Attitude (Rip Rig + Panic album)

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Attitude
Rip Rig + Panic - Attitude.jpeg
Studio album by
Rip Rig + Panic
Released1983
GenrePost-punk
Length41:28
LabelVirgin
ProducerAdam Kidron, Gareth Sager
Rip Rig + Panic chronology
I Am Cold
(1982) 		Attitude
(1983) 		Kill Me in the Morning
(1985)

Attitude is the third and final studio album by the post-punk band Rip Rig + Panic, released in 1983 by Virgin Records.[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[2]
PopMatters(6/10)[3]
Q3/5 stars[4]

In Melody Maker, Lynden Barker described the album as "marvellous", saying that "(t)hough not as immediately appealing as God ... it possesses a multi-layered makeup that becomes more and more exciting on each successive spin".[5] Douglas Baptie of The Digital Fix wondered "Why wasn't it more popular?" and said that the album "somehow combines the best qualities of the previous two".[6] The List's Neil Cooper called Attitude "the most honed, conventionally focused and 'produced'" of Rip Rig + Panic's three.[7]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Sean Oliver, Gareth Sager and Mark Springer.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Keep the Sharks From Your Heart"3:49
2."Sunken Love"2:55
3."Rip Open, But Oh So Long Thy Wounds Take to Heal"3:09
4."Do the Tightrope"3:19
5."Intimacy, Just Gently Shimmer"3:17
6."How That Spark Sets Me Aglow"3:26
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Alchemy in This Cemetry"3:19
2."Beat the Beast"2:07
3."The Birth Pangs of Spring"3:24
4."Eros; What Brings Colour Up the Stem?"4:07
5."Push Your Tiny Body as High as Your Desire Can Take You"1:27
6."Viva X Dreams"7:02
2013 CD issue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Do the Tightrope" (12" version)5:53
14."1619 A Dutch Vessel Docks in the U.S.A. With 20 Humans for Sale"7:21
15."Blip This Jig It's Shamanic"0:47
16."Beat the Beast (Sob Sob I'm Gonna Jail This Hell Hole Itch)"3:40
17."Leave Your Spittle in the Pot"4:42
18."It's Always Tit for Tac You Foolish Brats"1:44
19."Do the Tightrope" (Instrumental version)5:56
20."You're My Kind of Climate" (Dance mix)6:06

Personnel[]

Adapted from the Attitude liner notes.[8]

Release history[]

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1983 Virgin LP V 2268
2013 Cherry Red CD CDMRED 574

References[]

  1. ^ Isler, Scott; Sheridan, David (2007). "Rip Rig + Panic". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Rip Rig + Panic: Attitude > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  3. ^ Pitter, Charles (28 June 2013). "Rip Rig + Panic: God, I Am Cold, Attitude". PopMatters. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  4. ^ Quantick, David (August 2013). "Rip Rig + Panic: God, I Am Cold, Attitude". Q. Retrieved 2 June 2016.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Barber, Lynden (9 April 1983). Rip Rig + Panic Attitude (PDF). Melody Maker. History of Rock 1983. p. 62. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. ^ Baptie, Douglas (1 July 2013). "Rip Rig + Panic - God / I Am Cold / Attitude". The Digital Fix. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. ^ Cooper, Neil (23 July 2013). "Rip Rig and Panic – God/I Am Cold/Attitude". The List. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  8. ^ Attitude (sleeve). Rip Rig + Panic. London, United Kingdom: Virgin Records. 1983.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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