| Ripe | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Field Trip |
| Cover: | Ripe (Field Trip album).jpg |
| Released: | April 1991 |
| Recorded: | Cambridge, Massachusetts Spring 1991 |
| Genre: | Indie rock Power pop College rock |
| Label: | Slash |
| Producer: | Paul Q. Kolderie Sean Slade |
| Prev Title: | Headgear |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
Ripe is the third and final studio album by Pleasanton, California-based rock band Field Trip. It was released in April 1991 by Slash Records. In addition to the band's own lineup, Ripe also features keyboard playing by Faith No More's Roddy Bottum.[1]
The Chicago Tribunes David Rothschild gave Ripe 2 and a half stars out of 4, writing that the album "...combines elements of metal, country and new wave with a local bar band sound. [Lead singer and guitarist] Jim Galbraith's catchy, twanging guitar hooks and gawky vocals help define the band's playful personality, occasionally bringing to mind the Young Fresh Fellows." Brent Ainsworth of the Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote that the album "...brings back memories of the Knack, who shocked the charts with "My Sharona" in 1979. You remember how harmless and upbeat the Knack was, don't you? This is harmless and upbeat – in other words, initially fun but a little boring in the long run."[1]