American Ride (Willie Nile album)

American Ride
Studio album by Willie Nile
Released June 25, 2013 (2013-06-25)
Genre Rock
Length 40:31
Label Loud & Proud
Blue Rose
Producer Stewart Lerman
Willie Nile
Johnny Pisano
Alex Alexander
Willie Nile chronology
The Innocent Ones
(2011)
American Ride
(2013)
If I Was a River
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Blurt Magazine[3]
Popmatters[4]
American Songwriter[5]
Classic Rock RevisitedA[6]

American Ride is the ninth studio album from American musician Willie Nile. It was released in June 2013 under Loud & Proud Records.

Critical reviews

Hal Horowitz in American Songwriter says: "Nile delivers one of his finest and most passionate projects with American Ride."[5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This is Our Time"Nile2:45
2."Life on Bleecker Street"Nile3:23
3."American Ride"Nile, Mike Peters4:51
4."If I Ever See the Light"Nile, Frankie Lee3:06
5."She's Got My Heart"Nile, Frankie Lee3:08
6."God Laughs"Nile, Eric Bazilian3:12
7."People Who Died"Jim Carroll, Brian Linsley, Steve Linsley, Terrell Winn, Wayne Woods3:50
8."Holy War"Nile4:01
9."Say Hey"Nile2:54
10."Sunrise In New York City"Nile, Frankie Lee2:49
11."The Crossing"Nile, Frankie Lee3:10
12."There's No Place Like Home"Nile3:23
iTunes Special Edition[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Occupy"Nile3:22
14."The Motel Life"Nile4:01
15."One Guitar V2.0"Nile, Frankie Lee4:13
Total length:49:22

Personnel

Musicians
  • Willie Nileguitar, vocals, piano
  • Johnny Pisano – electric and upright bass, backing vocals
  • Matt Hogan – guitars
  • Alex Alexander – drums, percussion
  • Steuart Smith – guitars, banjo, harmonium
  • James Maddock – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Leslie Mendelson – backing vocals
  • Rob Morsberger – string arrangement on “The Crossing”, harmonium
  • Oli Rockberger – piano, organ
  • Suzanne Ornstein – violin, viola
  • Lee Hogans – trumpet
  • Matt Janiszewski - saxophone
  • Johnny Pisano and Rob Morsberger – string arrangement on "Life On Bleecker Street"
Production and additional personnel

References

  1. "American Ride Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  2. Jurek, Thom. "American Ride - Willie Nile". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  3. Zimmerman, Lee (2013-06-25). "Willie Nile - American Ride". Blurtonline.com.
  4. Adams, Jerrick (June 26, 2013). "Willie Nile: American Ride". PopMatters. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Horowitz, Hal. "Willie Nile American Ride". American Songwriter. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  6. Wright, Jeb. "Willie Nile – An American Ride". Classic Rock Revisited. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
  7. "American Ride (Special Edition)". itunes.apple.com. 2013-06-25. Archived from the original on 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
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