Attitude (Rip Rig + Panic album) explained

Attitude
Type:	album
Artist:	Rip Rig + Panic
Cover:	Rip Rig + Panic - Attitude.jpeg
Released:	1983
Genre:	Post-punk
Length:	41:28
Label:	Virgin
Producer:	Adam Kidron, Gareth Sager
Prev Title:	I Am Cold
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Kill Me in the Morning
Next Year:	1985

Attitude is the third and final studio album by the post-punk band Rip Rig + Panic, released in 1983 by Virgin Records.^[1]

Reception

In Melody Maker, Lynden Barker described the album as "marvellous", saying that "(t)hough not as immediately appealing as God ... it possesses a multi-layered makeup that becomes more and more exciting on each successive spin".^[2] Douglas Baptie of The Digital Fix wondered "Why wasn't it more popular?" and said that the album "somehow combines the best qualities of the previous two".^[3] The Lists Neil Cooper called Attitude "the most honed, conventionally focused and 'produced'" of Rip Rig + Panic's three.^[4]

Personnel

Adapted from the Attitude liner notes.^[5]

Rip Rig + Panic

• Neneh Cherry – vocals (A1, A2, A6, B1, B2, B4)
• Sean Oliver – bass guitar
• Gareth Sager – guitar (A4, A6, B1, B3), vocals (B1, B2, B6), alto saxophone (B3, B6), clarinet (A1, A2), piano (A5), horn and string arrangement (A1, A2, A4, A6, B4, B5), production, design
• Bruce Smith – drums (A1-A3, B1, B3, B4)
• Mark Springer – piano (A1-A3, A6, B1, B4-B6), vocals (A4, B4, B6), soprano saxophone (B2), harmonica (B4)

Additional musicians

• David Defries – trumpet (A1, A4, B1, B2, B4)
• Woo Honeymoon – violin (A2, A4, A6, B1, B4)
• Giles Leaman – additional drums and percussion
• Steve Noble – drums (A4, A6, B2, B6)

Additional musicians (cont.)

• Andrea Oliver – vocals (A4, B6)
• Sarah Sarahandi – viola (A2, A4-A6, B1, B2, B4, B5)
• Dave "Flash" Wright – tenor saxophone (A1, A3, A4, A5, B1, B2, B4-B6)

Production and additional personnel

• T. Charrington  – photography
• Tim Hunt – engineering
• Adam Kidron – production
• Jill Mumford – design
• Mark Stewart – engineering
• Ken Thomas – engineering
• Nick Watson – remastering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1983	Virgin	LP	V 2268
	2013	Cherry Red	CD	CDMRED 574

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scott . Isler . David . Sheridan . Rip Rig + Panic . . 2007 . 2 June 2016.
2. Book: Barber, Lynden . Rip Rig + Panic Attitude . Melody Maker . 9 April 1983 . History of Rock 1983 . 62 . 28 October 2020.
3. Web site: Rip Rig + Panic – God / I Am Cold / Attitude . Baptie . Douglas . The Digital Fix . 1 July 2013 . 28 October 2020.
4. Web site: Rip Rig and Panic – God/I Am Cold/Attitude . Cooper . Neil . The List . 23 July 2013 . 28 October 2020.
5. Attitude . . 1983 . sleeve . . London, United Kingdom.