Don't Fight It (album)

Don't Fight It is the debut album by Canadian rock band Red Rider, released in 1979 in Canada (see 1979 in music). Don't Fight It sold more than 100,000 copies in Canada and earned Cochrane and Red Rider their first Gold album certification award and was later certified Platinum. A United States version with a modified track list, dropping Talkin' to Myself and reordering the other tracks, was released in 1980.[2]

Don't Fight It
Studio album by
Red Rider
ReleasedOctober 23, 1979
GenreRock
Length38:51
LabelCapitol
ProducerMichael James Jackson
Red Rider chronology
Don't Fight It
(1979)		 As Far as Siam
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album was re-issued on CD July 29, 1994. The CD release restored the track Talkin' To Myself which was dropped on the initial vinyl release in the United States. Another newly remastered version was released in the UK in 2010 by Lemon Records.[3]

The album reached number 146 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart while "White Hot" reached number 20 on the Canadian charts and number 48 on the Pop Singles chart in 1980 and "Don't Fight It" reached number 75.

The song "White Hot" is about poet Arthur Rimbaud and his travels through Africa. It also has a cult following on YouTube.[4][5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Cochrane unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Fight It" 4:25
2."How's My Little Girl Tonight" 4:05
3."Iron in the Soul" 3:00
4."Make Myself Complete" 3:40
5."Good News"Peter Boynton, Jeff Jones3:59
6."White Hot"Cochrane, Ken Greer5:07
7."Talkin' to Myself"Boynton3:39
8."Just the Way It Goes"Cochrane, Greer3:46
9."Look Out Again"Boynton, Cochrane3:47
10."Avenue 'A'" 3:23

Personnel
  • Tom Cochrane - guitars, lead vocals (1-4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Ken Greer - guitars
  • Peter Boynton - keyboards, lead vocals (5, 7, 9)
  • Jeff Jones - bass
  • Rob Baker - drums

References
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r47694
  2. "Red Rider - Don't Fight It". Discogs. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. "Don't Fight It - Red Rider". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 2014-08-02.
  4. Archived May 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "tomcochrane.com". tomcochrane. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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