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(dud)[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

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

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 "Slant 6 | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. 1 2 Abebe, Nitsuh. "Soda Pop-Rip Off - Slant 6". AllMusic. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  4. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: slant 6". robertchristgau.com.
  5. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 518.
  6. ↑ Pareles, Jon (December 31, 1994). "POP REVIEW; Romance Getting in Trouble, In Blunt and Adamant Punk (Published 1994)". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ "Slant 6". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  8. ↑ Margasak, Peter (30 June 1994). "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 (March 27, 2020). "Riot Grrrl Album Guide". Rolling Stone.
  11. ↑ Pelly, Jenn (13 January 2015). "Down Is Up 25: Reissues From Slant 6, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Poison Girls, Rita Abatzi, Sin 34". Pitchfork.
  12. ↑ 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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