Rip It Up

This was more like Lemon Juice, very sour tasting album!

This album should have been forgotten in the discount bin. Nothing redeemable. Sounded like it would never be popular anywhere

No idea how this album made it into the top 1000. Very uninspired.

New Wave blather

The instrumental parts of this album give me a ton of hope that I would enjoy this. The guitar and drum playing specifically feel like precursors to the kind of music that I actually enjoy listening to now. But the singing sucks. It sucks so much. It takes away any possible joy I would get from listening to this. The mouth of the singer opens up, and any good thoughts I had about the album immediately disappear. I wish I could scrub the sound of the singer out of my head. Without the singer, this is *at least* a 3 for me. Probably higher. With the singer... SKIP. Favorite Song(s): -

Title track is really good, but I knew that already. The rest of the album is painfully mid though. The only interesting thing about them is that they're Scottish

Interesting, never thought they would turn up in the list of 1001 albums. Of course, I was very well familiar with their hit Rip it up, but other than that, never took or had the desire to listen to anything more of this band. After listening to the whole record I just can say my prejudice was justified. Talking Heads meets Culture Club or worse. No idea how this album ended up in this list, nor why Wikipedia labels this as "post-punk". It's utterly 80's rubbish. 1/5

Can't stand the vocals, forgive me

New Wave music sucks. As bad as the first song was, the hit off the album, the second one is worse. The album sounds like the soundtrack to John Cusak's 80s movies...all of them. Oh my god, this is awful. This is like an 80s Bowie cover band that decided to play originals. Every song, somehow, keeps getting worse. I will give this album credit for being actual music and a normal length. Those are all the "nice" things I can say about it though. A truly terrible album. And now the drummer gets in on the act with a song in a foreign language. This is the United Colors of Benetton of bands.

Rip It Up

Maso

Didn’t like this album.

This project has made me realize that there is a certain lilting vocal style used by some male artists (mostly British) that I just can't stand. This album has it in spades. The music behind it doesn't help the situation at all. Oh wait.... this is that guy who had that one song back in the Nineties that was kinda on the radio a bunch for a couple of months? Doesn't matter. Still sucks.

Premiere fois que j'hesite a skip l'album, trop nul, zero proposition

Robert Dimery must owe these guys money.

Rip this up

Irritating

Not good, not essential. Doesn't belong on this list.

Every now and again someone comes up with a cool riff then they decide enough of that nonsense.

I did not enjoy this.

Not very into this.

I was in high school when this came out and don't remember it but maybe I blocked it out because it's not good. There's some positive elements but it is extremely dated Sounds like a couple guys who want to be New Order playing The Beat's music poorly

Not the vibe I was expecting from the song title. Rip it up? More like "gently separate one side of the paper from the other being careful to not make a level of noise that would disturb anyone else." I get that this band was trying to be cutesy, but there's nothing cutesy about its cliche-ridden stabs at lyricism. I can see how this act was a precursor of sorts to Belle & Sebastian, but that doesn't make me like them any more.

A couple of almost catchy tunes, but this is by-and-large tripe. A very long 40 minutes.

Pour out the Juice because it has gone bad.

Just no. The instrument were meh but the vocals were awful. Nothing that I particularly liked here. Can’t even pick a stand out song

Scottish Post-Punk is just another way to say UK Britpop, which this list is sorely lacking. Because, why have albums from actual influential post-punk bands when you can cram an utterly unforgettable album from a band whose Wikipedia page can fit on a matchbook? 1/5

The Manyika tracks are the highlight for me. The rest is crazy bland and boring.

Horrendously boring. I turned it off 40 seconds in before I knew what I was doing because I knew instinctively that this was just not my jam. Who decides these albums and why do they like Morrissey so much? The Funko Pops of post-punk. The guitar was the standout of it all. Loved what they were doing. Some neat bass lines every now and again (including yes, the early TB303 usage). The vocalist did it no favours. Drummer sounded like they learned how to play while recording.

I feel like I'm never cool enough to "get" bands like this. Not my thing.

Ok

Awful drivel

My ex wife liked this lot so what do you expect? 1/5 24/11/24

My favorite thing about this album was not listening to it any longer. Collins’s voice was badly used, the song craft was middling, and the pop-drivel was so beneath reasonable standards.

This is pretty bad. I agree with the guy who complained about the lack of Tool and I don't even like Tool.

I'm learning that I hate 80s post-punk/new wave.

Rip up this album, it's trash. High 1.

This album takes everything I hated about the 1980s, distils it down into its purest form, then vomits it out over ten appalling tracks. One of the worst albums I've ever heard and fully deserving of a 1 star rating.

Gack. I didn't know English bands could do yacht rock. I couldn't get past abbreviated attempts with the first few cuts. A band called Orange Juice should not do a song called Breakfast Time.

This shit is terrible. Big no from me.

Only added Louise Louise to the playlist, wasn’t great. Not for me.

