sire Records
Sire Records
Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a...
, featuring the bonus tracks "Taste", "Here and Now", and "Nowhere", all of which were previously issued on the band's Fall EP. A 2001 reissue by Ignition Records further added the four songs from the band's Today Forever
Today Forever
Today Forever is an EP by British band Ride, released in March 1991.The first three songs also appeared in the US on the "Vapour Trail" CD-single. All four songs from the EP were added to the Nowhere album as bonus tracks on its re-release in 2001....
EP as bonus tracks. In February 2011, Rhino Handmade
Rhino Entertainment
Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes...
released a special 20th anniversary edition of Nowhere, featuring the remastered original album with seven bonus tracks, plus a bonus disc featuring a previously unreleased live performance at The Roxy in Los Angeles
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recorded on 10 April 1991. The set also includes a 40-page booklet with exclusive photos and a new essay by music critic Jim DeRogatis
Jim DeRogatis
James "Jim" DeRogatis is an American music critic and co-host of Sound Opinions. DeRogatis has written articles for magazines such as Spin, Guitar World and Modern Drummer, and for fifteen years was the pop music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.He joined Columbia College Chicago as a full-time...
, as well as a lenticular
Lenticular printing
Lenticular printing is a technology in which a lenticular lens is used to produce images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles...
-covered digipak
Digipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...
book.
Cover artwork
The cover features an uncrested wave photographed by Warren BolsterWarren Bolster
Warren Edward Bolster was a skateboard photographer during the mid-1970s rebirth of skateboarding....
. The original LP cover had the band name in embossed text in the location of the visible text and an embossed album title in the lower right corner. The original cassette and CD releases featured no band name or album title on the cover, but sometimes came with an identifying sticker on the outside of the CD or cassette case. For the 2001 CD re-release, the band name and title were printed visibly on the cover. The 2011 Rhino Handmade edition features a lenticular design of the wave.
Track listing
Credits
- Mark GardenerMark GardenerMark Stephen Gardener is an English rock musician, and former singer and guitarist with the shoegazing band, Ride.-Ride:...
– vocals, guitar - Andy BellAndy Bell (musician)Andrew Piran "Andy" Bell is a Welsh musician, currently playing guitar in the band Beady Eye. He is a songwriter, singer, producer, DJ and former member of the early 1990s shoegazing band, Ride, and later, Hurricane #1...
– vocals, guitar and piano - Steve Queralt – bass
- Laurence Colbert – drums
Personnel
- Recorded at Blackwing StudiosBlackwing StudiosBlackwing Studios was an English recording studio, most notable for early Depeche Mode and Yazoo recordings in the early 1980s.-Background:The Blackwing Studios complex was housed inside a deconsecrated church in South-East London. All Hallows church was partly destroyed during The Blitz in 1941...
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, by Marc Waterman - Mixed at Swanyard Studios, London, by Alan MoulderAlan MoulderAlan Moulder is one of Britain's premier alternative rock record producers. He has worked with such artists as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Elastica, Gary Numan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve, Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, Lostprophets, Shihad, Ivyrise and Placebo, as well as with many American...
- Remastered at Abbey Road StudiosAbbey Road StudiosAbbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
, London, by Rick Webb - Band photography by Joe DilworthJoe Dilworth-Life and work:Dilworth was the drummer on the 1992 Stereolab releases Peng! and Switched On. In 2003 Dilworth played a one-off gig with Jarvis Cocker under the name Relaxed Muscle....
- Wave photograph by Warren BolsterWarren BolsterWarren Edward Bolster was a skateboard photographer during the mid-1970s rebirth of skateboarding....
Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue # | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 15 October 1990 | Creation Records | LP | CRELP074 | 8 tracks |
| CD | CRECD074 | 11 tracks | |||
| United States | 18 December 1990 | Sire Records | CD | 9 26462-2 | 11 tracks |
| United Kingdom | 24 September 2001 | Ignition Records | CD | IGN CD9 | 15 tracks |
| United States | 21 December 2010 | Rhino Records | LP | WBLP79789 | 8 tracks (180-gram vinyl) |
| February 2011 | Rhino Handmade | 2CD | 603497949298 | 15 tracks + 12 track live CD |