Ripe (Field Trip album)

Ripe is the third and final studio album by Pleasanton, California-based rock band Field Trip. It was released in April 1991 by Slash Records. In addition to the band's own lineup, Ripe also features keyboard playing by Faith No More's Roddy Bottum.[1]

Ripe
Studio album by
Field Trip
ReleasedApril 1991
RecordedCambridge, Massachusetts
Spring 1991
GenreIndie rock
Power pop
College rock
Length38:59
LabelSlash
ProducerPaul Q. Kolderie
Sean Slade
Field Trip chronology
Headgear
(1990)		 Ripe
(1991)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(choice cut)[4]
Deseret News[5]

The Chicago Tribune's David Rothschild gave Ripe 2 and a half stars out of 4, writing that the album "...combines elements of metal, country and new wave with a local bar band sound. [Lead singer and guitarist] Jim Galbraith's catchy, twanging guitar hooks and gawky vocals help define the band's playful personality, occasionally bringing to mind the Young Fresh Fellows."[3] Brent Ainsworth of the Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote that the album "...brings back memories of the Knack, who shocked the charts with "My Sharona" in 1979. You remember how harmless and upbeat the Knack was, don't you? This is harmless and upbeat – in other words, initially fun but a little boring in the long run."[1]

Track listing
  1. Let's Stay In
  2. Nothing Better To Do
  3. Ugly
  4. Please
  5. Come Along
  6. Hard To Say
  7. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
  8. Sit On My Hands
  9. Another Lonely Day
  10. Wake Up Alone
  11. Second Cousin
  12. Ballad Of Field Trip

Personnel

Field Trip
  • Jim Galbraith - lead guitar
  • T.S. Galbraith - drums
  • Greg Kinkle - bass
  • Steve Laborde - rhythm guitar

Guest musicians

Technical personnel

References
  1. Ainsworth, Brent (1992-02-21). "Ripe Field Trip (Slash)". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  2. "Ripe - Field Trip". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  3. Rothschild, David (1991-12-05). "Field Trip Ripe (Slash)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  4. Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Field Trip: Ripe". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  5. "Surf's Up!". Deseret News. 1992-06-25. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
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