If You Don't Fight You Lose

If You Don't Fight You Lose
Studio album by Redgum
Released	1978
Recorded	Lucky Larry's Lepertone Studios, South Australia
Genre	Australian folk music
Label	Larrikin, Epic
Producer	Mark Boath, Chris Gunn, Redgum
Redgum chronology
If You Don't Fight You Lose (1978) Virgin Ground (1980)

If You Don't Fight You Lose is the first album by Redgum.^[1] The title is taken from a line in the song "Killing Floor".

It was originally released on vinyl and cassette. It was very briefly available on CD in the late 80s, through a licensing deal with budget label Rainbow. It has never been re-released, although some tracks were included on the 2004 Redgum collection Against the Grain.

The band at this time was a part-time group and far less polished than they later became, they were still taking form. The songs address topical issues, such as unemployment, US influence, the effects of white settlement on Australia's aboriginal population, and more.^[2]

Track listing

1. "One More Boring Night In Adelaide" (J. Schumann)
2. "Carrington Cabaret" (J. Schumann)
3. "Critique in G" (Redgum)
4. "Beaumont Rag" (Redgum)
5. "Peter the Cabby" (J. Schumann)
6. "H.M.A.S. Australia" (J. Schumann)
7. "Raggin'" (M. Atkinson)
8. "So Goodbye" (J. Schumann)
9. "Poor Ned" (T. Lucas)
10. "Killing Floor" (M. Atkinson)
11. "Letter to B.J." (J. Schumann)
12. "Servin' U.S.A." (Redgum)

References

1. Redgum discography Album information
2. That Striped Sunlight Sound blog If You Don't Fight You Lose review

External links

• Redgum Lyrics Archive - If You Don't Fight You Lose