| Carnival of Light | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ride |
| Cover: | Carnivalridebandalbum.jpg |
| Released: | 20 June 1994 |
| Studio: | Sawmills, The Manor, RAK, Abbey Road, Sound City, Ocean Way, Sunset Sound |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 56:33 |
| Label: | Creation |
| Producer: | John Leckie |
| Prev Title: | Grasshopper |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Tarantula |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Carnival of Light is the third studio album by British rock band Ride, released in June 1994 via Creation Records. The album is named after a lost song by the Beatles. The album showcased the band's shift from shoegazing to a more traditional, folk rock sound.[3] It was well received by some critics, magazine Select calling it "another fantastic British album in the old tradition"[4] and reached the UK Top 5. However, by the end of 1994 even the band members had become disillusioned, referring to it amongst themselves as "Carnival of Shite",[5] although in a 2022 interview Andy Bell stated that he had "made peace with it. It’s got a lot of good tracks, like Moonlight Medicine and Birdman".[6]
Web site: Official Ride website . 9 December 2005.
