Weather Diaries

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.

Weather Diaries
Studio album by
Ride
Released16 June 2017
RecordedNovember 2016–February 2017
GenreAlternative rock, shoegazing, dream pop, Post-punk revival
Length52:10
LabelWichita Recordings, Play It Again Sam
ProducerErol 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

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
Metacritic74/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Clash7/10[6]
Consequence of SoundB-[7]
Drowned in Sound7/10[8]
The Guardian[9]
Pitchfork6.3/10[10]
PopMatters[11]

Reviews were largely positive. Spin felt the album had less shoegaze and was a simplified sound compared to early albums.[12] Three Imaginary Girls praised the songwriting, saying the album was '... memorable and cohesive.'[13]

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[14]
Additional personnel

Charts
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 75
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 63
Irish Albums (IRMA)[17] 53
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[18] 39
Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] 12
UK Albums (OCC)[20] 11

References
  1. Ride Announce New Album "Weather Diaries", Share New 'Charm Assault' Video: Watch
  2. Listen to Ride’s first new song in 20 years 'Charm Assault'
  3. Pearce, Sheldon. "Listen to Ride's New Song 'Home Is a Feeling' | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. "Reviews and Tracks for Weather Diaries by Ride". CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  5. Andy Kellman (June 16, 2017). "Weather Diaries - Ride : Songs, Reviews, Credits". All Media Network. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  6. Robin Murray (16 June 2017). "Ride - Weather Diaries". Clash. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. Tyler Clark (12 June 2017). "Ride - Weather Diaries". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. Dom Gourlay (June 16, 2017). "Weather Diaries - Ride". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  9. Gwilym Mumford (June 16, 2017). "Ride: Weather Diaries review – shoegaze heroes broaden their horizons". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  10. Ben Cardew (May 8, 2017). "Ride - Weather Diaries". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  11. "Ride: Weather Diaries". Pop Matters.
  12. https://www.spin.com/2017/06/ride-weather-diaries-review/
  13. http://threeimaginarygirls.com/weather-diaries-ride/
  14. https://www.discogs.com/Ride-Weather-Diaries/release/10480660
  15. "Ultratop.be – Ride – Weather Diaries" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  16. "Ultratop.be – Ride – Weather Diaries" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  17. "Irish Albums Chart: 23 June 2017". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  18. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2017-06-26/p/4" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  19. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  20. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
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