Orange Juice’s Rip It Up. This was something of an ebay BARGAIN. Prices of around £30 are not uncommon. Somehow I managed to land this one for £3. GEDDIN.
It’s perhaps a near perfect pop album, with the lead single being the absolute perfect pop song. It stills sounds so alien to me. The drums and rhythm sound exotic, more than forty years on. The guitars fall up and down the scale.
I’ve only realised in recent years that the song should be understood in its literal sense: Orange Juice were at a stage where they wanted to… Rip It Up and start again. Sometimes the best plan is to say fuck it, and come back with a Plan B. Or C, D or E.
Just Kick It Until It Breaks.
