Nowhere

Perfectly pleasant background music for a U8 baseball game in November. The drummer really is quite something. 8 keepers in 15 (53%). 53

5/10 - slightly disappointed in this as Ride do have some good songs

There once was a time when I could have gotten into this. But life’s too short, and this had its chance to grab me (in the very early 90s, from where it sounds firmly rooted). I can’t be doing with moody, floor-gazing, lolloping head mumbly singing over generic indie guitars today - I’ve got more modern stuff to do.

No thanks, very mid. Good music but weak vocals. Undeserving of it's place on this list. There must be better examples of this genre. To be honest, I'd rather just stare at my shoes all day.

If rolling stone calls it a masterpiece rest assured it is not…

Answer to the question I never really needed answering. What would a 80s/90s psychedelic stone roses sound like if they only had the indie noise rock influences and not the love of the Byrds and Beatles. Little bits still creep in and are hinted at, probably from the band copying the S roses. It’s ok and not too shoe-gazing, which is a plus as not a music form I enjoy. Didn’t realise I had heard the 149th or whatever best song of the 90s, and had to go back and re listen, not that I needed to have bothered. Other can like I don’t. On the scale, was a chore to listen all the way through to, with the oh so miserable now lyrics and vocals, 2.5 star

had a few good moments...love the drummer's energy and playing...not too fond of the vocals. I'm stuck between a 2 and 3, but I'll give it a 3 because nothing offended me.

Love the opening track and was excited for the rest, but they just all sound rather generic. I've listened to my fair share of jangly indie pop - including Ride's other work - but this isn't one of the better examples for me.

This seemed so promising when I read the description but it was disappointing. It was mostly boring and monotonous.

Had no idea what to expect going in, and ended up enjoying it. A pleasant surprise.

Really good record.

Again, I liked it. But gimme some good stuff!!!!

Sucks this is not on a streaming service, this is a very good album.

Shoegazey and noisy but not gratingly so. Nice to have on in the background. Definitely 90s sounding with the harmonica thrown in there

Forgettable wash of noise.

I'm not a shoegazer.

Vapor Trail is great. Rest is good

Such a nothing album. Barely remember it having only just listened to it. Trying to be Stone Roses but boring.

I don’t think reviewing this album requires a lot of crazy superlatives or exaggeration. I overall just like it. Seems to be a great example of shoegaze while not being to the level of greatness of The Cure - especially Disintegration.

Didn’t quite strike a chord with me. One I need to re listen to

Interesting music. Very time specific. I enjoyed listening to it but it was not out of the box type of music. I imagine thousands of bands sound like this.

I hadn't heard of Rise before, but I'm glad that I listened to this album. I'm going to listen to more of their offerings. With all the music in the world, it's hard to get imagine that this album is on the list. It's not bad, I just don't think it's that good.

Very high 3 I'm rounding up. Really dug the heavier songs. The others a bit iffier.

On this album Ride established this dream pop-influenced shoegaze sound, light and airy but with enough guitar fuzz to give it an edge. Unfortunately for them, in retrospect this sounds like a pretty standard shoegaze album despite them having largely pioneered this sound. The album is nice - it has waves of guitars that rise and fall and just enough subtle hooks to keep you interested. "Polar Bear" and "Vapor Trail" are clear highlights, though the entire second side is great. But its guitar tones never really wow you, and its songs largely all take from the same sound palette. It's kind of the epitome of an album that's nice when it's on but which doesn't make much of a memorable impression. A nice listen, but other bands have done better since.

4 absolutely perfect songs (Polar Bear, In A Different Place, Dreams Burn Down, Vapour Trail) and 4 good songs. Big fan of the drum breaks with feedback although the best examples were on the EPs before this album. It's probably a 9 but will give it a 10 for sentimental reasons

Despite quite liking Ride whenever they popped up on the Chart Show Indie Chart I never quite pulled the trigger on an album until the lackluster, post shoegaze Carnival of Lite. This is good tho, I probably appreciate its Wall of Sound more now. Blistering opener, drums great throughout, loved these lines from Polar Bear. If I want to be With you all the time, why is it measured in hours? You should make your own time, you're welcome in mine

God that was dull. It was listening to more than an hour of early stone roses b-sides but without any catchy melody. Reminded me of tuning in to John Peel back in the day, which would have been fine for one song but not an album of this length. Really dragged.

It has a very '90s sound, jangle guitar with lots of harmonics and distortion. They use a classic wall-of-sound production style which is very instrumental in the shoegaze genre, but it also makes the songs sound like they are always building and never really take off. It has a decent atmospheric quality and you can hear some of the early influences they are drawing from like Stone Roses, Yo La Tengo, Pixies but they didn't quite get to that level for me. Decent album and an influential band for the shoegaze genre, I don't consider it to be a special album though.

