This Is Not a Safe Place
by Ride
  • Record Label: Wichita
  • Release Date: Aug 16, 2019
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
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  1. lust26
    Aug 16, 2019
    9
    A step forward if compaired to Weather Diaries (which was a solid album too). They might sound too light for the ones who were used to their first albums, but i think it's a very cohesive and organic piece of work.
  2. Martin1018
    Aug 17, 2019
    9
    Great new album! Risks were taken, it’s creative and inventive, it reminds you of why we love Ride.
  3. Pierrig
    Aug 16, 2019
    10
    Another strong album by Ride. One step above the already great Weather Diaries, This Is Not A Safe Place confirms that every shoegaze band from the 90s should reunite (I'm talking to you, Boo Radleys, Chapterhouse an d other Adorable).
  4. Muzmarinator
    Aug 24, 2019
    9
    Continues a great comeback for the sometime shoegazers. Ride break new ground here with dreamy pop mixing with spiky post-punk. Sonically beautiful. Only the lyrics in places hold this back from being a 10/10 album. Beware, the album takes multiple listens to reveal itself. But when it does it is awesome sonic journey. Play loud.

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. No Ripcord
    Sep 4, 2019
    60
    Sadly, the difference here in 2019 is that reaching the end of This Is Not a Safe Place—listening to the whole album—is not as rewarding as it needed to be.
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  2. The 405
    Aug 21, 2019
    50
    Their newer, glossier pop sheen pedestals them as the makers of proficiently written and intently catchy tunes that are inoffensive and innocuous - and never adventurous enough not to be.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    Aug 21, 2019
    80
    Here Ride aren’t just treading water so much as striking out for the horizon.
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