Ride Again

The Amazing Rhythm Aces | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 14, 1997)
• Original Release Date: February 21, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Breaker Productions
• ASIN: B000005BUO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,075 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Third Rate Romance

2. King of the Cowboys

3. Della's Long Brown Hair

4. Rodrigo, Rita and Elaine

5. All That I Had Left (Left With You)

6. I Pity the Mother and the Father (When the Kids Move Away)

7. Last Letter Home

8. Out of the Snow

9. The Ella B

10. These Dreams of Losing You

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aawww yeeaahh...., October 15, 1999

By 

Ernest Roberts (Amelia, Va USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ride Again (Audio CD)

I think the return of the Aces has restored my faith in society a little. After stumblin' across Ride Again at a little local record store, driving these long country roads out here in the Va became a little easier to bear. Then to top that feelin' the other night I heard the Aces' cover of "The Rock" on a local station which led me to this site and to buy the newest CD. See, here like in most of the US, the country stations are mostly caught up in a love affair with that type of country music geared toward yankees in their new Tony Lamas and Stetsons ganging up in a line to do the Hokey Pokey.

The Aces never held with the commercial country scene in the 70's and 80's...they still don't. I'm really glad to find out that they have busted back onto the scene, even though I'm 5 years late in finding out about it.

Any of y'all who missed it should check out the albums from Russell Smith's solo mini-carreer. I've got two, one untitled and the other called "This Little Town".

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best 'alterered state' listening of all time, February 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ride Again (Audio CD)

Anyone who went through the 70's in a haze...whatever the cause...can rejoice because the music that carried you through is back again! Why the Aces were never more popular commercially is as much a mystery as why the majority of those polled believe Clinton is doing a "good job" as President. Della's Long Brown Hair, best appreciated around a campfire in a Central Oregon Meadow after too much Bailey's or some such, on a night when the sky is spangled with stars, you've caught some natives or come close, and your border collie/lab cross is finally exhausted from too much 'fishing' and frisbee, is the ultimate song on about 7 levels...if you don't like this album you're no friend of mine!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A well disguised gem, January 8, 2002

By 

T D Jones - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ride Again (Audio CD)

I had overlooked this record, assuming it was a re release of selected tracks from old recordings. Fortunately, I read the sleeve notes for Sunday Best and found out it was a reworking of their favourite songs in time to get possibly the last copy in the UK (It disappeared from the list the day after I bought it)

Rating it was difficult. For curiosity value it's definitely a 5. Musically it jars a little like some live recordings with different treatments of familiar songs, but I'm sure it will grow on me. (I've only played it 3 times since it arrived today)

The selection of songs and the way they are changed is interesting. Tracks span almost the whole range of their original career, emphasising the Country side of their music.

Real gems are King of the Cowboys and Last Letter Home where extra verses are added although KotC lacks some of the power of the original recording. Most recent song tackled is Rodrigo, Rita and Elaine, an unusual choice when Homestead In My Heart would have probably been a more suitable country song from that album. Listening to Russell Smith sing in the female verses on this song made me keen to listen to the original with Joan Baez and Tracy Nelson which, fortunately, I also bought when it was released on CD recently.

For collectors this is a piece of history, but those who like the country side of the ARA sound would be better off buying Russell Smith's Sunday Best CD.