Ribbed

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Ribbed
NOFX - Ribbed cover.jpg
Studio album by
NOFX
ReleasedMarch 26, 1991
RecordedSeptember 1990
Studio Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre Punk rock [1]
Length28:31
Label Epitaph [2]
Producer Brett Gurewitz
NOFX chronology
Maximum Rocknroll
(1989)		Ribbed
(1991)		 The Longest Line
(1992)

Ribbed is the third studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX, released in 1991 through Epitaph Records. [3] [4] [5] It was their last album to feature Steve Kidwiler on guitar; he was replaced by El Hefe. [6] Ribbed is also the last NOFX album produced by Brett Gurewitz, who also produced their first two Epitaph albums. The album sold 8,000 copies upon its release. [7]

Contents

In 2018, NOFX released the album Ribbed: Live in a Dive , a recording of a 2012 concert where the band played Ribbed in its entirety.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "an unblemished collection of genuinely funny songs." [9] Trouser Press wrote that "Mike doesn’t alter his bratty delivery, but the record’s increased use of harmonies would become permanent." [12]

Track listing

All songs by Fat Mike except "Together on the Sand," by Steve Kidwiler.

No.TitleLength
1."Green Corn"1:44
2."The Moron Brothers"2:26
3."Showerdays"2:10
4."Food, Sex & Ewe"1:47
5."Just the Flu"2:03
6."El Lay"1:14
7."New Boobs"3:27
8."Cheese/Where's My Slice"2:16
9."Together on the Sand"1:11
10."Nowhere"1:34
11."Brain Constipation"2:24
12."Gonoherpasyphilaids"1:43
13."I Don't Want You Around"1:39
14."The Malachi Crunch"2:53
Total length:28:31

Personnel

NOFX

Additional personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Ribbed - NOFX | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ Records, Epitaph. "NOFX - Ribbed" – via epitaph.com.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Dave (December 1, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "NOFX | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ "MUSIC : Caustic Rockers : Members of the punk band NOFX say their songs are honest. 'We're just trying to have a good time.'". Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1991.
  6. ↑ Pearson, David (November 16, 2020). Rebel Music in the Triumphant Empire: Punk Rock in the 1990s United States. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-753490-8 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Ribbed". nofxofficialwebsite.com. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: nofx". www.robertchristgau.com.
  9. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 220.
  10. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 822.
  11. ↑ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 590.
  12. ↑ "NOFX". Trouser Press. Retrieved December 1, 2020.


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