Ride the Fader
1996 studio album by Chavez
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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.
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| Released | November 5, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, math rock, post-hardcore[1] | |||
| Length | 38:15 | |||
| Label | Matador | |||
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[9] |
| The Great Indie Discography | 8/10[10] |
| MusicHound Rock | [11] |
| NME | 5/10[12] |
| Pitchfork | 8.6/10[13] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |  [14] |
Andrew Earles, in Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 (2014), wrote that "Chavez's second album in 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
- "Top Pocket Man" - 2:58
- "The Guard Attacks" - 2:58
- "Unreal Is Here" - 2:32
- "New Room - 3:11
- "Tight Around the Jaws" - 3:22
- "Lions" - 2:40
- "Our Boys Will Shine Tonight" - 3:29
- "Memorize This Face" - 1:45
- "Cold Joys" - 2:37
- "Flight '96" - 5:30
- "Ever Overpsyched" - 2:29
- "You Must Be Stopped" - 4:43
Personnel
- James Lo - drums
- Scott Marshall - bass
- Matt Sweeney - vocals, guitar
- Clay Tarver - guitar
- Bryce Goggin - co-producer
- John Agnello - co-producer