Tattooed Beat Messiah

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Studio album by Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
Released	February 16, 1988
Recorded	1987
Length	41:15
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Bill Drummond and David Balfe
Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction chronology
High Priest of Love (EP) (1986) Tattooed Beat Messiah (1988) Hoodlum Thunder (1991)

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Tattooed Beat Messiah is the 1988 debut full-length studio release by Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction. Engineered by Femi Jiya and Mark Freegard. Mixed by Nigel Green. The album reached #132 on the US Billboard 200 and #20 on the UK album charts in March 1988 supported by music videos for the "Prime Mover" (single, April 1987), "Backseat Education" (single, October 1987, UK #49), and "Planet Girl" (single, March 1988, UK #63). Tracks included on the album that had been released in 1987 were remixed for inclusion on the album.^[2] "Prime Mover" would be the band's most successful single reaching #18 on the UK singles charts in May 1987,^[3] well in advance of the eventual album release. The single also charted in New Zealand hitting #12.^[4]

The album was reissued in January 1998 as "The Best of Zodiac Mindwarp" including the "Born To Be Wild" track. Rock Candy Records ^[5] issued a 24-bit remastered version of the album in August 2007 including the 9 tracks that had originally been used as singles B-sides.

All tracks composed by Mark Manning; except where indicated

1. "Wolf Child Speech" (0:30)
2. "Prime Mover" (3:13)
3. "Skull Spark Joker" (2:27)
4. "Backseat Education" (3:04)
5. "Hey Baby" (0:05)
6. "Bad Girl City" (3:00)
7. "Untamed Stare" (2:41)
8. "Tattooed Beat Messiah" (3:36)

1. "Born to Be Wild" (3:20) – (Mars Bonfire)
2. "Upside Down" (0:09)
3. "Let's Break the Law" (3:35)
4. "Spasm Gang" (2:44)
5. "Holy Gasoline" (4:14)
6. "Planet Girl" (2:37)
7. "Kids Stuff" (4:55)
8. "Messianic Reprise" (1:05)

1. "Laughing in the Face of Death" (2:52) – Manning
2. "Hangover from Hell" (3:41) – Manning
3. "Mess With the Killer" (2:32) – Manning
4. "Whore of Babylon" (3:32) – Manning
5. "Lager Woman from Hell" (3:18) – Manning, Munro
6. "Messin' With My Best Friend's Girl" (3:25) – Manning
7. "Dog Face Driver" (2:03) – Manning
8. "Born to Be Wild" (3:20) – Bonfire
9. "Go Go Baby Dream Show" (3:18) – Manning

In some markets "Born To Be Wild" had originally only been available as a bonus track on the "Planet Girl" single. For the 2007 reissue it was integrated as one of the bonus tracks rather than appearing in the original track order. The B-sides were produced by Zodiac Mindwarp. Lead vocals on "Lager Woman from Hell" by Evil Bastard.

1. "Prime Mover" (Automatic Cannibal Mix) (4:42) – Manning – US "Prime Mover" 12" single (Vertigo/Mercury PRO 553-1).
2. "Planet Girl" (The Invader Mix) (4:27) - Manning – UK "Planet Girl" 12" single (Mercury/Phonogram ZOD-312).
3. "The Zodiac-Scream" (0:07) – Manning – German one-sided promo single (Mercury 888 675-7).

• Zodiac Mindwarp – vocals
• Cobalt Stargazer (Geoff Bird) – guitars
• Flash Bastard – guitars
• Trash D. Garbage – bass
• Slam Thunderhide (Stephen Landrum) – drums