A Matter of Attitude
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| Studio album by Fate | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | Autumn 1986 | |||
| Studio | Easy Sound, Copenhagen, Denmark | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, melodic hard rock | |||
| Length | 37:58 | |||
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EMI (Europe) Capitol (North America) |
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| Producer | Svein Dag Hauge | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10 |
A Matter of Attitude is the second album by Danish heavy metal 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. he 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.
All lyrics by Jeff Limbo, music as indicated
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