A Matter of Attitude
# A Matter of Attitude

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| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10 |

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. 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.

## Track listing

All lyrics by Jeff Limbo, music as indicated

### Side one

* "Won't Stop" (Pete Steiner) – 3:21
* "Hard as a Rock" (Steiner) – 3:47
* "I Can't Stand Losing You" (Steiner) – 4:50
* "Point of No Return" (Steiner, Hank Shermann) – 3:51
* "The Hunter" (Shermann, Steiner) – 4:16

### Side two

* "Summerlove" (Steiner) – 4:00
* "Farrah" (Shermann, Steiner) – 3:53
* "Get Up and Go" (Shermann) – 3:21
* "Limbo a Go Go" (Steiner) – 4:04
* "Do It" (Limbo) – 2:34

### 2004 CD edition bonus tracks

* "Hardcore Romance"
* "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
