Today Forever

{{Infobox album

| name = Today Forever

| type = EP

| artist = Ride

| cover = Todayforeverridecover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 4 March 1991

| recorded = Black Barn Studios, Ripley

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Shoegaze

| length = 19:56

| label = Creation

| producer = Matt Oliver

| prev_title = Nowhere

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Going Blank Again

| next_year = 1992

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0001133289|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic]

| noprose = yes

}}

Today Forever is an EP by British rock band Ride, released in March 1991.

The EP debuted at No.14 and No.1 on the Indie Chart in the UK.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-03-23.pdf|title=Independent Singles|magazine=Music Week|date=23 March 1991|page=24|issn=0265-1548|via=World Radio History}}

The first three songs also appeared in the US on the "Vapour Trail" CD-single. All four songs from the EP were added to the Nowhere album as bonus tracks on its re-release in 2001, 20th anniversary reissue in 2011, and 25th anniversary reissue in 2015.

In November 2022, all four songs were made available on ‘4EPs’, a compilation of Ride’s first four EPs made available together for the first time and packaged as one gatefold album on white vinyl and in CD format.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| collapsed =

| headline = 12" vinyl/CD/Cassette (CRE 100T/CRESCD 100/CRECS 100)

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title1 = Unfamiliar

| length1 = 5:03

| lyrics1 = Mark Gardener

| music1 = Andy Bell, Loz Colbert, Gardener, Steve Queralt

| extra1 = Gardener and Bell

| title2 = Sennen

| length2 = 4:23

| lyrics2 = Bell

| music2 = Bell, Colbert, Gardener, Queralt

| extra2 = Gardener and Bell

| title3 = Beneath

| length3 = 4:07

| lyrics3 = Bell

| music3 = Bell, Colbert, Gardener, Queralt

| extra3 = Gardener and Bell

| title4 = Today

| length4 = 6:26

| lyrics4 = Bell

| music4 = Bell, Colbert, Gardener, Queralt

| extra4 = Gardener and Bell

}}

Video album

{{Infobox album

| name = Today Forever

| type = video

| artist = Ride

| cover = Today Forever VHS.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1991|03|18}}

| recorded = 1989–1991

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Shoegazing

| length = 20 minutes (UK version)
35 minutes (Japan version)

| language = English

| label = MCEG Vigin (UK version)
Warner Music Vision (Japan version)

| director = James Deegan, Angus Cameron, Kevin Kerslake

| producer = Angus Cameron, Max Abyss, Silvey & Company

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Live at Brixton Academy

| next_year = 1992

}}

In 1991, a video album was released to accompany the EP, featuring a music video for each song directed by James Deegan. The release was also made available in Japan on Laserdisc as part of a box set with the band's Brixton live video. This version was a compilation of all of the band's music videos up to that point.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| collapsed =

| headline = UK version

| title1 = Unfamiliar

| length1 = 4:56

| title2 = Sennen

| length2 = 4:17

| title3 = Beneath

| length3 = 4:07

| title4 = Today

| length4 = 6:26

}}

{{tracklist

| collapsed =

| headline = Japan version

| extra_column = Director

| title1 = Chelsea Girl

| length1 = 2:30

| extra1 = Angus Cameron

| title2 = Like a Daydream

| length2 = 3:27

| extra2 = Cameron

| title3 = Taste

| length3 = 3:24

| extra3 = Cameron

| title4 = Unfamiliar

| length4 = 4:56

| extra4 = James Deegan

| title5 = Sennen

| length5 = 4:17

| extra5 = Deegan

| title6 = Beneath

| length6 = 4:06

| extra6 = Deegan

| title7 = Today

| length7 = 6:26

| extra7 = Deegan

| title8 = Vapour Trail

| length8 = 4:17

| extra8 = Kevin Kerslake

}}

References

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