Rip It Up (Dead or Alive album) explained

Rip It Up
Type:Greatest Hits
Artist:Dead or Alive
Cover:DeadOrAlive RipItUp.jpg
Released:6 July 1987
Label:Epic
Producer:Stock, Aitken and Waterman
Prev Title:Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Nude
Next Year:1988

Rip It Up is a greatest hits album released by Dead or Alive in 1987 on Epic Records. It contains eight singles from their two prior albums, Youthquake (1985) and Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know (1986), segued together much like a DJ-mix. A new Japanese version entitled Rip It Up +1 was released in 2004.