This Is Not a Safe Place

Ride - This Is Not a Safe Place
Critic Score
Based on 27 reviews
2019 Ratings: #586 / 805
User Score
Based on 163 ratings
2019 Rank: #730
Liked by 3 people
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CRITIC REVIEWS

fakeplasticrose
45

quite possibly the most boring (and disappointing) release of this year.

I've never been a gigantic Ride fan, MBV and Slowdive have always captured me significantly more. However, I do love some aspects of Nowhere and Going Blank Again is one of my favourite shoegaze albums, so I thought "why not check this out?"

And it was quite literally the most boring 50 minutes of my life. At least with an album like the Slowdive s/t which I didn't love, there's some sign of the soul that ... read more

usedtobe
80

Not as urgent and memorable as Weather Diaries but this one is not that bad at all, they could've done much better with the overall sound which sucks because the singles they've released were pretty strong. This could work at repeated listens.

MinatoArisato
65

The shoegaze veterans return with a record which feels decent. This Is Not a Safe Place is basically just an unremarkable album that is enjoyable, it doesn't do much to make you remember it, but doesn't do anything to make you hate it.

Best Track: R.I.D.E.
Worst Track: 15 Minutes

Wattu_Rilly
68

Falls off hard around track 5

TrevBev45
0

This is not a safe album. 😬

Melancoholic
65

Decent.

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Track List

1R.I.D.E.
2:59
84
2Future Love
3:38
89
3Repetition
3:17
84
4Kill Switch
2:45
80
5Clouds of Saint Marie
3:53
82
6Eternal Recurrence
5:48
85
7Fifteen Minutes
3:13
78
8Jump Jet
5:08
87
9Dial Up
3:37
88
10End Game
3:37
81
11Shadows Behind the Sun
4:00
82
12In This Room
8:40
73
Total Length: 50 minutes

Year End Lists

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Added on: April 23, 2019