To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth

Entombed

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jive
• ASIN: B00000055B
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #182,045 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth

2. Like This With the Devil

3. Lights Out

4. Wound

5. They

6. Somewhat Peculiar

7. DCLXVI

8. Parasight

9. Damn Deal Done

10. Put Me Out

11. Just as Sad

12. Boats

13. Uffe's Horrorshow

14. Wreckage

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Entombed may have started in the late '80s as an uninspired death metal band, but since then they've evolved into a visceral and unrelenting outfit that draws inspiration from bands as varied as Corrosion of Conformity, Black Flag and MC5. To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth scalds and cuts like an exploding coffeemaker, lacerating the listener with shards of liquid energy. Proto-Sabbath rhythm and bestial howls gallop alongside death metal tones and hardcore aggression, providing something for everyone that has ever wanted revenge on annoying neighbors. --Jon Wiederhorn

Product Description

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best from one of the best, July 19, 1999

By	Hubcap (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

Is it possible to have two breakthrough records in a row? Probably not. This one comes close, though. With "Wolverine Blues" Entombed kept their heavier-than-anyone sound, but switched from slapping together riffs to writing songs. "To Ride..." takes them further towards their new Death n' Roll sound. Think of hardcore punk played by a group of angry monsters. This was drummer/songwriter Nicke Andersson's last record with the band, and he knocks himself out with odd rhythms that crawl into your gut and kick like a mother. Dual guitars provide all the crunch you'd ever need, but there's also a big fat bass in case of emergency. L-G Petrov steps up with some nice "If I can't sing I'll yell real loud" vocals. Many songs sound like a groovier Unsane, or just a really nasty garage band. And the song "Parasight" is a dead rip-off of Big Black's "Texas". But we'll forgive it because we love them - and if you're going to rip someone off, rip off a good'un. There's hundreds of bands out there wishing they were as good as Entombed.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars don't listen to the death metal purists..., May 3, 2000

By A Customer

this album is great and it also marks the exit of entombed main song writer and drummer, leaving for the also great hellacopters. yes, this is as far from true death metal as possible, but as far as i'm concerned, that is all fine - entombed have saved metal into the nineties (and beyond for that matter) taking death metal, old school motörhead, mc5 (covered on the original released "family favorites) and all blends of punk rock to fuse them into something much more mature. maybe not as ground breaking as wolverine blues but still far from anything that the usual idiotic swedish death metal bands churn out. be sure to also check out: hellacopters, backyard babies, gluecifer and the awesome the hives (all from scandinavia) this is the future of metal, not some clown faced satan worshippers posing in the snow with swords and skulls.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Read on..., January 21, 1999

By	Brent P. Frey "doomlord" (Prairie Village, KS USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Let's get the bad stuff over with first. I feel an unnerving duty to warn you that, at first, this CD will sound like White Zombie. It has to be said, and although these first impressions certainly DON'T last, the first song sounds like a crunchier, MUCH heavier take on Electric Head. Now let's get down to the rest of this, Entombed's 4th full-length CD. The band have established themselves as one of the world's premier death metal bands, and no doubt many people will be worried that this album has gone the same way as Death's 'Symbolic' or Morgoth's 'Feel Sorry For The Fanatic'. Well, over the past few releases Entombed have pioneered the use of Rock guitars in death metal, the unmistakable Sunlight Studios sound, and this is no exception, as Sweden's first and foremost deathsters pile on the grooves and create a swinging masterpiece of bitter 90's metal. Yes, 90's metal. Not death metal. There's still the death metal power, but the riffs are not, and nor are the vocals. Thiswill undoubtedly disappoint many. That's just the way it is. But hey, give metal a chance.