There were a handful of great ones, but Ride offered the best melodies, dynamics, textures, and sheer awesomeness to make them the best. This is a great collection of their best tracks. To their tribute, these songs don't seem dated at all. They are just as fresh sounding now as they were when they were released.
No, it's not a great name: "shoegazing." Very few artists who've actually played in that style like the term; Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai has called it "a dumb term made up by clueless... idiots... if someone called us shoegazers, I'd be pretty unhappy." The other leading candidate seems to be "dreampop," which is also not quite satisfactory. But we're stuck with those words, because it's undeniable that there's a certain tendency in rock music, especially British… more »
