A Matter of Attitude


A Matter of Attitude is the second album by Danish rock band Fate, released in 1986.
The album was in the hook-filled melodic hard rock/pop metal vein, featuring tight vocal harmonies over a strong rhythm section, guitar, and sweeping synthesizer. Stylistically it was like Europe with a bit more bite. "Won't Stop" was the album's first single, and the track was also released in an extended 12" remix version. The album was almost entirely hard-driving rockers, without the power ballads of many other bands of the genre. Original closer was "Do It", a tongue-in-cheek retro Louis Armstrong-style shuffle of the type David Lee Roth and David Johansen were experimenting with at the time.
After a decade and a half out of print, the album was re-released on CD by independent label MTM Classix in 2004. The re-release includes lyrics and liner notes, including a new thank-you section. The collection ends with two new bonus tracks. The first, "Hardcore Romance", is in a rawer style, sans the keyboards prevalent throughout the original '80s recording. The second, "Memories of You", makes up for the lack of balladry in the original track list, bringing back a subtler wash of keyboards and a subdued guitar.

Track listing

All lyrics by Jeff Limbo, music as indicated
;Side one
  1. "Won't Stop" ' – 3:21
  2. "Hard as a Rock" ' – 3:47
  3. "I Can't Stand Losing You" ' – 4:50
  4. "Point of No Return" ' – 3:51
  5. "The Hunter" ' – 4:16
;Side two
  2. "Summerlove" ' – 4:00
  3. "Farrah" ' – 3:53
  4. "Get Up and Go" ' – 3:21
  5. "Limbo a Go Go" ' – 4:04
  6. "Do It" ' – 2:34
;2004 CD edition bonus tracks
  2. "Hardcore Romance"
  3. "Memories of You"

Personnel

;Fate
  • Jeff "Lox" Limbo – vocals
  • Hank Shermann – guitar
  • Pete Steiner – bass, keyboards
  • Bob Lance – drums
;Additional musicians
  • Kjetil Bjerkestrand – additional keyboards
  • Svein Dag Hauge – additional guitar
  • Egil Eldøen, Frank Ådahl, Lis Dam – backing vocals
;Production
  • Svein Dag Hauge – producer
  • Sverre Erik Henriksen – engineer
  • Kim Petersen, Morten Henningsen – assistant engineers