Riot in English

Riot in English
Riot in English
Studio album by Dale Bozzio
Released	March 4, 1988
Recorded	1987
Studio	Metropolis, Los Angeles, California; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California; Conway, Hollywood, California; Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota;
Genre	Dance-pop; new wave;
Length	40:25
Label	Paisley Park
Producer	Robert Brookins; Attala Zane Giles;
Dale Bozzio chronology
Singles from Riot In English
	"Simon Simon"; Released: 1987; "Riot in English"; Released: 1988; "Overtime"; Released: 1988;

Riot in English is the debut studio album by American singer Dale Bozzio. It was released on March 4, 1988, by Paisley Park Records. Bozzio began working on the album after her divorce from Terry Bozzio and the break-up of their band Missing Persons. She got signed to Prince's record label Paisley Park Records and collaborated with Robert Brookins and Attala Zane Giles on the album while co-writing most of the songs. Musically, the songs took a slightly different direction than her work with Missing Persons, incorporating more dance-pop sound rather than new wave music.

Three singles were released from the album. The lead single "Simon Simon" reached the dance charts, peaking inside the top forty on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. However, the following singles "Riot in English" and "Overtime" failed to chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Joe Viglione from AllMusic praised Bozzio's lyrics, saying that "she knows how to pull a chic cliché and envelope it" and also added that Prince gave her "the opportunity to prove she's as charming on record as she is in person and a talent in her own right apart from Missing Persons".^[1] Trouser Press noted that "the commercial dance music ... plays up the flexibility of Dale's voice, but the pre-fab cookie-cutter material and arrangements come as quite a disappointment after the stylistic invention of her former group."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Simon Simon"	Dale Bozzio Robert Brookins	Brookins	4:34
2.	"Giddi Up Baby - Be Mine"	Bozzio Brookins	Brookins	4:17
3.	"Overtime"	Brookins Gordon Jones Tony Haynes	Brookins	4:50
4.	"So Strong"	Prince	Prince	4:28
5.	"Love Is Hard Work"	Bozzio Attala Zane Giles	Giles	3:40
6.	"Riot in English"	Bozzio Brookins	Brookins	4:24
7.	"He's So Typical"	Bozzio Brookins	Brookins	5:19
8.	"Ouch That Feels Good"	Bozzio Brookins	Brookins	5:00
9.	"The Perfect Stranger"	Bozzio Giles	Giles	3:53
Total length:				40:25

Credits and personnel

Dale Bozzio – vocals, songwriter, design
Robert Brookins – producer, songwriter, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals
Attala Zane Giles – producer, songwriter, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals
Tony Haynes – songwriter
Prince – songwriter
Lovely Anglin – backing vocals
Carl Carwell – backing vocals
David Cochrane – backing vocals
Ray Grady – backing vocals
Keith John – backing vocals
Gordon Jones – backing vocals, songwriter
Lenward L. Holness II – backing vocals, design
Roland West – backing vocals
Kevin Chokan – guitar
Bobby Gonzales – guitar
Michael Landau – guitar

Coke Johnson – engineer, mixing
Erik Zobler – engineer
Mitch Gibson – engineer
Susan Rogers – engineer
Jeff Goodman – assistant engineer
Jimmy Preziosi – assistant engineer
Steve Ford – assistant engineer
Mick Guzauski – mixing
Tommy Vicari – mixing
Brian Gardner – mastering
Cynthia Moore – photography
Doug Powell – design
Dina Branhan – production coordinator
Karen E. Wood – production coordinator

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Viglione, Joe. "Riot In English - Dale Bozzio". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
^ Robbins, Ira. "Missing Persons". Trouser Press. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
^ Riot in English (liner notes). Dale Bozzio. Paisley Park. 1988. 1-25599.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

Riot in English at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Viglione, Joe. "Riot In English - Dale Bozzio". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved April 19, 2016.

[2] Robbins, Ira. "Missing Persons". Trouser Press. Retrieved September 14, 2024.

[liner-3] Riot in English (liner notes). Dale Bozzio. Paisley Park. 1988. 1-25599.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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