Go for It (Stiff Little Fingers album)

Go for It is the third album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music).

Go for It
Studio album by Stiff Little Fingers
Released	April 17, 1981
Recorded	February 9, 1981 – February 22, 1981
Genre	Punk rock
Length	38:54
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Doug Bennett
Stiff Little Fingers chronology
Nobody's Heroes (1980) Go for It (1981) Now Then... (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae" (Bunny O'Riley, arranged by Fingers) – 3:59
2. "Just Fade Away" (Fingers, Gordon Ogilvie) – 3:06
3. "Go for It" (Fingers) – 3:17
4. "The Only One" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 4:18
5. "Hits and Misses" (Burns, Ogilvie) – 3:51
6. "Kicking Up a Racket" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 2:44
7. "Safe as Houses" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 5:29
8. "Gate 49" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 2:23
9. "Silver Lining" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:04
10. "Piccadilly Circus" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 4:43

The following tracks were included on the 2001 EMI re-release:

11. "Mr. Fire Coal Man" (Wailing Souls) – 4:45
12. "Doesn't Make it Alright" (live) (Dave Goldberg, Jerry Dammers) – 3:29
13. "Back to Front" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3.00
14. "Jake Burns Interview with Alan Parker about "Go For It"" – 25:20

Chart Position

Chart (1981)	Peak position
United Kingdom	14

Song	Singles Chart (1981)	Peak position
"Just Fade Away"	United Kingdom	47
"Silver Lining"	United Kingdom	68

Personnel

Stiff Little Fingers

• Jake Burns – vocals, guitar, piano
• Jim Reilly – drums
• Henry Cluney – guitar
• Ali McMordie – bass guitar

with:

• Stewart van Blandamer – alto saxophone
• Tony Hughes – trumpet
• Steve "Fixit" Farr – baritone saxophone

Technical

• Doug Bennett – producer, piano
• Bill Gill – engineer
• David Hamilton Smith – engineer
• Shaun Bradley – equipment
• Agency – cow bell
• John "Teflon" Simms – cover illustration
• Eugene Adebari – photography

References

1. Allmusic