American Ride (Willie Nile album)
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| American Ride | ||||
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| Studio album by Willie Nile | ||||
| Released | June 25, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 40:31 | |||
| Label | Loud & Proud Blue Rose |
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| Producer | Stewart Lerman Willie Nile Johnny Pisano Alex Alexander |
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| Willie Nile chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 87/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Blurt Magazine | [3] |
| Popmatters |   [4] |
| American Songwriter |  [5] |
| Classic Rock Revisited | A[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. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "This is Our Time" | Nile | 2:45 |
| 2. | "Life on Bleecker Street" | Nile | 3:23 |
| 3. | "American Ride" | Nile, Mike Peters | 4:51 |
| 4. | "If I Ever See the Light" | Nile, Frankie Lee | 3:06 |
| 5. | "She's Got My Heart" | Nile, Frankie Lee | 3:08 |
| 6. | "God Laughs" | Nile, Eric Bazilian | 3:12 |
| 7. | "People Who Died" | Jim Carroll, Brian Linsley, Steve Linsley, Terrell Winn, Wayne Woods | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Holy War" | Nile | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Say Hey" | Nile | 2:54 |
| 10. | "Sunrise In New York City" | Nile, Frankie Lee | 2:49 |
| 11. | "The Crossing" | Nile, Frankie Lee | 3:10 |
| 12. | "There's No Place Like Home" | Nile | 3:23 |
| iTunes Special Edition[7] | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 13. | "Occupy" | Nile | 3:22 |
| 14. | "The Motel Life" | Nile | 4:01 |
| 15. | "One Guitar V2.0" | Nile, Frankie Lee | 4:13 |
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Total length:
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49:22 | ||
Personnel
- Musicians
- Willie Nile – guitar, 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
- Executive Producer: Andrew Fitzsimmons
- Produced by Stewart Lerman and Willie Nile
- Additional production: Johnny Pisano and Alex Alexander
- Engineered by James Frazee at Hobo Sound
- Mixing by Stewart Lerman at Hobo Sound, Weehawken, NJ
- Mastering by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
- Art direction by Deborah Maniaci
- Photography Christina Arrigoni
- Publicity – Cary Baker – Conqueroo, Los Angeles, CA
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