Going Blank Again is the second studio album by English rock band Ride, released on 9 March 1992 on Creation Records.
[9] It has been said that Going Blank Again resembles the band's debut album but also drawing comparisons to the power-pop style of Teenage Fanclub who were Creation Records labelmates of Ride, although it is pointed out that Ride's vocals are more layered, and that the guitars are not as sharp and cutting as those of similar bands of the same era, whilst retaining the reverberating sound that was typical of the shoegaze sound.
[11] The album was re-released on 24 September 2001 featuring four bonus tracks on the Ignition label in the United Kingdom.
This omitted the original mix of "Chrome Waves", as found on the "Leave Them All Behind" CD single in February 1992 and the "Grasshopper" compilation EP in Japan in November of that year.
So we asked Catherine Marks and John Catlin at Alan Moulder's studio to mix the audio afresh from the 2″ master tapes of the gig.
Reviewing the album at the time, British music weekly NME noted that they did not have high hopes for Going Blank Again but that Ride "did the business" and restored the magazine's faith in the band,[17] noting particularly that they had taken on board a diverse set of influences and developed their sound: This LP has some top punk rock bass guitar on it!