Rip It Up (Orange Juice album)

Rip It Up
Studio album by Orange Juice
Released	November 1982
Studio	Berwick Street Studios, London
Genre	Post-punk
Label	Polydor
Producer	Martin Hayles
Orange Juice chronology
You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (1982)You Can't Hide Your Love Forever1982 Rip It Up (1982) Texas Fever (1984)Texas Fever1984

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

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)
11. "Tongues Begin to Wag" - 4:14 (Collins, McClymont, Ross, Manyika) (1998 Reissue bonus track)
12. "Barbecue" - 4:48 (Collins, McClymont, Ross, Manyika) (1998 Reissue bonus track)
13. "Flesh of My Flesh" (7" version) - 3:16 (Collins) (1998 Reissue bonus track)

Personnel

Orange Juice

• Edwyn Collins – guitar, vocals, violin, songwriting
• Malcolm Ross – guitar, vocals, keyboards, songwriting
• David McClymont – bass guitar, keyboards
• Zeke Manyika – drums, vocals, percussion, songwriting

with:

• Dick Morrissey - saxophone
• Martin Drover - flugelhorn
• Martin Hayles - piano, synthesizer
• Mel Gaynor - percussion
• Louise Waddle - handclaps
• Gavin 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

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