Nightride (album)

Nightride is the first digital album, second studio album, and sixth overall project released by American singer Tinashe.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} It was released on November 4, 2016, by RCA Records. Its first single, "Company" was released on September 16, 2016. The album also includes the promotional singles "Ride of Your Life" and "Party Favors". Unlike the single version of "Party Favors", the album version does not feature rapper Young Thug.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} Tinashe recorded the project while recording her third studio album Joyride.^[11] The album peaked at number 89 on the US Billboard 200.

Nightride
Studio album by Tinashe
Released	November 4, 2016
Recorded	2015–2016
Length	51:32
Label	RCA
Producer	Tinashe (exec.) Allen Ritter Atu Boi-1da Brent Reynolds Joel Compass Devonte Hynes Dpat Illangelo King Kachingwe Metro Boomin Sango Stephen Spencer The Beat Bully The-Dream Vinylz
Tinashe chronology
Amethyst (2015) Nightride (2016) Joyride (2018)
Singles from Nightride
"Company" Released: September 16, 2016

Tinashe confirmed in 2019 that she considers Nightride her second studio album, however her former label, RCA Records, did not and that was the reason the album did not get promoted, did not get a proper lead single and she could not tour for the album.^[12] She said multiple times that she and her label had creative differences, which led to them not releasing it as a proper album as it was not the kind of pop music they wanted from her.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.7/10^[13]
Metacritic	75/100^[14]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[15]
HotNewHipHop	80%^[16]
The Observer	^[17]
Pitchfork	7.8/10^[18]
Pretty Much Amazing	B^[19]

Nightride received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 5 reviews.^[14] Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times commented that the album "mixes themes of both cruising and loving, and does so through tracks produced by notables including the-Dream, Boi 1da and Dev Hynes".^[20] Rebecca Haithcoat of the Pitchfork stated "Nightride sounds fascinating and, while polished, less sleek and cold than the title suggests. It has more of an ominous, broken-down carnival vibe" and that "Tinashe has long preferred shadows and slinkiness to bright poppiness, and [Nightride] is strictly after-hours music. [...] the album is infinitely interesting, possibly more so than the artist singing it. But then again, you shouldn’t count out anyone releasing an album like Nightride."^[18] Kitty Empire of The Observer gave a more mixed but still positive review; describing the tracks from Nightride as a series of 'hazy, gauzy tracks'.^[17]

Year-end lists

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Rolling Stone	20 R&B Albums of 2016	16	^[21]
Fuse	The Best 20 Albums of 2016	14	^[22]
Uproxx	The Best R&B Albums Of 2016	10	^[23]
Album of the Year	The Best R&B Albums of 2016	10	^[24]
Idolator	The Best Albums of 2016	4	^[25]
Billboard	15 Best Overlooked Hip-Hop & R&B Albums of the 2010s	5	^[26]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Lucid Dreaming"	Tinashe Kachingwe Brent Reynolds Anthony Tucker	Reynolds The Beat Bully	4:29
2.	"C'est La Vie"	Kachingwe David "Dpat" Patino	Dpat	3:35
3.	"Sunburn"	Kachingwe Patino Kai Wright James Lovell Atupele Ndisale	Sango Dpat Atu	3:59
4.	"Binaural Test (Interlude)"	Kachingwe		0:14
5.	"Sacrifices"	Kachingwe A. Sneed Leland Wayne	Metro Boomin	4:14
6.	"Company"	Terius Nash	The-Dream	4:25
7.	"Soul Glitch"	Kachingwe A. Sneed Patino	Dpat	4:11
8.	"You Don't Know Me"	Kachingwe Wright Patino	Sango Dpat	3:15
9.	"Spacetime"	Kachingwe Stephen Spencer	Spencer	4:22
10.	"High Speed Chase (Interlude)"	Kachingwe Thulani Kachingwe	King Kachingwe	1:10
11.	"Ride of Your Life"	Kachingwe Wayne Latasha Williams Bobby Brackins	Metro Boomin	3:30
12.	"Party Favors"	Kachingwe Allen Ritter Anderson Hernandez Matthew Samuels Carlo Montagnese	Illangelo Ritter Vinylz Boi-1da	4:08
13.	"You Can Stay Here Tonight (Interlude)"	Kachingwe		0:14
14.	"Touch Pass"	Kachingwe A. Sneed Joel Compass	Wolf Cousins	4:43
15.	"Ghetto Boy"	Kachingwe Scott Hoffman Nicola Roberts Devonte Hynes	Hynes	5:03
Total length:				51:32

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)^[27]	12
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)^[28]	3
UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[29]	16
US Billboard 200^[30]	89
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[31]	8

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	November 4, 2016	Digital download	RCA	^[32]

References

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