Tarantula is the fourth studio album by British rock band Ride, released in March 1996 shortly after the band split. The album was deleted from Creation Records' catalogue only one week after its release.
This is also the only Ride album on which Andy Bell's vocal duties outweigh those of regular frontman Mark Gardener, due to internal conflicts prior to their breakup. By contrast to the band's earlier and post-reunion albums, Gardener sang on only two songs which made the original tracklist, alongside one bonus track.
Personnel
Ride
Laurence Colbert – drums
Steve Queralt – bass
Mark Gardener – vocals, rhythm guitar
Andy Bell – vocals, lead guitar
Additional musicians
Nick Moorbath – piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes
Jeff Scantlebury – percussion
Technical personnel
Richard "Digby" Smith – engineering
Paul Motion – engineering
Mark Freegard – mixing (except "Castle On The Hill" and "Deep Inside My Pocket")
Andy Bell – mixing ("Castle On The Hill")
Mitch Easter – mixing ("Deep Inside My Pocket")