Go for It (Stiff Little Fingers album)

Go For It
Studio album by Stiff Little Fingers
Released	April 17, 1981
Recorded	February 9, 1981 - February 22, 1981
Genre	Punk rock
Length	38:54
Label	Chrysalis Records
Producer	Doug Bennett
Stiff Little Fingers chronology
Nobody's Heroes (1980) Go for It (1981) Now Then... (1982)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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

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:

11. "Mr. Fire Coal Man" (Wailing Souls) - 4:45
12. "Doesn't Make it Alright (live)" (Dave Goldberg, Jerry Dammers) - 3:29
13. "Back to Front" (Fingers, Ogilvie) - 3.00
14. "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

• Jake Burns - vocals/guitar/piano
• Jim Reilly - drums
• Henry Cluney - guitar
• Ali McMordie - bass guitar
• Stewart van Blandamer - alto saxophone
• Tony Hughes - trumpet
• Steve "Fixit" Farr - baritone saxophone
• 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. link