Beck has never stayed still long enough to be pinned down, and Ride Lonesome takes the title seriously. It sits closer to the hushed, guitar-forward end of his range than the sample collages, which is where he tends to write his most durable songs. Thirty years past Mellow Gold he still builds records that sound like nobody else is making them, and this one trades the studio maximalism for something with more air in it. Standard black vinyl pressing.