Soda Pop * Rip Off
| Soda Pop * Rip Off | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 34:04 | |||
| Label | Dischord[1] | |||
| Producer | Ian MacKaye, Don Zientara[2] | |||
| Slant 6 chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Robert Christgau |  [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
Soda Pop * Rip Off is the debut album by American punk rock band Slant 6.[2] It was released in 1994 by Dischord.[6]
Reception[edit]
AllMusic rated the album favorably, although it noted that it "works almost like a retrospective of a period in the band's career."[3] Trouser Press wrote that "the combo delivers succinct but clunky punk rock highlighted by unexpectedly strong pop hooks and occasionally odd instrumental angularities."[7] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music praised Slant 6's ability to "tackle topical subjects from unexpected angles."[5] The Chicago Reader wrote that "as with early Wire, Slant 6 avoid any sort of excess, saying their bit and moving on."[8]
Reviewing the 2014 reissue, the Washington City Paper wrote: "Though her voice was occasionally hidden behind distorted guitars and nasal delivery, [Christina] Billotte was still a better singer than many of her ‘90s contemporaries, a fact that’s perhaps more evident on the remaster."[9] Including Soda Pop * Rip Off on its list of essential riot grrrl albums, Rolling Stone wrote that the band "held up the capital city’s end with grooves like 'Time Expired,' goofing on Nuggets-style Sixties garage rock but with a sense of menace."[10] Pitchfork called it "an enduring model of punk rock poise."[11] Evelyn McDonnell and Elisabeth Vincentelli, writing for the New York Times in 2019, considered Soda Pop-Rip Off "arguably the best album of the riot grrrl era."[12]
Track listing[edit]
- Side A
- "Don't You Ever?" - 1:43
- "Night X 9" - 1:32
- "Love Shock" - 2:32
- "Double Edged Knife" - 2:14
- "Time Expired" - 2:25
- "Invisible Footsteps" - 2:25
- Side B
- "Poison Arrows Shot at Heroes" - 2:14
- "Don't Censor Me" - 2:14
- "Blood Song" - 1:34
- "Soda Pop-Rip Off" - 2:06
- "Become Your Ghost" - 1:57
- "Blue Angel" - 2:13
- "March 6" - 2:10
Album credits[edit]
- Don Zientara, Engineer
- Slant 6, Producer, Main Performer
- Ian MacKaye, Producer
- Christina Billotte, Guitar, Drums, Vocals
- Myra Power, Bass, Vocals
- Ian Svenonius, Photography
- Marge Marshall, Trumpet, Drums
References[edit]
- ^ Washington, Dischord Records 3819 Beecher St NW; U.s.a. 703.351.7507, Dc 20007-1802. "Slant 6 - Soda Pop*Rip Off (091)". Dischord Records.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Slant 6 | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Abebe, Nitsuh. "Soda Pop-Rip Off - Slant 6". AllMusic. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: slant 6". robertchristgau.com.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 518.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (December 31, 1994). "POP REVIEW; Romance Getting in Trouble, In Blunt and Adamant Punk (Published 1994)". The New York Times.
- ^ "Slant 6". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ Margasak, Peter (30 June 1994). "Slant 6". Chicago Reader.
- ^ "Why This is the Perfect Time for a Dischord Remaster of Slant 6's Soda Pop * Rip Off". Washington City Paper. October 14, 2014.
- ^ Sheffield, Rob (March 27, 2020). "Riot Grrrl Album Guide". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Pelly, Jenn (13 January 2015). "Down Is Up 25: Reissues From Slant 6, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Poison Girls, Rita Abatzi, Sin 34". Pitchfork.
- ^ McDonnell, Evelyn; Vincentelli, Elisabeth (May 6, 2019). "Riot Grrrl United Feminism and Punk. Here's an Essential Listening Guide". New York Times. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
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