1. rip it up - 1 2. facez - 0 3. mud - 1 4. turn auuay - 0 5. breakfazt - 1.5 6. help - 0 7. flezh - 1 8. louize - 0 9. hokoyo - 1 10. hook - 1.5

meh

Early 80s dumpster fire. Hated it. Hated everything about it lol. Anyone who thinks this is good music should consider refraining from opining on anything. <3

Why is there so much god damn New Wave and Post Punk on this list!? Highlights: Rip It Up

Too 80s, didn't enjoy it at all. To much sax and synth... also too reminiscent of the talking heads sound in parts. Recognised the title track, but can't say it does much for me. Not for me. 1.5

Not completely awful, but not good. It wasn't cohesive, and, as per usual, I found the vocals and lyrics very lacking.

First listen Saved 0/10

This album is the worst of the overly synthesized 80's music. Being 1982 hell maybe they invented the sound, but It was like being Rick Rolled for 45 minutes.

Not really a fan of this one. 1.5/5

Super weird

This sucks, music has improved considerably over the last 40 years if this was ever popular.

Couldn’t do it. Made it through a couple songs and had to stop

Expired!

Lo-Fi Punk but also like Beach Boy California Pop Rock. Not great.

Boring.

No

kinda boring hate the tone of the singer

They should’ve limited it to 1000 albums

Garbage

This is an excellent album. At least if you want to demonstrate what is wrong with polished, inoffensive and boring New Wave from the 1980s. What's not to dislike on this album? It's not very long, I guess. I have no idea how it got to be on this list as even the critics (at the time and in retrospect) consider it mediocre.

Meh

Did not enjoy anything on here.

1/5 Best: Rip It Up Worst: Louise Louise

Vapid.

Really bad

Mostly pretty dull, not sure why this is on the list.

Seriously. What the hell is this? Total garage.

Terribly boring.

Underwhelming. Although I had pretty low expectations anyway. It's pretty bland disco rock, there's nothing here that I'll ever deliberately listen to again. 1/5.

Not bad, but not a fan.

Could be a 2 but point is I didn’t like it

Not my favorite

One hit wonder. I always felt his voice was taking the Micky. I’m convinced after listening to this record

Not my taste

Total garbage

I didn't know it was possible to take the type of voice I dislike most about a certain vein of UK post-punk and pair it with music that makes it even worse. But Orange Juice has managed to do that. This orange juice is definitely not freshly squeezed - probably that weird from concentrate stuff. Annoying disco horns, completely ill-fitting reggaeton drums... OJ just kept impressing me with the horrid depths they dredged. The African-influenced songs where Zeke Manyika took the lead were strange departures as well as the most tolerable/interesting things on the album, but those were also poisoned by the concentrate. I thought orange juice was good as long as there was no Pulp, but it turns out all OJ-inspired bands suck. According to what some random Wikipedia-empowered internet marauder wrote, Orange Juice "became perhaps the most important band in the Scottish independent music scene that emerged in the post-punk era." I had no idea the Scottish independent music scene in the early 80s sucked so much. But it turns out their competition was the Cocteau Twins and The Blue Nile, so things are making a lot more sense now. In some other web rando's blog post were the 20 best Scottish bands of the 80s, but I hadn't heard of any of them before embarking on the 1001. (Side note: post-punk is a ridiculous genre that is overly broad and contains an absurdly wide variety of sounds and styles.) I don't know what it was about Hadrian's Wall that acted as a impenetrable force field for good music. Fortunately, the barrier seems to have been broken, with much better stuff coming out of Scotland these days. Thank you Chvrches (and others), for saving the musical reputation of your nation. I would encourage Orange Juice to take their own advice and "rip it up and start again." Or maybe stop at just ripping it up.

Really hated the vocals

That was 40 minutes of a band with a major identity crisis. They sounded so much like so many different bands that I found myself wondering why I was listening to these guys at all.

I didn't hate it but just found it very boring. Rip It Up was ok to start with but eventually was waiting for it to end. Vocals were annoying and the music itself is meh. I like 80s music a lot but this wasn't for me.

Resounds like the background music to an 80s movie—like, not the soundtrack part but the background prom music to a second-rate movie. Lot of trumpet/flugal horn. Love the 80s, but not this 80s.

Far too late for my liking I have discovered that there is a subset of punk and post-punk music which uses the violin. When I opened the wiki page for this album, I was hopeful that I was about to listen to another entry in that personal canon. Sadly, the string arrangements here are one of the weakest parts. The sax parts, on the other hand, are at least fun. There is a stronger rhythmic sensibility than there is in certain pop/new-wave releases. But it's soundly dated and mostly forgettable. Turn Away was the strongest cut, while Hokoyo hinted at a better sound altogether.

Typical 80s crap

Not good

Boring background music. The tracks seem to just meander along with no energy.

Never heard of them or the album...”this is a good thing” I muse to myself, as I’m always craving something different and new to me to listen to. Something that’s not new to me unfortunately, is the use of the description boring. In honour of this album I’ll keep my review the same. It’s new agey rock with heavy reggae influences. God I hope the next album raises my pulse slightly more than resting bpm. 1 Star!

Soppy nu-wave pop. Never heard of them before, but wasnt blown away at all. I know Edwyn Collins from 'Girl Like you' which I like, but thought this was drivel

Not convinced

Listened to about half the album. Didn’t want to finish. Not really into New Wave. Their “hit” song off this album just didn’t do anything for me.

Não gostei. Bloqueio com estética e timbres dos anos 80

Not for me