Aren’t ‘shelved’ albums meant to suck? Featuring Giant’s Dann Huff and Alan Pasqua, plus the Porcaro brothers and Denny Carmassi, among others, the breezy AOR of Ride may have gathered dust for two decades due to what .38 Special frontman Barnes calls “a series of disappointing twists and turns”, yet it still sounds like it was recorded last week.
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