Republica (album)

Republica

Studio album by Republica

Released

July 30, 1996

Recorded

1993–95

Genre

Length

48:22

Label

Producer

Republica chronology

Republica
(1996)

Speed Ballads
(1998)

Singles from Republica

"Bloke"
Released: January 1995
"Ready to Go"
Released: April 15, 1996
"Drop Dead Gorgeous"
Released: April 1997

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Republica is the debut studio album by English band Republica, released on July 30, 1996 by RCA Records in the United States and on October 5, 1996 by Deconstruction Records in the United Kingdom. Produced by the band with additional production by Ben Grosse, Republica is an alternative rock album which fuses different genres of electronic music, such as electronica or techno, and also contains elements of Hi-NRG and trip hop music.

Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics and was also a commercial success, peaking at number 153 on the Billboard 200 and number four on the UK Album Charts.

Three singles were released from the album: "Bloke" and two hit singles, "Ready to Go" and "Drop Dead Gorgeous".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Saffron, Tim Dorney, Andy Todd, and Johnny Male except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ready to Go"		5:01
2.	"Bloke"	Saffron, Dorney, Todd	4:56
3.	"Bitch"	Saffron, Dorney, Todd	5:13
4.	"Get Off"		3:57
5.	"Picture Me"	Saffron, Dorney, Todd	5:47
6.	"Drop Dead Gorgeous"		4:30
7.	"Out of the Darkness"		3:49
8.	"Wrapp"		1:45
9.	"Don't You Ever"		4:00
10.	"Holly"	Saffron, Dorney, Todd	4:23
11.	"Ready to Go" (original mix)		5:01
Total length:			48:22

Credits and personnel

Saffron - vocals, songwriter
Tim Dorney - producer, keyboards, songwriter
Johnny Male - producer, guitar, songwriter
Conor Lawrence - producer, drums, songwriter
Ben Grosse - additional producer, programming
Dave Arch - piano
Paul Cartlidge - guitar
Pete Davis - keyboards, programming
Jez Williams - guitar
Randy Jacobs - guitar
Grant Mohrman - guitar
Marlon Young - guitar
Sal Aiello - guitar
Ian Tregoning - mixing
Phil Dane - mixing
Jesus Beats - programming
John Vitale - programming, guitar
Mike Tuller - programming

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Republica - Republica". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-02-14.

External links

Republica at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
Republica at AllMusic
Republica (album) at Discogs (list of releases)

Republica

Saffron Tim Dorney Johnny Male Conor Lawrence Pete Riley Andy Todd David Barbarossa Alix Tiernan Mick Pirie

Studio albums	Republica Speed Ballads

Singles	"Ready to Go"

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