Acid Bath (album)

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Acid Bath
Acid Bath cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1984
RecordedAugust 1984
StudioAosis Studios, London, England
Genre
Length48:26
Label Anagram
Producer Kevin Armstrong
Alien Sex Fiend chronology
Who's Been Sleeping in My Brain
(1983)
Acid Bath
(1984)
Maximum Security
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Acid Bath is the second studio album by English gothic rock band Alien Sex Fiend, released in 1984 by Anagram Records. It was produced by Kevin Armstrong.

Contents

Reception

Trouser Press described the album as "an inspired dose of mesmerizing, brain-frying insanity". [2]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."In God We Trust (In Cars You Rust?)"4:25
2."Dead and Re-Buried"6:23
3."She's a Killer"6:24
4."Hee-Haw (Here Come the Bone People)"5:55
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Bone Shaker Baby"4:07
2."Break Down and Cry (Lay Down and Die – Goodbye)"6:50
3."E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon)"8:10
4."Attack!!!!!! #2"6:12
Total length:48:26


Vinyl track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."In God We Trust (In Cars You Rust?)"4:25
2."Dead and Re-Buried"6:23
3."She's a Killer"6:24
4."Hee-Haw (Here Come the Bone People)"5:55
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Smoke My Bones"0:40
2."Break Down and Cry (Lay Down and Die – Goodbye)"6:50
3."E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon)"8:10
4."Attack!!!!!! #2"6:12
Total length:48:26

Personnel

Alien Sex Fiend

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References

  1. "Acid Bath – Alien Sex Fiend | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Alien Sex Fiend". Trouser Press . Retrieved 23 February 2015.