More indie-rock than shoegaze and therefore not that annoying. favourite: "Decay"

Well, it ain't Loveless, that's for sure. Which is a good thing. Because Loveless may be the worst album of all time.

This was an easy listen

I’d listened to this album before, but had largely forgotten about it. Shoegaze is sort of on the periphery of my rock music tastes, and while I’ve enjoyed projects from MBV and Slowdive in the past it’s not a sub-genre of rock I naturally gravitate to. In revisiting Nowhere and giving it two consecutive listens in a row (the first while going for a run, what a joy that was!) I think I’ve concluded that this is my favorite shoegaze album period, including Loveless. The guitars on this album are fascinating, building an atmospheric soundscape characteristic of shoegaze while also remaining distinctly guitar sounding. That’s the biggest difference from Loveless: I do love Loveless and think it’s deserving of its reverence, but the highly processed guitars, while innovative, sound to me, well, highly processed. There’s something more ethereal and pleasant to me about the guitars in Nowhere, and I feel taken on a journey with the arrangements of the songs on this record. Lyrically it’s what I’d expect from a classic shoegaze record: cryptic and mysterious and kind of druggy. The words match the music well. I can’t find any faults here. Love it even more than Loveless.

Damn, I have never heard of this band and this was excellent

Feels like when you meet a guy and he takes u back to his place and he says “this record changed my life we have to listen to the whole thing” and then he just plays this. This has never happened to me but I see it clear as day

I like shoe gazing! Who knew?

I was trying to figure out why the album ended so soon, and it’s because I wasn’t paying attention on Spotify. Only 5 songs are available there. I didn’t feel like going to look for the rest of the album, as with those 5 songs already, it was average at best and I couldn’t be bothered.

Pretty boring

This would have gotten one more star if it hadn't come one day after the unrivaled Stone Roses record.

It was ok. Not a lot of variation. It moved along quite nicely.

Punto en medio entre dream pop y los stone roses. Muy bueno pero un poco largo

For en åpning! Meget bra album.

Hell no

5/10… shoegaze / indie / *1990

So far so good.

very bland and repetitive

didn't like the singer, rest was ok mostly

록인듯

Ok for an alternative album. I'm just not sure that I would listen again.

Good

A less profane version of Buckcherry. Not great but okay enough.

Album 349. Nowhere (https://open.spotify.com/album/3cmIjwBG498X6AURxoVEnQ?si=lDeyNoGvSEiGH0TgyxYRQw&utm_source=copy-link) — Ride (1990) Terrible shoegaze alternative shit that took away 1 hour 11 minutes of my life 1/5 No liked songs

Ah yes, the distinctive guitar-distorting soundscape of angst-ridden shoegazers.

Nowhere near good enough. Flat, interminable, depressing.

Lovely music, terrible vocals

Didn't know shoe gaze could be so interesting.

Falling Like Feathers To The Floor 1001 Albums Generator 371 (10/14/2026) This is some gorgeous shoegaze, these guitar tones are just perfect and the totally reverbed out drums are special. I think that I like this more than Loveless even. I really wish it was on Spotify. 4/5. Favs: Seagull In A Different Place Drums Burn Down Least Fav: Decay

I like it!!

At the time of this review Nowhere is not currently on my streaming service. Luckily, I’ve own it and have listened to it so many times because it’s one of my favorites. Just a warm, fuzzy listen.

Gives me The Cure and Oasis vibes. I liked the drumming. There were some interesting loud, noisy parts in there. 2.5/5

Nowhere rauscht wie eine perfekte Welle: dichte Gitarren, neblige Vocals, ein jugendlicher Sog, der nie an Kraft verliert. Ride verbinden Melodie und Lärm so elegant, dass selbst die lautesten Momente warm wirken. Dreams Burn Down und Vapour Trail tragen das Album – euphorisch, melancholisch, zeitlos. Ein Shoegaze‑Klassiker, der immer noch leuchtet.

This was a Kaleidoscope of sounds that will put you In a Different Place.

Never really knew what “shoe gaze” was. Turns out don’t like “shoe gaze.”

Couldn’t find on Spotify so listened to Machine head, Kate’s album

I love Ride. Those early EPs were brilliant. This album, however doesn’t hit the same heights and is ‘nowhere’ near as good as the follow-up, Going Blank Again. I’ll still give it 4 cos the band made a big impression on indie rock. One of the pillars of shoegaze alongside MBV and Swervedriver.

I'm always suspicious when an album is from a band I've never heard of and it isn't available on Apple Music, but this was a pleasant surprise. A nice shoegaze album, a genre I didn't even know was a thing until a couple of years ago, but it turns out I've listened to since the 80's. I'm glad it was available on YouTube so I could enjoy it.

If Oasis were good, and gazed at shoes they would sound like this.

was nervous to get another shoegazing album, but this one was fine. didn't feel like it was just going to go on forever.

