"OX4 (Oxford) serves only to underscore Ride's late-era crimes. After two brilliant albums, their creativity splintered during an exhausting American tour (on which they were inexplicably convinced of the Black Crowes' greatness). With their label Creation preparing to launch Oasis, Ride tried to enlist in the advancing Britpop ranks, to become the somber Rolling Stones to these new Beatles. In their youth and insecurity, Ride turned their backs on two albums of soaring, original guitar rock that wipe the floor with anything Oasis ever released; why they'd want to remind everyone of that mistake is beyond me".
