This Is Not a Safe Place

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This Is Not a Safe Place
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Studio album by Ride
Released 16 August 2019
Recorded October 2018–March 2019
Studio Assault & Battery Studios, London
Genre Post-punk, shoegaze, indie rock
Length 50:45
Label Wichita Recordings, Play It Again Sam
Producer Erol Alkan
Ride chronology
Tomorrow's Shore
(2018)		 This Is Not a Safe Place
(2019)
Singles from This Is Not a Safe Place
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 70/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[2]
Clash 8/10[3]
Consequence of Sound B−[4]
Exclaim! 6/10[5]
The Irish Times 4/5 stars[6]
Mojo 3/5 stars[7]
NME 4/5 stars[8]
Pitchfork 6.5/10[9]
Q 4/5 stars[10]
Uncut 7/10[11]

This Is Not a Safe Place is the sixth studio album by English rock band Ride. The album was released on 16 August 2019, the date being announced on 23 April 2019 along with the release of the album's first single, "Future Love".[12] The album is the band's second produced by English DJ Erol Alkan.

The album cover includes three slashes (///), which is based upon historic graffiti by hobos to indicate an unsafe place.[13][circular reference]

Andy Bell stated that the album was influenced by the likes of Sonic Youth and the Fall and by "post-punk in general, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd".[14]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "R.I.D.E."   3:00
2. "Future Love"   3:38
3. "Repetition"   3:16
4. "Kill Switch"   2:44
5. "Clouds of Saint Marie"   3:54
6. "Eternal Recurrence"   5:48
7. "Fifteen Minutes"   3:14
8. "Jump Jet"   5:08
9. "Dial Up"   3:36
10. "End Game"   3:36
11. "Shadows Behind the Sun"   4:00
12. "In This Room"   8:40
Total length:
 50:44

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for This Is Not a Safe Place
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 78
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 75
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 193
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 72
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 94
UK Albums (OCC)[20] 7

References

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  16. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Ride – This Is Not a Safe Place" (in French). Hung Medien.
  17. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Ride – This Is Not a Safe Place". Hung Medien.
  18. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Ride – This Is Not a Safe Place" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  19. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Ride – This Is Not a Safe Place". Hung Medien.
  20. ↑ "Ride | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
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