Ride (Jamie Walters album)

Ride is the second album by the American pop singer-songwriter, actor Jamie Walters. It was released on June 24, 1997, through Atlantic Records.

Personnel

 * Jamie Walters – lead vocals, guitars (tracks: 2 to 5, 10, 11)
 * Steve Tyrell – production, keyboards

Additional musicians

 * Michael Landau – guitars (inc. solo on 2, 4 to 6, 10, 11)
 * Tim Pierce – guitars
 * John Pierce – bass (track 1)
 * Leland Sklar – bass (tracks: 2, 3, 6 to 11)
 * Jack Daley – bass (tracks: 4, 5)
 * Mike Finnigan – keyboards (tracks: 1, 3, 4), backing vocals (tracks: 5, 7, 10, 11)
 * Jim Cox – keyboards (tracks: 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
 * Kevin Savigar – keyboards (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 9), drum programming (tracks: 3, 6, 9)
 * Alex Brown – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 5, 7)
 * Marlena Jeter – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 5, 7)
 * Mortonette Jenkins – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 5, 7)
 * Zach Throne – backing vocals (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 8, 9)
 * Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums (tracks: 3, 6, 7)
 * Gary Mallaber – drums (tracks: 1, 10, 11)
 * Russ Kunkel – drums (tracks: 2, 8, 9)
 * Cindy Blackman – drums (tracks: 4, 5)

Other personnel

 * Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements, conductor
 * Thomas Bricker – artwork
 * Doug Sax, Nilesh Patel – mastering
 * Chris Lord-Alge, Barry Coffing, Jack Daley – mixing
 * Kevin Williamson – A&R
 * Andrea Forshee – album coordinator
 * Joe Fischer, Robbie McPherson, Stephanie Fink – production assistant
 * Tina Bilao, Jill Greenberg – photography

In popular culture
The song "Reckless" was performed by Walters on the season 6 episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 called "Ray of Hope" in 1996. Walters returned to the show later that year and performed the song "The Great Escape" on the episode "Lost in Las Vegas" from season 7.

Tour
Walters toured the US and Europe in support of Ride. The performances consisted of only Walters and Zach Throne on acoustic guitars. There were also some dates in Europe with a full band.