Soda Pop * Rip Off

Soda Pop * Rip Off is the debut album by American punk rock band Slant 6.[2] It was released in 1994 by Dischord.[6]

Soda Pop * Rip Off
Studio album by
Released1994
GenrePunk rock
Length34:04
LabelDischord[1]
ProducerIan MacKaye, Don Zientara[2]
Slant 6 chronology
What Kind of Monster Are You
(1993)
Soda Pop * Rip Off
(1994)
Inzombia
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert Christgau(dud)[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

Reception

AllMusic rated the album favorably, although it noted that it "works almost like a retrospective of a period in the band's career."[3] Trouser Press wrote that "the combo delivers succinct but clunky punk rock highlighted by unexpectedly strong pop hooks and occasionally odd instrumental angularities."[7] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music praised Slant 6's ability to "tackle topical subjects from unexpected angles."[5] The Chicago Reader wrote that "as with early Wire, Slant 6 avoid any sort of excess, saying their bit and moving on."[8]

Reviewing the 2014 reissue, the Washington City Paper wrote: "Though her voice was occasionally hidden behind distorted guitars and nasal delivery, [Christina] Billotte was still a better singer than many of her ‘90s contemporaries, a fact that’s perhaps more evident on the remaster."[9] Including Soda Pop * Rip Off on its list of essential riot grrrl albums, Rolling Stone wrote that the band "held up the capital city’s end with grooves like 'Time Expired,' goofing on Nuggets-style Sixties garage rock but with a sense of menace."[10] Pitchfork called it "an enduring model of punk rock poise."[11] Evelyn McDonnell and Elisabeth Vincentelli, writing for the New York Times in 2019, considered Soda Pop-Rip Off "arguably the best album of the riot grrrl era."[12]

Track listing

Side A
  1. "Don't You Ever?" - 1:43
  2. "Night X 9" - 1:32
  3. "Love Shock" - 2:32
  4. "Double Edged Knife" - 2:14
  5. "Time Expired" - 2:25
  6. "Invisible Footsteps" - 2:25
Side B
  1. "Poison Arrows Shot at Heroes" - 2:14
  2. "Don't Censor Me" - 2:14
  3. "Blood Song" - 1:34
  4. "Soda Pop-Rip Off" - 2:06
  5. "Become Your Ghost" - 1:57
  6. "Blue Angel" - 2:13
  7. "March 6" - 2:10

Album credits

  • Don Zientara, Engineer
  • Slant 6, Producer, Main Performer
  • Ian MacKaye, Producer
  • Christina Billotte, Guitar, Drums, Vocals
  • Myra Power, Bass, Vocals
  • Ian Svenonius, Photography
  • Marge Marshall, Trumpet, Drums

References

  1. Washington, Dischord Records 3819 Beecher St NW; U.s.a. 703.351.7507, Dc 20007-1802. "Slant 6 - Soda Pop*Rip Off (091)". Dischord Records.
  2. "Slant 6 | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. Abebe, Nitsuh. "Soda Pop-Rip Off - Slant 6". AllMusic. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  4. "Robert Christgau: CG: slant 6". robertchristgau.com.
  5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 518.
  6. Pareles, Jon (December 31, 1994). "POP REVIEW; Romance Getting in Trouble, In Blunt and Adamant Punk (Published 1994)". The New York Times.
  7. "Slant 6". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  8. Margasak, Peter (30 June 1994). "Slant 6". Chicago Reader.
  9. "Why This is the Perfect Time for a Dischord Remaster of Slant 6's Soda Pop * Rip Off". Washington City Paper. October 14, 2014.
  10. Sheffield, Rob (March 27, 2020). "Riot Grrrl Album Guide". Rolling Stone.
  11. Pelly, Jenn (13 January 2015). "Down Is Up 25: Reissues From Slant 6, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Poison Girls, Rita Abatzi, Sin 34". Pitchfork.
  12. McDonnell, Evelyn; Vincentelli, Elisabeth (May 6, 2019). "Riot Grrrl United Feminism and Punk. Here's an Essential Listening Guide". New York Times. Retrieved 2021-10-21.


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