Soda Pop * Rip Off is the debut album by American punk rock band Slant 6.[2] It was released in 1994 by Dischord.[6]
Reception
AllMusic rated the album favorably, although it noted that it "works almost like a retrospective of a period in the band's career."[3]Trouser Press wrote that "the combo delivers succinct but clunky punk rock highlighted by unexpectedly strong pop hooks and occasionally odd instrumental angularities."[7]The Encyclopedia of Popular Music praised Slant 6's ability to "tackle topical subjects from unexpected angles."[5] The Chicago Reader wrote that "as with early Wire, Slant 6 avoid any sort of excess, saying their bit and moving on."[8]
Reviewing the 2014 reissue, the Washington City Paper wrote: "Though her voice was occasionally hidden behind distorted guitars and nasal delivery, [Christina] Billotte was still a better singer than many of her ‘90s contemporaries, a fact that’s perhaps more evident on the remaster."[9] Including Soda Pop * Rip Off on its list of essential riot grrrl albums, Rolling Stone wrote that the band "held up the capital city’s end with grooves like 'Time Expired,' goofing on Nuggets-style Sixties garage rock but with a sense of menace."[10]Pitchfork called it "an enduring model of punk rock poise."[11]Evelyn McDonnell and Elisabeth Vincentelli, writing for the New York Times in 2019, considered Soda Pop-Rip Off "arguably the best album of the riot grrrl era."[12]
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