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Let It Ride

by Shed Seven

Let It Ride is a 1998 britpop album by Shed Seven. It runs 11 tracks across 51 minutes on Polydor. Riffiter listeners rate it 5.0/5 from 2 ratings.

Britpop · Alternative Rock · Hard Rock

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11
Tracks
51 min
Runtime
104 bpm
Tempo
A major
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  • AllMusic3/5
  • NME6/10
  • The Guardian3/5

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11 tracks · 51 min

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Let It Ride is the third studio album by the British rock band Shed Seven, released in June 1998 via Polydor Records, and was the band's first LP to be written solely by Rick Witter (lyrics) and Paul Banks (music). The album features Clint Boon of the Oldham-based band, Inspiral Carpets, on keyboards, and Heather "Lady Galadril" Findlay, of the fellow York-based band, Mostly Autumn, on vocals. Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic NME (6/10) The Guardian Let It Ride garnered a mixed reception upon release. At the time the Shed's were deemed to be taking on a 'new', punchier sound following first hearings of their comeback single, "She Left Me on Friday", with various reviewers drawing comparisons to both Black Grape and Blur. The NME, who labelled the song "the most fiendishly clever Blur parody ever", went on to liken the album's sound to that of both The Rolling Stones and The Stone Roses in their lukewarm review;

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Wombling somewhere between The Rolling Stones and The Stone Roses (check the title track and 'In A Hole' ) you get the sneaking feeling that the band members themselves are still more entertaining than the music they make, but face up to it, kiddoes, any group who can sell 250,000 copies of 'A Maximum High' whilst retaining all the credibility and sophistication of a Millets cagoule must have something going for them. Writing for The Guardian in June 1998, Caroline Sullivan saw Let It Ride as an improvement on the band's previous album, stating that "it aspires to bigger things, and almost gets there singer Rick Witter has even acquired a raspiness that complements the beefy music".

In brief

Is Let It Ride good?
Riffiter listeners rate Let It Ride 5.0/5 from 2 ratings.
When was Let It Ride released?
Let It Ride was released in 1998 on Polydor.
How many tracks are on Let It Ride?
Let It Ride has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 51 minutes.
What genre is Let It Ride?
Let It Ride is catalogued under Britpop, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock.
What BPM is Let It Ride?
Let It Ride runs at a median tempo of 104 BPM across its tracks, most often in A major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Let It Ride?
Listeners of Let It Ride also rate Return to the Last Chance Saloon by The Bluetones, Do It Yourself by The Seahorses, Marchin' Already by Ocean Colour Scene.

Let It Ride at a glance

Label
Polydor Records
Produced by
Stephen Street

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