Go for It (Stiff Little Fingers album)

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Go for It
Studio album by
Stiff Little Fingers
ReleasedApril 17, 1981
RecordedFebruary 9, 1981 – February 22, 1981
StudioJam Studios, Finsbury Park, London
Genre
Length38:54
LabelChrysalis
ProducerDoug Bennett
Stiff Little Fingers chronology
Nobody's Heroes
(1980) 		Go for It
(1981) 		Now Then...
(1982)

Go for It is the third album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1981.[1][2] "Just Fade Away" was released as a single.[3]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

Trouser Press wrote that Jake Burns's "voice is smoother and less anguished; the music, while no less energetic or committed, is more diverse and sophisticated."[6]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks composed by Fingers and Gordon Ogilvie; except where noted.

  1. "Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae" (Bunny O'Riley, arranged by Fingers) – 3:59
  2. "Just Fade Away" – 3:06
  3. "Go for It" (Fingers) – 3:17
  4. "The Only One" – 4:18
  5. "Hits and Misses" (Jake Burns, Gordon Ogilvie) – 3:51
  6. "Kicking Up a Racket" – 2:44
  7. "Safe as Houses" – 5:29
  8. "Gate 49" – 2:23
  9. "Silver Lining" – 3:04
  10. "Piccadilly Circus" – 4:43

The following tracks were included on the 2001 EMI re-release:

  1. "Mr. Fire Coal Man" (Wailing Souls) – 4:45
  2. "Doesn't Make it Alright" (live) (Dave Goldberg, Jerry Dammers, Mike Harrison) – 3:29
  3. "Back to Front" – 3.00
  4. "Jake Burns Interview with Alan Parker about Go for It" – 25:20

Chart Position[edit]

Chart (1981) Peak
position
United Kingdom[7] 14
Song Singles Chart (1981) Peak
position
"Just Fade Away" United Kingdom 47
"Silver Lining" United Kingdom 68

Personnel[edit]

Stiff Little Fingers

with:

  • Stewart Blandamer – alto saxophone on "Silver Lining"
  • Tony Hughes – trumpet on "Silver Lining"
  • Steve "Fixit" Farr – baritone saxophone on "Silver Lining"
Technical
  • Doug Bennett – producer, piano on "Silver Lining"
  • Bill Gill – engineer
  • David Hamilton Smith – engineer
  • Shaun Bradley – equipment
  • Agency – cow bell
  • John "Teflon" Simms – cover illustration
  • Eugene Adebari – photography

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sullivan, Jim (June 25, 1981). "Sobering Words from Belfast's Punk Rockers". Arts. The Boston Globe. p. 1.
  2. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 1014.
  3. ^ Gimarc, George (1997). Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982. St. Martin's Press. p. 151.
  4. ^ AllMusic
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  6. ^ "Stiff Little Fingers". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  7. ^ "Stiff Little Fingers". Official Charts. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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