Weather Diaries
by Ride
  • Record Label: Wichita
  • Release Date: Jun 16, 2017
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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  1. timsentz1
    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 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 aI 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

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. No Ripcord
    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    Some of Weather Diaries sounds a bit thin, as the album's vibrant singles come off as outdated recreations of old songs with some unnecessary polish.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.
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  2. Prefix Magazine
    Jul 6, 2017
    65
    The best parts are worthy contributions to their catalog, and worth the price of admission here. But as a whole, Weather Diaries isn’t the brilliant Ride return fans might hope for. Though there’s enough here to suggest it could be a start, the preamble to the next great Ride record.
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  3. Magnet
    Jun 28, 2017
    70
    This is an album squarely in the spirit of the band's underrated mid-period venture Carnival Of Light, a classic-rock record with none of the baggage that phrase might imply. [No. 143, p.56]
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