Tarantula is the fourth studio album by British rock band Ride, released in March 1996 shortly after the band split. The album was deleted from Creation Records' catalogue only one week after its release.

This is also the only Ride album on which Andy Bell's vocal duties outweigh those of regular frontman Mark Gardener, due to internal conflicts prior to their breakup. By contrast to the band's earlier and post-reunion albums, Gardener sang on only two songs which made the original tracklist, alongside one bonus track.

Track listing

Personnel Ride Laurence Colbert – drums Steve Queralt – bass Mark Gardener – vocals, rhythm guitar Andy Bell – vocals, lead guitar

Additional musicians Nick Moorbath – piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes Jeff Scantlebury – percussion

Technical personnel Richard "Digby" Smith – engineering Paul Motion – engineering Mark Freegard – mixing (except "Castle On The Hill" and "Deep Inside My Pocket") Andy Bell – mixing ("Castle On The Hill") Mitch Easter – mixing ("Deep Inside My Pocket")

Charts Chart (1996) Peakposition

Chart (2023) Peakposition

References

External links

Tarantula at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)