An amiable, sunny pop song, with a great keyboard break right in the middle to boot, "Twisterella" lets Ride fully kick up its heels and aim for cheery melody without ripping feedback walls all over it.
It's a loud and happy song, though, and succeeds beautifully at its bemused task.
The remaining three tracks find Ride experimenting with its sound a bit -- it's not quite the total path where the group would go next, but it does find the quartet interested in creating proper songs instead of simply mixing high volume guitars and airy harmonies, for better or worse.
Following the pattern from Nowhere, Going Blank Again's title track ends up here instead of on the album, a gentle but fine song exhibiting a clear Byrds fetish more than once.
"Howard Hughes" amiably grooves along with even more of a relaxed, almost early Eno-type air (and Hammond organ to boot), while "Stampede" flirts a bit with country twang while bringing back the volume on the choruses.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TwisterellaMark Gardener | Ride | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 2 | Going Blank AgainAndy Bell, Loz Colbert, Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt | Ride | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 3 | Howard HughesAndy Bell, Loz Colbert, Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt | Ride | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 4 | StampedeAndy Bell, Loz Colbert, Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt | Ride | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 15 mins | 35 MB | |||||
| 15 mins | 108 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Bell | Composer |
| 2 | Andy Bell | Composer |
| 3 | Loz Colbert | Composer |
| 4 | Mark Gardener | Composer |
| 5 | Howard Hughes | Engineer |
| 6 | Alan Moulder | Engineer, Mixing |
| 7 | Matt Oliver | Engineer |
| 8 | Steve Queralt | Composer |
| 9 | Ride | Primary Artist, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |