I Am Cold

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I Am Cold
Rip Rig + Panic - I Am Cold.jpeg
Studio album by
Released18 June 1982
Genre Post-punk
Length60:11
Label Virgin
Producer Rip Rig + Panic
Rip Rig + Panic chronology
God
(1981)
I Am Cold
(1982)
Attitude
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
PopMatters 6/10 [2]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

I Am Cold is the second studio album by post-punk band Rip Rig + Panic, released on 18 June 1982 by Virgin Records. [4] [5] Like the group's first album God, it was released as two 12" 45 rpm discs; the group's subsequent album Attitude would be a conventional 12" 33rpm release. In 2013, the album was reissued by Cherry Red Records on CD with an additional tracks taken from singles.

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Sean Oliver, Gareth Sager, Bruce Smith and Mark Springer.

North Side
No.TitleLength
1."Hunger (The Ocean Roars It Bites)"3:47
2."Epi Epi Arp Woosh!"4:36
3."Another Tampon Up the Arse of Humanity"4:20
4."Misa Luba (Lone Wolf)"2:10
East Side
No.TitleLength
1."Storm the Reality Asylum"7:17
2."Here Gathers Nameless Energy (Volcanoes Covered by Snow)"4:55
3."A Dog's Secret"3:53
4."Liars Shape Up or Ship Out"2:06
South Side
No.TitleLength
1."Warm; To the If in Life"4:46
2."Nurse Increase the Sedatives (The Torment's No Better)"4:29
3."Take a Don Key to Mystery"3:23
West Side
No.TitleLength
1."Tax Sex"5:51
2."Subversive Wisdom"5:27
3."Fire Eyes Joyful Silent Tears"2:55
2013 CD track listing
No.TitleLength
1."You're My Kind of Climate" (7" version)2:50
2."Hunger (The Ocean Roars It Bites)"3:47
3."Epi Epi Arp Woosh!"4:36
4."Another Tampon Up the Arse of Humanity"4:20
5."Misa Luba (Lone Wolf)"2:10
6."Storm the Reality Asylum"7:17
7."Here Gathers Nameless Energy (Volcanoes Covered by Snow)"4:55
8."A Dog's Secret"3:53
9."Liars Shape Up or Ship Out"2:06
10."Warm; To the If in Life"4:46
11."Nurse Increase the Sedatives (The Torment's No Better)"4:29
12."Take a Don Key to Mystery"3:23
13."Tax Sex"5:51
14."Subversive Wisdom"5:27
15."Fire Eyes Joyful Silent Tears"2:55
16."She Gets So Hungry at Night She Eats Her Jewellery"5:54
17."You're My Kind of Climate" (12" version)6:05
18."Storm the Reality Asylum" (Extended version)7:20

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
1982 Rockerilla ItalyAlbums of the Year [6] 10

Personnel

Adapted from the I Am Cold liner notes. [7]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom1982 Virgin LP V 2228
2013 Cherry Red CDCDMRED 573

References

  1. Dougan, John. "Rip Rig + Panic: I Am Cold > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  2. Pitter, Charles (28 June 2013). "Rip Rig + Panic: God, I Am Cold, Attitude". PopMatters . Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. Quantick, David (August 2013). "Rip Rig + Panic: God, I Am Cold, Attitude". Q . Retrieved 2 February 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. Isler, Scott; Sheridan, David (2007). "Rip Rig + Panic". Trouser Press . Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  5. Gimarc, George (11 July 2005). Punk Diary. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 728. ISBN   9780879308483 . Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  6. "Rockerilla End of Year Lists 1982: Album". Rockerilla. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  7. I Am Cold (sleeve). Rip Rig + Panic. London, United Kingdom: Virgin Records. 1982.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)