Go for It (Stiff Little Fingers album)

Go for It is the third album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music).

Go for It
Studio album by
Stiff Little Fingers
ReleasedApril 17, 1981
RecordedFebruary 9, 1981 – February 22, 1981
GenrePunk rock
Length38:54
LabelChrysalis
ProducerDoug Bennett
Stiff Little Fingers chronology
Nobody's Heroes
(1980)		 Go for It
(1981)		 Now Then...
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing
  1. "Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae" (Bunny O'Riley, arranged by Fingers) – 3:59
  2. "Just Fade Away" (Fingers, Gordon Ogilvie) – 3:06
  3. "Go for It" (Fingers) – 3:17
  4. "The Only One" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 4:18
  5. "Hits and Misses" (Burns, Ogilvie) – 3:51
  6. "Kicking Up a Racket" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 2:44
  7. "Safe as Houses" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 5:29
  8. "Gate 49" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 2:23
  9. "Silver Lining" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:04
  10. "Piccadilly Circus" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 4:43

The following tracks were included on the 2001 EMI re-release:

  1. "Mr. Fire Coal Man" (Wailing Souls) – 4:45
  2. "Doesn't Make it Alright" (live) (Dave Goldberg, Jerry Dammers) – 3:29
  3. "Back to Front" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3.00
  4. "Jake Burns Interview with Alan Parker about "Go For It"" – 25:20

Chart Position
Chart (1981) Peak
position
United Kingdom
14
Song Singles Chart (1981) Peak
position
"Just Fade Away"
United Kingdom
47
"Silver Lining"
United Kingdom
68

Personnel
Stiff Little Fingers

with:

  • Stewart van Blandamer – alto saxophone
  • Tony Hughes – trumpet
  • Steve "Fixit" Farr – baritone saxophone
Technical
  • Doug Bennett – producer, piano
  • Bill Gill – engineer
  • David Hamilton Smith – engineer
  • Shaun Bradley – equipment
  • Agency – cow bell
  • John "Teflon" Simms – cover illustration
  • Eugene Adebari – photography

References
  1. Allmusic
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