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Go for It (Stiff Little Fingers album)

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]

Go for It
Studio album by
Stiff Little Fingers
ReleasedApril 17, 1981
RecordedFebruary 9, 1981 – February 22, 1981
StudioJam Studios, Finsbury Park, London
Genre
Length38:54
LabelChrysalis
ProducerDoug Bennett
Stiff Little Fingers chronology
Nobody's Heroes
(1980) 		Go for It
(1981) 		Now Then...
(1982)

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [5]

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."[6]

Track listing edit

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:

  1. "Mr. Fire Coal Man" (Wailing Souls) – 4:45
  2. "Doesn't Make it Alright" (live) (Dave Goldberg, Jerry Dammers, Mike Harrison) – 3:29
  3. "Back to Front" – 3.00
  4. "Jake Burns Interview with Alan Parker about Go for It" – 25:20

Chart Position edit

Chart (1981) Peak
position
United Kingdom[7] 14
Song Singles Chart (1981) Peak
position
"Just Fade Away" United Kingdom 47
"Silver Lining" United Kingdom 68

Personnel edit

Stiff Little Fingers

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

References edit

  1. ^ Sullivan, Jim (June 25, 1981). "Sobering Words from Belfast's Punk Rockers". Arts. The Boston Globe. p. 1.
  2. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 1014.
  3. ^ Gimarc, George (1997). Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982. St. Martin's Press. p. 151.
  4. ^ AllMusic
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  6. ^ "Stiff Little Fingers". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  7. ^ "Stiff Little Fingers". Official Charts. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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