Rip It Up (Orange Juice album)

Rip It Up is the second album by Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice, released in 1982.[2][3] It contains their hit song of the same name, which reached the Top 10.[4] The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[5]

Rip It Up
Studio album by
Orange Juice
ReleasedNovember 1982
StudioBerwick Street Studios, London
GenrePost-punk, new wave[1]
Length42:16
LabelPolydor
ProducerMartin Hayles
Orange Juice chronology
You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
(1982)		 Rip It Up
(1982)		 Texas Fever
(1984)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
Smash Hits8/10[8]

Trouser Press wrote that the album "explores the first album's ingenuousness in greater depth with thought-provoking results... Though young love remains the theme, tension has replaced cuteness."[9] Neil Tennant of Smash Hits gave the album an 8 out of 10 and wrote that "no one can accuse them of being twee anymore ... a big step forward which they can be proud of and you can enjoy."[8]

Track listing
  1. "Rip It Up" – 5:19 (Edwyn Collins, David McClymont, Malcolm Ross, Zeke Manyika)
  2. "A Million Pleading Faces" – 3:14 (Manyika)
  3. "Mud in Your Eye" – 3:56 (Collins)
  4. "Turn Away" – 3:19 (Ross)
  5. "Breakfast Time" – 5:10 (Collins)
  6. "I Can't Help Myself" – 5:05 (Collins, McClymont)
  7. "Flesh of My Flesh" – 3:15 (Collins)
  8. "Louise Louise" – 2:51 (Collins)
  9. "Hokoyo" – 5:06 (Collins, McClymont, Ross, Manyika, Zop Cormorant)
  10. "Tenterhook" – 5:01 (Collins)

1998 Reissue Bonus Tracks

  1. "Tongues Begin to Wag" - 4:14 (Collins, McClymont, Ross, Manyika)
  2. "Barbecue" - 4:48 (Collins, McClymont, Ross, Manyika)
  3. "Flesh of My Flesh" (7" version) - 3:16 (Collins)

Personnel
Orange Juice
  • Edwyn Collins – vocals, guitar, violin
  • Malcolm Ross – guitar, vocals, synthesizer, piano, organ
  • David McClymont – bass, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Zeke Manyika – drums, vocals, percussion, synthesizer

with:

  • Dick Morrissey - saxophone
  • Martin Drover - flugelhorn
  • Martin Hayles - piano, synthesizer
  • Mel Gaynor - percussion
  • Louise Waddle - handclaps
  • Gavyn Wright - violin
  • Paul Quinn - vocals
  • Danny Cummings - percussion on "Flesh of My Flesh"
Technical
  • Gwyn Mathias - additional engineering
  • Orange Juice - sleeve design
  • Eric Watson - photography

References
  1. "The 50 Best New Wave Albums". Paste Magazine. 30 August 2016.
  2. The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 714.
  3. Taylor, Steve (2006). The A to X of Alternative Music. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 171.
  4. "Orange Juice". Official Charts. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  5. Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.
  6. "Rip It Up Review by Tim Sendra". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  7. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  8. Tennant, Neil (28 October – 10 November 1982). "Orange Juice: Rip It Up (Polydor)". Smash Hits: 23.
  9. "Orange Juice". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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