Probably the best of the shoegaze albums we’ve had so far, still not quite my favorite genre though. Wouldn’t mind listening to more of their work but it’ll be once the list is over.

Way better than I was expecting from a shoegaze band. Not sure if I would even classify them as shoegaze. I enjoyed it the whole way through. Giving it a four feels a little overhyped, but if three feels too low

I thought I really wasn't going to like this but it's alright. It's not as shoegazy as other stuff that came out in the early 90. I had the displeasure to see Slowdive in 1991 playing in the bar at university and I'm afraid I tarred all music of that genre with the same brush. This album is alright though.

Hate having to search for album when not on Apple (I'm lazy) but listened to this on YouTube - and glad I did - sort of. Not bad - has a a 90's vibe of when rock tried meshing with other genres (like grunge, Hip Hop, etc) this tried to move toward an alt slant. Creative. Some songs remind me of "Yo La Tango" but not as good.

Out of 25 tracks on the Expanded version I started on, the first 8 are the actual album, then 3 bonus tracks. Then the 2001 release added another 4 tracks. Seeing a Shoegaze album from a band I have never heard of makes me immediately nervous, especially when it then opens with feedback guitar noises.. but it then drops into this sick drum beat and the feedback becomes a messy but interesting melody in Seagull. I enjoyed Kaleidoscope as well. Polar Bear is fantastic! To me there is a fine line in Shoegaze between something that sounds really good and just directionless noise. Most bands don't get it right, but Nowhere gets the balance right. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

decent

The sound of my youth. Nowhere playing incessantly while I studied. Flawless shoegaze ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Was hoping this lived up to the hype but it didn't really click with me. Rather forgettable indie with a couple of decent songs. Average at best

I mean, this is fine and I'm happy enough to listen to this. But is this special enough to listen to before I die? I don't agree. I think the sound becomes very muddy at points and it ends up sounding very similar across the album. Fav Track: Semen

Could only find on YouTube.

Not bad

It is.

nooch Will I listen to again: 5%

Considering the year of release, I would say this band is most like Sonic Youth. But where that group was breaking new ground, this one seemed more like it was trying to revive 60s psychedelic rock.

This is shoegaze? Uneven, but the cacophony of sounds on several songs sounds like they are picking up where the Beatles left off.

To be fair, only half of this record is available to stream on Spotify. What I did get was musically solid if not terribly memorable.

Couldn't find this on Tidal or Apple Music, their other work showed up but not this. Had to find it on Youtube, and it's a shame. Because this is actually a very enjoyable album. I'm apparently pretty in to shoegaze as a style. Who knew? It's such an incredibly full wall of sound. The heavy effects, the amazing drummer (the absolute star of this whole album), the generally depressing lyrics. It all makes a kind of visceral experience that really lends itself to the clinically depressed. It's a fine album, but I do have to knock it down a bit for its unavailability to a high three/ low four.

Didn't really move the needle for me.

A bit drab, some atmospheric songs but nothing stand out

I couldn’t find this album on apple music, so I guess it was really nowhere to be found. Bad jokes aside, this is probably some of the best shoegaze out there. I absolutely love all of the hazy guitars, soft, echoing vocals, mixed with incredible drumming as well. Gentle, yet super overpowering with its overwhelming bursts of guitar static, especially on songs like Dreams Burn Down. This record really reminded me that I’m a total sucker for shoegaze and all of its glorious reverb.

I really like the music. I wish I liked the vocals a little more but this was a pleasant surprise.

Another band I've never heard of that scratched that last 90's alt rock itch from my high school years.

3.25 - I generally like this kind of music and I enjoyed this passively. I think I could really like it with repeated listening.

I liked this a lot more than the My Bloody Valentine Albums I've had to date, just more substance. Still a little bit like background noise at times though. Rating: 4/10 Favorite Song: In a Different Place

Very cool, shoegazey music.

Måske lidt mere generøs end jeg normalt ville være fordi det var en super fed overraskelse lige på mållinjen. Lille 5

Oxford band!! Kæmpe-shoegaze-klassiker, det her er virkelig et britisk album jeg ikke havde noget imod at få på falderebet

This just builds on top of My Bloody Valentine - Vapour Trail is such a sick closer! 🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻

Впервые плотно столкнулся со стилем shoegaze. Надо попробовать расслышать. Написано, что это один из знаковых альбомов в стиле. Чувствуется влияние ранних The Cure. Как по мне, то скучновато.

90s shoegaze, alt rock.

Angenehm rockig, gut zu hören. 3/5

I had never heard of shoegaze before this project and I hope I'll never hear about it again. It's boring but not interesting enough to be a 1/5

Shoegaze Classic.. I’m just not convinced shoegaze was invented to be listened to. I did enjoy it but I didn’t love it. Jesus and Mary chain probably do it better for me but this was very good. 3 stars.