''Riot in English'' is the debut studio album by American singer
Dale Bozzio. It was released on March 4, 1988 by
Paisley Park Records. Bozzio began working on the album after her divorce from
Terry Bozzio and the break-up of their band
Missing Persons. She got signed to
Prince's record label Paisley Park Records and collaborated with
Robert Brookins and Attala Zane Giles on the album while co-writing most of the songs. Musically, the songs took a slightly different direction than her work with Missing Persons, incorporating more
dance-pop
Dance-pop is a popular music subgenre that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a ...
sound rather than
new wave music.
Three singles were released from the album. The lead single "Simon Simon" reached the dance charts, peaking inside the top forty on the
''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart. However, the following singles "Riot in English" and "Overtime" failed to chart.
Critical reception
Joe Viglione from
AllMusic praised Bozzio's lyrics saying that "she knows how to pull a chic cliché and envelope it" and also added that Prince gave her "the opportunity to prove she's as charming on record as she is in person and a talent in her own right apart from Missing Persons".
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Track listing
Credits and personnel
* Dale Bozzio – vocals, songwriter, design
* Robert Brookins – producer, songwriter, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals
* Attala Zane Giles – producer, songwriter, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals
* Tony Haynes – songwriter
* Prince – songwriter
* Lovely Anglin – backing vocals
* Carl Carwell – backing vocals
* David Cochrane – backing vocals
* Ray Grady – backing vocals
* Keith John – backing vocals
* Gordon Jones – backing vocals, songwriter
* Lenward L. Holness II – backing vocals, design
* Roland West – backing vocals
* Kevin Chokan – guitar
* Bobby Gonzales – guitar
* Michael Landau
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– guitar
* Coke Johnson – engineer, mixing
* Erik Zobler – engineer
* Mitch Gibson – engineer
* Susan Rogers – engineer
* Jeff Goodman – assistant engineer
* Jimmy Preziosi – assistant engineer
* Steve Ford – assistant engineer
* Mick Guzauski
Nathan "Mick" Guzauski is an American multi-platinum mixing engineer and sound engineer.
His work spans a wide range of styles, including jazz, R&B, Latin, rock, pop, easy listening, funk and hip hop. He won a 2002 Latin Grammy for Thalía's ...
– mixing
* Tommy Vicari – mixing
* Brian Gardner – mastering
* Cynthia Moore – photography
* Doug Powell – design
* Dina Branhan – production coordinator
* Karen E. Wood – production coordinator
* Jamie Shoop – management
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
References
External links
* ''Riot in English''at AllMusic
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Dale Bozzio albums
1988 debut albums
Paisley Park Records albums