Ride (Oysterband album)

Ride is a 1989 album by British folk rock band Oysterband. The album features a cover of the New Order song "Love Vigilantes".

Ride
Studio album by Oysterband
Released	1989 (1989)
Genre	British folk rock
Length	48:00
Label	Cooking Vinyl
Producer	Dave Young
Oysterband chronology
Wide Blue Yonder (1987) Ride (1989) Little Rock to Leipzig (1990)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
New Musical Express	7/10[2]

Martin Aston, reviewer of British music newspaper Music Week, 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.^[3]

Track listing

LP

Side 1

1. "New York Girls" (Traditional) - 3:02
2. "Gamblers (We Do Not Do That Anymore)" (Ian Telfer / Alan Prosser)- 4:24
3. "Take Me Down" (Telfer / Prosser / John Jones) - 3:50
4. "Cheekbone City" (Telfer / Prosser) - 5:03
5. "Love Vigilantes" (Stephen Morris / Peter Hook / Bernard Sumner / Gillian Gilbert) - 3:58

Side 2

1. "Too Late Now" (Telfer / Prosser / Jones / Kearey) - 4:05
2. "Polish Plain" (Telfer / Prosser) - 3:54
3. "Heaven to Calcutta" (Telfer / Prosser / Jones) - 4:06
4. "Tincans" (Telfer / Jones) - 3:30
5. "This Year, Next Year" (Telfer) - 4:31

CD version

1. "New York Girls" - 3:02
2. "Gamblers (We Do Not Do That Anymore)" - 4:24
3. "Polish Plain" - 3:54
4. "Too Late Now" - 4:05
5. "Tincans" - 3:30
6. "Heaven to Calcutta" - 4:06
7. "This Year, Next Year" - 4:31
8. "My Dog (Knows Where the Bones Are Hid)" (Telfer / Prosser / Jones) - 3:07
9. "The Sins of the Family" (Telfer / Jones) - 4:24
10. "Take Me Down" - 3:50
11. "Cheekbone City" - 5:03
12. "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)