A Matter of Attitude

Infobox Album
Name = A Matter of Attitude
Type = album
Artist = Fate


Released = 1987
Recorded = Easy Sound, Copenhagen, Autumn 1986
Genre = Heavy metal / Melodic hard rock
Length =
Label = EMI (1987)
MTM Classix (2004)
Producer = Svein Dag Hauge
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:azftxqy5ldke link]
Last album = "Fate" (1984)
This album = "A Matter of Attitude" (1987)
Next album = "Cruisin' for a Bruisin' (1988)

"A Matter of Attitude" is the second album by Danish heavy metal band Fate, released in 1987.

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. "I 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. The 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 tracklist, bringing back a subtler wash of keyboards and a subdued guitar.

Track listing

#"Won't Stop"
#"Hard as a Rock"
#"I Can't Stand Losing You"
#"Point of No Return"
#"The Hunter"
#"Summer Love"
#"Farrah"
#"Get Up and Go"
#"Limbo a Go Go"
#"Do It"
#"Hardcore Romance" [2004 Bonus track]
#"Memories of You" [2004 Bonus track]