Ride the Fader

Ride the Fader
Studio album by
Chavez
ReleasedNovember 5, 1996
GenresIndie rock, math rock, post-hardcore[1]
Length38:15
LabelMatador
Producers
Chavez chronology
Gone Glimmering
(1995)		 Ride the Fader
(1996)		 Cockfighters
(2017)

Ride the Fader is the second and final studio album by American indie rock band Chavez.[2][3][4][5] It was released on Matador Records on November 5, 1996.[6] The album is considered by most fans and critics to be the band's best work.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStarStar[8]
Entertainment WeeklyA[9]
The Great Indie Discography8/10[10]
MusicHound RockStarStarStarStar[11]
NME5/10[12]
Pitchfork8.6/10[13]
Tiny Mix TapesStarStarStarStarStar[14]

Andrew Earles, in Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 (2014), wrote that "Chavez's second album is a gigantic wall of all-encompassing guitar wizardry (riffs, leads, and everything else) constructed over a massive rhythm section and majestic vocals."[15] Entertainment Weekly praised the album as "a fine specimen of spare, brainy post-metal hard rock."

Track listing

  1. "Top Pocket Man" - 2:58
  2. "The Guard Attacks" - 2:58
  3. "Unreal Is Here" - 2:32
  4. "New Room - 3:11
  5. "Tight Around the Jaws" - 3:22
  6. "Lions" - 2:40
  7. "Our Boys Will Shine Tonight" - 3:29
  8. "Memorize This Face" - 1:45
  9. "Cold Joys" - 2:37
  10. "Flight '96" - 5:30
  11. "Ever Overpsyched" - 2:29
  12. "You Must Be Stopped" - 4:43

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Jeff Terich. August 30, 2012. 10 Essential ’90s Post-Hardcore Albums. treblezine.com
  2. ↑ "Lost Classics: Chavez "Ride The Fader"". Magnet. February 18, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  3. ↑ O'Boogie, Winston (July 11, 2012). "DeLorean: Chavez - Ride the Fader (1996)". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  4. ↑ Ferguson, Jason (January 1997). "Chavez: Happy Days Again". Magnet. Archived from the original on June 25, 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2024 – via matadorrec.com.
  5. ↑ "Chavez - Matador releases". matadorrec.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Matador Records". matadorrecords.com.
  7. ↑ Chavez (May 18, 1995). "Gone Glimmering - Chavez | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  8. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Chavez". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 310. ISBN 9780195313734.
  9. ↑ Smith, Ethan (November 8, 1996). "Music Review: 'Ride the Fader'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2003). "Chavez". The Great Indie Discography. Canongate. p. 670. ISBN 978-1-84195-335-9 – via Internet Archive.
  11. ↑ Moore, Lisa M. (1999). "Chavez". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 224. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  12. ↑ Empire, Kitty (December 7, 1996). "Chavez - Ride The Fader". NME. Archived from the original on October 1, 2000. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  13. ↑ Boron, Jeff. "Chavez: Ride the Fader: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 29, 2001. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  14. ↑ willcoma (December 14, 2006). "Music Review: Chavez - Ride The Fader". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  15. ↑ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760346488 – via Google Books.
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