On the 21st of December, in what will probably be the last of a number of great reissues in 2010 (Bowie’s Station To Station, Teardrop Explodes Kilimanjaro, Frankie’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome and Iggy & James Williamson’s Kill City) Rhino have seen fit to release the deluxe version of Ride’s classic album Nowhere on its 20th anniversary.

Nowhere came at the crossroads of British guitar pop and American guitar rock and sounded marvellously hypnotic and swooning with Andy Bell and Mark Gardener’s sparking and sparkling guitars that created the texture while Steve Queralt and Loz Colbert locked down the baggy dance rhythms. It was like a collision of Stones Roses and Sonic Youth.

The two-disc set includes the newly remastered U.S. version of Nowhere, the EP Today Forever, and an unreleased live show. Adorned with a lenticular version of the album cover, the set’s 5″ x 5″ hardback book-style package includes a 40-page booklet with rare photos and an essay by author Jim DeRogatis.

Rhino will also release a 180-gram vinyl version of the remastered album in the format of the original 8 track UK release.

Tracklisting

Disc 1: Nowhere + Today Forever
1. “Seagull”
2. “Kaleidoscope”
3. “In A Different Place”
4. “Polar Bear”
5. “Dreams Burn Down”
6. “Decay”
7. “Paralysed”
8. “Vapour Trail”
9. “Taste”
10. “Here And Now”
11. “Nowhere”
12. “Unfamiliar”
13. “Sennen”
14. “Beneath”
15. “Today”

Disc 2: Live At The Roxy, 1991
1. “Polar Bear”
2. “Seagull”
3. “Unfamiliar”
4. “Dreams Burn Down”
5. “Like A Daydream”
6. “Vapour Trail”
7. “In A Different Place”
8. “Perfect Time”
9. “Taste”
10. “Nowhere”
11. “Chelsea Girl”
12. “Drive Blind”