A Matter of Attitude

A Matter of Attitude is the second album by Danish rock band Fate, released in 1986.

The album was in the hook-filled melodic hard rock/pop metal vein, featuring tight vocal harmonies over a strong rhythm section, guitar, and sweeping synthesizer. Stylistically it was like Europe with a bit more bite. "Won't Stop" was the album's first single, and the track was also released in an extended 12" remix version. The album was almost entirely hard-driving rockers, without the power ballads of many other bands of the genre.  Original closer was "Do It", a tongue-in-cheek retro Louis Armstrong-style shuffle of the type David Lee Roth and David Johansen were experimenting with at the time.

After a decade and a half out of print, the album was re-released on CD by independent label MTM Classix in 2004. The re-release includes lyrics and liner notes, including a new thank-you section. The collection ends with two new bonus tracks. The first, "Hardcore Romance", is in a rawer style, sans the keyboards prevalent throughout the original '80s recording. The second, "Memories of You", makes up for the lack of balladry in the original track list, bringing back a subtler wash of keyboards and a subdued guitar.

Track listing
All lyrics by Jeff Limbo, music as indicated


 * Side one
 * 1) "Won't Stop"  (Pete Steiner)  – 3:21
 * 2) "Hard as a Rock"  (Steiner)  – 3:47
 * 3) "I Can't Stand Losing You"  (Steiner)  – 4:50
 * 4) "Point of No Return"  (Steiner, Hank Shermann)  – 3:51
 * 5) "The Hunter"  (Shermann, Steiner)  – 4:16


 * Side two
 * 1) "Summerlove"  (Steiner)  – 4:00
 * 2) "Farrah"  (Shermann, Steiner)  – 3:53
 * 3) "Get Up and Go"  (Shermann)  – 3:21
 * 4) "Limbo a Go Go"  (Steiner)  – 4:04
 * 5) "Do It"  (Limbo)  – 2:34


 * 2004 CD edition bonus tracks
 * 1) "Hardcore Romance"
 * 2) "Memories of You"

Personnel

 * Fate
 * Jeff "Lox" Limbo – vocals
 * Hank Shermann – guitar
 * Pete Steiner – bass, keyboards
 * Bob Lance – drums


 * Additional musicians
 * Kjetil Bjerkestrand – additional keyboards
 * Svein Dag Hauge – additional guitar
 * Egil Eldøen, Frank Ådahl, Lis Dam – backing vocals


 * Production
 * Svein Dag Hauge – producer
 * Sverre Erik Henriksen – engineer
 * Kim Petersen, Morten Henningsen – assistant engineers