I Am Cold Explained
| I Am Cold |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | Rip Rig + Panic |
| Cover: | Rip Rig + Panic - I Am Cold.jpeg |
| Released: | 18 June 1982 |
| Genre: | Post-punk |
| Length: | 60:11 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | Rip Rig + Panic |
| Prev Title: | God |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Attitude |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
I Am Cold is the second studio album by post-punk band Rip Rig + Panic, released on 18 June 1982 by Virgin Records.[1] [2] Like the group's first album God, it was released as two 12" 45 rpm discs; the group's subsequent album Attitude would be a conventional 12" 33rpm release. In 2013, the album was reissued by Cherry Red Records on CD with an additional tracks taken from singles.
Personnel
Adapted from the I Am Cold liner notes.[4]
- Rip Rig + Panic
- Neneh Cherry – vocals (A2, B1, C3, D1)
- Sean Oliver – bass guitar
- Gareth Sager – piano (A4, B1, B3, C1, D3), guitar (A3, B2, D1), clarinet (B2, B4, C3), alto saxophone (A3, C2), string arrangement (B1, B4), bass clarinet (A3), vocals (C3)
- Bruce Smith – drums, percussion
- Mark Springer – piano (A1-A3, B2, B4, C2, C3, D1, D2), vocals (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D2), tenor saxophone (A3, B1), soprano saxophone (B3, C1, D3), bass clarinet (B3), clavinet (C2)
- Additional musicians
- Don Cherry – trumpet (A2, B2, B3, C1, C3, D4), melodica (A2, C1), vocals (B2, C3)
- David Defries – trumpet (B1, C2, D1), horn arrangement (B3)
- Debbie Holmes – cello (B1)
- Woo Honeymoon – violin (B1, B4)
- Giles Leaman – additional drums and percussion
- Jez Parfitt – baritone saxophone (D1)
- Steve Noble – additional drums and percussion
- Additional musicians (cont.)
- Andrea Oliver – backing vocals (B1, D1)
- Sarah Sarahandi – viola (A1, B1, B4)
- Dave "Flash" Wright – tenor saxophone (B1, B3, C1, C2), flute (B3)
- Production and additional personnel
- Anna Arnoe – photography
- David Corrio – photography
- Howard Gray – engineering
- Dave Hunt – engineering
- Lester Johnston – engineering
- Adam Kidron – engineering
- Jill Mumford – design
- Sally Orsono – photography
- Pablo Picasso – cover art
- Sid Rudland – engineering
- Nick Watson – remastering
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|
| United Kingdom | 1982 | Virgin | LP | V 2228 |
| 2013 | Cherry Red | CD | CDMRED 573 | |
Notes and References
- Scott . Isler . David . Sheridan . Rip Rig + Panic . . 2007 . 2 February 2016.
- Book: Gimarc, George . Punk Diary . . July 11, 2005 . 728 . 9780879308483 . 24 May 2016.
- Web site: Rockerilla End of Year Lists 1982: Album . 24 May 2016 . Rockerilla.
- I Am Cold . . 1982 . sleeve . . London, United Kingdom.
