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{{Short description|2005 book by Simon Reynolds}}
{{For|the song|Rip It Up (Orange Juice song)}}
{{Infobox book
| name             = Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984
| image            = Rip It Up and Start Again- Postpunk 1978–1984 cover.jpg
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| alt              =
| author           = [[Simon Reynolds]]
| country          = England
| language         = English
| subject          = [[Post-punk]] music
| genre            = [[Non-fiction]]
| publisher        = [[Faber & Faber]]
| pub_date         = April 2005
| media_type       = Print, [[e-book]]
| pages            = 607 (xxx, 577)
| isbn             = 0571252273
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'''''Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984''''' is a book by [[Simon Reynolds]] on the [[post-punk]] [[musical genre]] and era. It was first released in the UK in April 2005 by [[Faber & Faber]].<ref>{{cite web|title=isbnsearch.org|url=http://www.isbnsearch.org/isbn/0571215696|access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref> The US edition was published by [[Penguin Books]] and released in February 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=isbnsearch.org|url=http://www.isbnsearch.org/isbn/0143036726|access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref> It is a shorter version, with several chapters either removed or condensed, and without the large number of illustrations in the UK edition. Reynolds notes this was for space and cost reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ripitupinfohype.blogspot.co.uk/2007/08/info-on-rip-it-up-and-start-again.html|title=Rip It up Info and Hype}}</ref>
== Reception ==
Writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', Nicholas Lezard described the book as "startlingly thoughtful, gracefully illuminating, in command of an anarchic subject," writing that "Reynolds has reilluminated the period for us, shown us how fascinating and rewarding it was."<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|last1=Lezard|first1=Nicholas|title=Fans for the memory|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/apr/23/highereducation.news|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=22 April 2005|access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'' described the book as "a compelling reminder of a time when clever, mischievous, creative people formed bands".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2005/apr/17/music |title= Review: ''Rip It Up and Start Again'' |last=Empire |first=Kitty |date=17 April 2005 |work=[[The Observer|guardian.co.uk]] |access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "exhaustive and exhausting in equal measure."<ref>{{cite news |last=Windolf |first=Jim |date=5 March 2006 |title=Postpunk'd |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/05/books/review/05windolf.html?_r=0 |access-date=February 15, 2013}},</ref>
In 2006, it was also subject to criticism by writer [[Clinton Heylin]] in a book on a similar subject: "Here [is] post-punk - at least before Simon Reynolds decided it was All The Music That I Liked When I Was Young, a somewhat broad not to say solipsistic, view of pop".<ref>{{cite book |last=Heylin |first=Clinton |title=Babylon's Burning: From Punk to Grunge |publisher=Penguin |year=2006 |isbn= 0-14-102431-3 |page=460}}</ref> Alex Ogg of ''[[The Quietus]]'' noted that Reynolds was frank in his musical choices: "Reynolds was honest enough in announcing his solipsism, in so far as ''Rip It Up'' addresses those elements of post-punk that appeal to him".<ref name="TheQuietus">{{cite web|last1=Ogg|first1=Alex|title=Beyond Rip It Up: Towards A New Definition Of Post Punk?|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/02854-looking-beyond-simon-reynolds-rip-it-up-towards-a-new-definition-of-post-punk|website=The Quietus|date=1 October 2009|access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref>
==Editions==
*'''UK edition:''' [[Simon Reynolds|Reynolds, Simon]]. ''Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984''. London: [[Faber & Faber]], 2005. {{ISBN|0571215696}}
*'''US edition:''' [[Simon Reynolds|Reynolds, Simon]]. ''Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984''. London: [[Penguin Books]], 2006. {{ISBN|0143036726}}
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [[iarchive:ripitupstartagai00reyn|Full text available]] at [[Internet Archive]]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=dK-F43T8V0wC Excerpts from the 2009 edition] on [[Google Books]]
* [https://ripitupfootnotes.blogspot.com Rip It Up and Start Again Footnotes blog] chapter by chapter footnotes
* sounds mentions on the book - Spotify Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7F7ihlBzXbbtUWpyXM4kEj?si=c02a433e86a74ebd]
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