The second Orange Juice album, omce they'd shifted entirely, spirirually as well as physically from Postcard to Polydor was not as mich celebrated as their first. Even though they landed theur one and only hit and made it to Top of the Pops surely their spiritual home. This strikes me as slightly unfair. It's a terrific record. Their wings had not been clipped.
Nevertheless there's plenty to love and treasure about Rip It Up. It strikes me as a record company rather than a band failure that Can't Help Myself and Flesh Of My Flesh didn't frolic in the Yop 40 and on daytime radio for weeks, There's plenty else to cherish. Not least Zeke Manyika. They were a fantastic band and no mistake. There are more ideas, more vibrancy in single songs than other bands mustered in entire careers.
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