# Ride — Vapour Trail

Ride’s Vapour Trail (1990) is No. 4 in our Shoegaze ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1990
- **Label:** Creation
- **On one list:** Shoegaze
- **Updated:** 2026-08-28
- **Artist:** [Ride](https://waxonia.com/artist/ride/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/ride--vapour-trail/

## What we say

### No. 4 in [Shoegaze](https://waxonia.com/genre/shoegaze/)

A string coda arrives in the last minute and reframes everything before it. The most conventionally beautiful song the scene produced, and the least afraid of being one.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Ride%20Vapour%20Trail) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=dRQwGc4qBk0)

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