Tackhead Tape Time
| Tackhead Tape Time | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Funk, industrial | |||
| Length | 36:11 | |||
| Label | Nettwerk | |||
| Producer | Tackhead | |||
| Tackhead chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Tackhead Tape Time is the debut album by Tackhead.[2] It was released in 1987 through Nettwerk.
Composition
Tackhead Tape Time is a "robotic" electro-funk album,[3] containing abrasive beats,[4] funky guitar,[4] and instances of tape delay, which hint at the album's dub and reggae roots.[5] The album also boasts spliced, sampled speeches and quotes from the likes of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, downbeat news reports, military officers and televangelists, among other sources.[5][3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Tackhead.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mind at the End of the Tether" | 6:38 |
| 2. | "Half Cut Again" | 0:28 |
| 3. | "Reality" | 7:07 |
| 4. | "M.O.V.E." | 2:23 |
| 5. | "Hard Left" | 5:07 |
| 6. | "Get This" | 4:26 |
| 7. | "Man in a Suitcase" | 4:09 |
| 8. | "What's My Mission Now? (Fight the Devil)" | 5:51 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Something About You" | 6:48 |
| 10. | "Autograph" | 5:35 |
Accolades
| Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Alternative Press | United States | "Top 99 of '85 to '95" | 27 | [6] |
| "*" denotes an unordered list. | |||||
Personnel
- Tackhead
- Keith LeBlanc – instruments
- Skip McDonald – instruments
- Adrian Sherwood – instruments
- Doug Wimbish – instruments
- Additional musicians and production
- Cesare – scratching on "Man in a Suitcase"
- Gary Clail – mixing
- Tackhead – producer
References
- ^ Anderson, Rick. "Tackhead Tape Time". AllMusic. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
- ^ Danton, Eric R. (September 6, 2004). "Tackhead Back Together". Hartford Courant. p. D1.
- ^ a b Anderson, Rick. "AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ a b Fletcher, Tony; Frampton, Megan. "Tackhead". Trouser Press. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ a b "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s". FACT Magazine. p. 24. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Top 99 Of '85 to '95". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
External links
- Tackhead Tape Time at Discogs (list of releases)