Rip It Up (Orange Juice album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Rip It Up
| type = studio
| artist = Orange Juice
| cover = RipItUpOrangeJuice.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1982
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Berwick Street Studios, London
| genre = Post-punk, new wave{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/09/the-best-new-wave-albums.html|title=The 50 Best New Wave Albums|date=30 August 2016|website=Paste Magazine}}
| length = 42:16
| label = Polydor
| producer = Martin Hayles
| prev_title = You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Texas Fever
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Rip It Up
| type = studio
| single1 = I Can't Help Myself
| single1date = 1982 (UK & JP)
| single2 = A Million Pleading Faces
| single2date = 1982 (UK Promo)
| single3 = Rip It Up
| single3date = 1983
| single4 = Flesh of My Flesh
| single4date = 1983 (UK & IE)
}}
}}
Rip It Up is the second album by Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice, released in 1982.{{cite book |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=1999 |publisher=Rough Guides Ltd |page=714 |edition=2nd}}{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Steve |title=The A to X of Alternative Music |date=2006 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |page=171}} It contains their hit song of the same name, which reached the Top 10.{{cite web |title=Orange Juice |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19352/orange-juice |website=Official Charts |access-date=13 July 2023}} The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=7 February 2006|publisher=Universe|isbn=0-7893-1371-5}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Sendra|title=Orange Juice: Rip It Up review|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rip-it-up-mw0001236734 |website=AllMusic|access-date=13 July 2023}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}
| rev3 = The Great Rock Discography
| rev3Score = 6/10{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin C.|author-link=Martin C. Strong|title=The Great Rock Discography|chapter=Edwyn Collins|date=2004|edition=7th|publisher=Canongate Books|page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/318/mode/1up 317-318]|isbn=1-84195-615-5}}
| rev4 = The Line of Best Fit
|last=Scott|first=Hayley|website=The Line of Best Fit|date=11 March 2014|access-date=14 September 2024}}
| rev5 = MusicHound Lounge
| rev6 = Record Mirror
| rev6Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|first=Jim|last=Reid|magazine=Record Mirror|title=Juice What I Always Wanted|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/51315573159/|volume=29|date=13 November 1982|access-date=14 September 2024}}
| rev7 = Smash Hits
| rev7Score = 8/10{{cite magazine|title=Orange Juice: Rip It Up (Polydor)|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@N00/7845264456/in/album-72157631209319086/|journal=Smash Hits|date=28 October – 10 November 1982|last=Tennant|first=Neil|author-link=Neil Tennant|page=23|access-date=14 September 2024}}
| rev8 = Sounds
| rev8Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=McCullugh|first=Dave|date=13 November 1982|title=Orange Juice: Rip It Up (Polydor POLS 1076) *½|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/orange-juice-irip-it-upi-polydor-pols-1076-|access-date=14 September 2024|magazine=Sounds}}
}}
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."{{cite web |title=Orange Juice |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/orange-juice/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=13 July 2023}} 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."
Track listing
- "Rip It Up" – 5:19 (Edwyn Collins)
- "A Million Pleading Faces" – 3:14 (Zeke Manyika)
- "Mud in Your Eye" – 3:56 (Collins)
- "Turn Away" – 3:19 (Malcolm Ross)
- "Breakfast Time" – 5:10 (Collins)
- "I Can't Help Myself" – 5:05 (Collins, David McClymont)
- "Flesh of My Flesh" – 3:15 (Collins)
- "Louise Louise" – 2:51 (Collins)
- "Hokoyo" – 5:06 (Collins, McClymont, Ross, Manyika, Zop Cormorant)
- "Tenterhook" – 5:01 (Collins)
1998 Reissue Bonus Tracks
- "Tongues Begin to Wag" - 4:14 (Collins, McClymont, Ross, Manyika)
- "Barbecue" - 4:48 (Collins, McClymont, Ross, Manyika)
- "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
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