A Matter of Attitude

A Matter of Attitude
Studio album by Fate
Released	1986
Recorded	Autumn 1986
Studio	Easy Sound, Copenhagen
Genre	Hard rock, AOR, glam metal
Length	37:58
Label	EMI (Europe) Capitol (North America)
Producer	Svein Dag Hauge
Fate chronology
Fate (1985) A Matter of Attitude (1986) Cruisin' for a Bruisin' (1988)
Singles from A Matter of Attitude
"Won't Stop" Released: 1986 "Summerlove" Released: 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10[2]

A Matter of Attitude is the second album by Danish rock band Fate, released in 1986.

The album was in the hook-filled melodic hard rock/pop metal vein, featuring tight vocal harmonies over a strong rhythm section, guitar, and sweeping synthesizer. Stylistically it was like Europe 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 power ballads of many other bands of the genre. Original closer was "Do It", a tongue-in-cheek retro Louis Armstrong-style shuffle of the type David Lee Roth and David Johansen 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. The 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

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

Side two

6. "Summerlove" (Steiner) – 4:00
7. "Farrah" (Shermann, Steiner) – 3:53
8. "Get Up and Go" (Shermann) – 3:21
9. "Limbo a Go Go" (Steiner) – 4:04
10. "Do It" (Limbo) – 2:34

2004 CD edition bonus tracks

11. "Hardcore Romance"
12. "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

1. "Fate – A Matter of Attitude review". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.