Riot in English

Riot in English is the debut studio album by American singer Dale Bozzio. It was released on March 4, 1988 by Paisley Park Records. Bozzio began working on the album after her divorce from Terry Bozzio and the break-up of their band Missing Persons. She got signed to Prince's record label Paisley Park Records and collaborated with Robert Brookins and Attala Zane Giles on the album while co-writing most of the songs. Musically, the songs took a slightly different direction than her work with Missing Persons, incorporating more dance-pop sound rather than new wave music.

Three singles were released from the album. The lead single "Simon Simon" reached the dance charts, peaking inside the top forty on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. However, the following singles "Riot in English" and "Overtime" failed to chart.

Critical reception
Joe Viglione from AllMusic praised Bozzio's lyrics saying that "she knows how to pull a chic cliché and envelope it" and also added that Prince gave her "the opportunity to prove she's as charming on record as she is in person and a talent in her own right apart from Missing Persons".

Credits and personnel

 * Dale Bozzio – vocals, songwriter, design
 * Robert Brookins – producer, songwriter, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals
 * Attala Zane Giles – producer, songwriter, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals
 * Tony Haynes – songwriter
 * Prince – songwriter
 * Lovely Anglin – backing vocals
 * Carl Carwell – backing vocals
 * David Cochrane – backing vocals
 * Ray Grady – backing vocals
 * Keith John – backing vocals
 * Gordon Jones – backing vocals, songwriter
 * Lenward L. Holness II – backing vocals, design
 * Roland West – backing vocals
 * Kevin Chokan – guitar
 * Bobby Gonzales – guitar
 * Michael Landau – guitar


 * Coke Johnson – engineer, mixing
 * Erik Zobler – engineer
 * Mitch Gibson – engineer
 * Susan Rogers – engineer
 * Jeff Goodman – assistant engineer
 * Jimmy Preziosi – assistant engineer
 * Steve Ford – assistant engineer
 * Mick Guzauski – mixing
 * Tommy Vicari – mixing
 * Brian Gardner – mastering
 * Cynthia Moore – photography
 * Doug Powell – design
 * Dina Branhan – production coordinator
 * Karen E. Wood – production coordinator
 * Jamie Shoop – management

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.