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7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

  • Summary: The first new release in 21 years for the British rock band was produced by DJ Erol Alkan and mixed by Alan Moulder.
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All I Want
There is a new wind blowin Maybe you feel it too Strange people on the right One day they gonna come for you All i want All I want is All i want All... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 27
  2. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. 90
    For Ride to produce such a strong album is a wonderful thing. To compare this to their first two albums is silly--bands and entire genres were formed off the back of those records--but does Weather Diaries sit up there with them? Absolutely.
  2. Jun 16, 2017
    80
    Though Weather Diaries is a solid effort from a band trying to balance their mastery of shoegaze with other, outside elements, the strongest tracks on Weather Diaries are when the band fully embrace the skeleton of the songwriting formula they’d perfected over two decades ago.
  3. Jun 27, 2017
    80
    What is clear is that Ride's fifth album is something of a triumph and infinitely better than many a fan could have hoped for. Almost 30 years on those vapour trails show no sign of fading just yet.
  4. Jun 16, 2017
    75
    Weather Diaries is both recognizably Ride and a logical, tasteful update of its sound.
  5. Jun 13, 2017
    67
    For those who already believe, it represents a promising comeback that, while never fully hitting the marks set for it by time or the band’s own peers, points to even more inventive, invigorated music on a horizon that likely isn’t another two decades away.
  6. Jul 19, 2017
    60
    Some of Weather Diaries sounds a bit thin, as the album's vibrant singles come off as outdated recreations of old songs with some unnecessary polish. It isn’t short of ideas, though.
  7. Jun 15, 2017
    40
    Wooly and long-winded, Weather Diaries gathers eleven rock songs of astonishing vapidity; it has the feel of a term paper printed five minutes before class and forgotten the moment of submission.

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  1. Jun 22, 2017
    9
    I will defend this album as it seems that a lot of places won't. This is a remarkable album for what it is - an hour of shoegaze pop. A lot ofI will defend this album as it seems that a lot of places won't. This is a remarkable album for what it is - an hour of shoegaze pop. A lot of detractors of the album wanted something more in line with their first two albums, but if they'd delivered that, it would have been shouts of "not willing to change" or "rehash old ideas" type of criticism. Instead, Ride did their best after such a long time away and created something memorable. It's a really good album. Expand