Go for It (Stiff Little Fingers album) explained

Go for It
Type:	Album
Artist:	Stiff Little Fingers
Cover:	SLFGFI.jpg
Released:	April 17, 1981
Recorded:	February 9, 1981 – February 22, 1981
Studio:	Jam Studios, Finsbury Park, London
Length:	38:54
Label:	Chrysalis
Producer:	Doug Bennett
Prev Title:	Nobody's Heroes
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Now Then...
Next Year:	1982

Go for It is the third album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1981.^{[1] [2]} "Just Fade Away" was released as a single.^[3]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that Jake Burns's "voice is smoother and less anguished; the music, while no less energetic or committed, is more diverse and sophisticated."^[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fingers and Gordon Ogilvie; except where noted.

1. "Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae" (Bunny O'Riley, arranged by Fingers) – 3:59
2. "Just Fade Away" – 3:06
3. "Go for It" (Fingers) – 3:17
4. "The Only One" – 4:18
5. "Hits and Misses" (Jake Burns, Gordon Ogilvie) – 3:51
6. "Kicking Up a Racket" – 2:44
7. "Safe as Houses" – 5:29
8. "Gate 49" – 2:23
9. "Silver Lining" – 3:04
10. "Piccadilly Circus" – 4:43

The following tracks were included on the 2001 EMI re-release:

Chart Position

Song	Singles Chart (1981)	Peak position
"Just Fade Away"	United Kingdom	47
"Silver Lining"	United Kingdom	68

Personnel

Stiff Little Fingers

• Jake Burns – vocals, guitar; piano on "Silver Lining"
• Jim Reilly – drums
• Henry Cluney – guitar, backing vocals
• Ali McMordie – bass guitar

with:

• Stewart Blandamer – alto saxophone on "Silver Lining"
• Tony Hughes – trumpet on "Silver Lining"
• Steve "Fixit" Farr – baritone saxophone on "Silver Lining"

Technical

• Doug Bennett – producer, piano on "Silver Lining"
• Bill Gill – engineer
• David Hamilton Smith – engineer
• Shaun Bradley – equipment
• Agency – cow bell
• John "Teflon" Simms – cover illustration
• Eugene Adebari – photography

Notes and References

1. News: Sullivan . Jim . Sobering Words from Belfast's Punk Rockers . The Boston Globe . 25 June 1981 . Arts . 1.
2. Book: The Rough Guide to Rock . 2003 . Rough Guides . 1014 . 3rd.
3. Book: Gimarc . George . Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982 . 1997 . St. Martin's Press . 151.
4. Web site: Stiff Little Fingers . Trouser Press . 29 July 2023.
5. Web site: Stiff Little Fingers . Official Charts . 29 July 2023.