Tarantula (studio album)
by Ride
Ride bestography
Tarantula is ranked 8th best out of 16 albums by Ride on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ride is Nowhere which is ranked number 374 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,515.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Tarantula track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tarantula rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 75 Music Albums of 1996 | 71/75 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  johnner | Top 17 Music Albums of 1996 | 12/17 | 2 |
| 2025 |  dihansse | Top 79 Music Albums of 1996 | 60/79 | 1 |
| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 70 Music Albums of 1996 | 51/70 | 1 |
| 2025 | LittleM1971 | Top 88 Music Albums of 1996 | 72/88 | 1 |
| 2024 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | Repo | Repo Ranks 'Em: RIDE | 6/7 | - |
| 2022 | WayneMC | Top 84 Music Albums of 1996 | 58/84 | 2 |
| 2014 |  philbutrin | 1996 Extras | 7/27 | - |
| 2014 |  Secondsoul | Top 50 Music Albums of 1996 | 29/50 | 2 |
| 2011 | Iluvpornmusic | Top 49 Greatest Music Albums | 21/49 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 11 | |||
Tarantula collection
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Tarantula ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/21/2025 11:42 | videoheadcleaner | 12,227 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/22/2025 06:40 |  Tamthebam | 22,822 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2025 21:34 | dihansse | 6,215 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2023 19:34 | MadhattanJack | 5,262 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2022 03:18 | dhbarrett | 8,088 | 65/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.7/100, a mean average of 62.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
Tarantula comments
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Boltzmann 03/15/2020 08:59 | #248750
You could hear on Carnival of Light that they tried to abandon shoegaze, and they finally succeeded. And why? Why turn into a bland pop band with guitars like Oasis? Why would you do that?
I like this album, but it does try to fit in with the Britpop era of the time. Its uplifting but I'd listen to other ride albums first, particularly Nowhere and Going Blank Again
Graeme2 08/11/2014 19:40 | #119240
Black nite crash is a great britpop track and the start of Andy bell wishing he was either Noel Gallagher or in oasis at least. He got his wish on the latter. After that track there's nothing much here.
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