''Riot in English'' is the debut studio album by American singer

Dale Bozzio Dale Frances Bozzio (née Consalvi; born March 2, 1955) is an American rock and pop vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer of the '80s new wave band Missing Persons and for her work with Frank Zappa. While with Zappa, she perf ...

. It was released on March 4, 1988 by

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. Bozzio began working on the album after her divorce from

Terry Bozzio Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Perso ...

and the break-up of their band

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. She got signed to

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's record label Paisley Park Records and collaborated with

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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

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. 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

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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".

Track listing

Credits and personnel

– vocals, songwriter, design *

– producer, songwriter, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals * Attala Zane Giles – producer, songwriter, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals * Tony Haynes – songwriter *

– 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 Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance- ...

– 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.

References

External links

* ''Riot in English''at

* {{Authority control Dale Bozzio albums 1988 debut albums Paisley Park Records albums