Ride the Skies

Ride the Skies
Studio album by Lightning Bolt
Released	February, 2001
Recorded	Providence, Rhode Island
Genre	Noise rock
Length	35:33
Label	Load Records – LOAD #31
Producer	Dave Auchenbach
Lightning Bolt chronology
Lightning Bolt (1999) Ride the Skies (2001) Wonderful Rainbow (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	A- link
Pitchfork Media	8.1/10 link

Ride the Skies is the second album by noise rock band Lightning Bolt. Track #2, "Saint Jacques," is named after bassist Dan St. Jacques, a friend of the band and member of the bands Olneyville Sound System, Vincebus Eruptum (former), and Landed, the latter of which both Brian Gibson and Brian Chippendale are former members. Scandinavian free jazz power trio The Thing recorded a cover of track #4, "Ride the Sky". The cover is on their 2006 CD Action Jazz, released on the Norwegian label Smalltown Superjazzz.

Track listing

1. "Forcefield" – 4:01
2. "Saint Jacques" – 4:13
3. "13 Monsters" – 2:48
4. "Ride the Sky" – 4:27
5. "The Faire Folk" – 6:16
6. "Into the Mist 2" – 3:21
7. "Wee Ones Parade" – 5:19
8. "Rotator" – 5:08

Album personnel

• Brian Chippendale – drums and vocals
• Brian Gibson – bass guitar
• Dave Auchenbach – recording engineer
• Jeff Lipton – mastering

External links

• Lightning Bolt official website
• Lightning Bolt at Load Records