''A Matter of Attitude'' is the second album by Danish rock band

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, released in 1986. The album was in the hook-filled melodic hard rock/

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vein, featuring tight

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over a strong

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, guitar, and sweeping synthesizer. Stylistically it was like

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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

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s of many other bands of the genre. Original closer was "Do It", a tongue-in-cheek retro

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-style shuffle of the type

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and

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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. he 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 #"Won't Stop" ''(Pete Steiner)'' – 3:21 #"Hard as a Rock" ''(Steiner)'' – 3:47 #"I Can't Stand Losing You" ''(Steiner)'' – 4:50 #"Point of No Return" ''(Steiner, Hank Shermann)'' – 3:51 #"The Hunter" ''(Shermann, Steiner)'' – 4:16 ;Side two #

"Summerlove" ''(Steiner)'' – 4:00 #"Farrah" ''(Shermann, Steiner)'' – 3:53 #"Get Up and Go" ''(Shermann)'' – 3:21 #"Limbo a Go Go" ''(Steiner)'' – 4:04 #"Do It" ''(Limbo)'' – 2:34 ;2004 CD edition bonus tracks #

"Hardcore Romance" #"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

References

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