Stick It! is the fourth album by the American band Agitpop, released in 1990.[1][2] The band supported it with a North American tour.[3] "Stop, Drop, and Roll" and "Forget Me Not" were released as singles.[4][5] The album was a success on college radio, with the first pressing selling out.[6] Agitpop broke up shortly after the release of Stick It! and their tour.[7]
Stick It! was recorded at Paisley Park, in Minnesota, in April 1989.[4] The album release date was delayed by five months so that Agitpop could have Stick It! remastered; they hoped that the mix still reflected the band's harsh sound while highlighting the more conventional song structures.[4][8]Dave Pirner contributed backing vocals to some of the songs.[9] "Stop, Drop, and Roll" is about growing up during the Nuclear Age.[4]
The Philadelphia Inquirer said that Agitpop "deploys loud, thick guitar chords, elusive melodies and marvelously abstract, allusive lyrics to create an enjoyably messy, beguiling record."[11]The Rocket opined that "the music jumps, stutters and grinds and the words are engrossing enough to make the lyric sheet worth deciphering."[12] The Los Angeles Times noted the "percussive experimentation and social relevance".[13]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called Stick It! "more accessible and agreeably roughshod than previous efforts", stating that "there's still lots of strum und drang clattering behind singer John DeVries's last-rasp of a voice."[14]The State labeled the album "razor-edge rock with more relaxed pop sensibilities."[15]Trouser Press dismissed it as "a monotonous landscape ... with precious few surprises, although 'Crack in Her Heart' is a spry mod nugget."[16]Suburban Voice said that Agitpop was "cloying in their poppy rootsiness".[17]
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