Soda Pop-Rip Off

Soda Pop * Rip Off is the first full-length album by American punk rock band Slant 6.[2] It was released in 1994 by Dischord.[6]

Soda Pop * Rip Off
Studio album by
Slant 6
Released1994
GenrePunk rock
Length34:04
LabelDischord[1]
ProducerIan MacKaye, Don Zientara[2]
Slant 6 chronology
What Kind of Monster Are You
(1993)		 Soda Pop * Rip Off
(1994)		 Inzombia
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert Christgau[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

Reception

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]

Track listing
Side A
  1. "Don't You Ever?" - 1:43
  2. "Night X 9" - 1:32
  3. "Love Shock" - 2:32
  4. "Double Edged Knife" - 2:14
  5. "Time Expired" - 2:25
  6. "Invisible Footsteps" - 2:25
Side B
  1. "Poison Arrows Shot at Heroes" - 2:14
  2. "Don't Censor Me" - 2:14
  3. "Blood Song" - 1:34
  4. "Soda Pop-Rip Off" - 2:06
  5. "Become Your Ghost" - 1:57
  6. "Blue Angel" - 2:13
  7. "March 6" - 2:10

Album credits
  • 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
  1. 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.
  2. "Slant 6 | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. Abebe, Nitsuh. "Soda Pop-Rip Off - Slant 6". AllMusic. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  4. "Robert Christgau: CG: slant 6". robertchristgau.com.
  5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 518.CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. Pareles, Jon (December 31, 1994). "POP REVIEW; Romance Getting in Trouble, In Blunt and Adamant Punk (Published 1994)" – via NYTimes.com.
  7. "Slant 6". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  8. Margasak, Peter. "Slant 6". Chicago Reader.
  9. "Why This is the Perfect Time for a Dischord Remaster of Slant 6's Soda Pop * Rip Off". Washington City Paper. October 14, 2014.
  10. Sheffield, Rob; Sheffield, Rob (March 27, 2020). "Riot Grrrl Album Guide".
  11. Pelly, Jenn. "Down Is Up 25: Reissues From Slant 6, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Poison Girls, Rita Abatzi, Sin 34". Pitchfork.


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