Rip It Up (Orange Juice album)

Rip It Up
Studio album by
Orange Juice
ReleasedNovember 1982
StudioBerwick Street Studios, London
GenrePost-punk, new wave[1]
Length42:16
LabelPolydor
ProducerMartin Hayles
Orange Juice chronology
You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
(1982) 		Rip It Up
(1982) 		Texas Fever
(1984)

Rip It Up is the second album by Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice, released in 1982.[2][3] It contains their hit song of the same name, which reached the Top 10.[4] The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[5]

  1. ^ "The 50 Best New Wave Albums". Paste Magazine. 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 714.
  3. ^ Taylor, Steve (2006). The A to X of Alternative Music. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 171.
  4. ^ "Orange Juice". Official Charts. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  5. ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.