Soda Pop * Rip Off

Soda Pop * Rip Off is the debut album by American punk rock band Slant 6.^[2] It was released in 1994 by Dischord.^[6]

Soda Pop * Rip Off
Studio album by Slant 6
Released	1994
Genre	Punk rock
Length	34:04
Label	Dischord[1]
Producer	Ian MacKaye, Don Zientara[2]
Slant 6 chronology
What Kind of Monster Are You (1993) Soda Pop * Rip Off (1994) Inzombia (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]

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]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Don't You Ever?" - 1:43
2. "Night X 9" - 1:32
3. "Love Shock" - 2:32
4. "Double Edged Knife" - 2:14
5. "Time Expired" - 2:25
6. "Invisible Footsteps" - 2:25

Side B

1. "Poison Arrows Shot at Heroes" - 2:14
2. "Don't Censor Me" - 2:14
3. "Blood Song" - 1:34
4. "Soda Pop-Rip Off" - 2:06
5. "Become Your Ghost" - 1:57
6. "Blue Angel" - 2:13
7. "March 6" - 2:10

Album credits

• Don Zientara, Engineer
• Slant 6, Producer, Main Performer
• Ian MacKaye, Producer
• Christina Billotte, Guitar, Drums, Vocals
• Myra Power, Bass, Vocals
• Ian Svenonius, Photography
• Marge Marshall, Trumpet, Drums