Ripe is the third and final studio album by Pleasanton, California-based rock band Field Trip. It was released in April 1991 by Slash Records. In addition to the band's own lineup, Ripe also features keyboard playing by Faith No More's Roddy Bottum.
Contents
Critical reception
The Chicago Tribune's David Rothschild gave Ripe 2 and a half stars out of 4, writing that the album "...combines elements of metal, country and new wave with a local bar band sound. [Lead singer and guitarist] Jim Galbraith's catchy, twanging guitar hooks and gawky vocals help define the band's playful personality, occasionally bringing to mind the Young Fresh Fellows." Brent Ainsworth of the Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote that the album "...brings back memories of the Knack, who shocked the charts with "My Sharona" in 1979. You remember how harmless and upbeat the Knack was, don't you? This is harmless and upbeat – in other words, initially fun but a little boring in the long run."
Track listing
Let's Stay In
Nothing Better To Do
Ugly
Please
Come Along
Hard To Say
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Sit On My Hands
Another Lonely Day
Wake Up Alone
Second Cousin
Ballad Of Field Trip
Personnel
Field Trip
Jim Galbraith - lead guitar
T.S. Galbraith - drums
Greg Kinkle - bass
Steve Laborde - rhythm guitar
Guest musicians
Roddy Bottum - keyboards
Jim Fitting - harmonica
Technical personnel
Tony Dawsey - engineering
Paul Q. Kolderie - engineering, mixing, production
Carl Plaster - engineering
Sean Slade - engineering, mixing, production