Collision Drive

Collision Drive
Studio album by Alan Vega
Released	1981 (1981)
Studio	Skyline Studios, New York City
Genre	Rockabilly, art pop
Length	40:02
Label	Celluloid
Producer	Alan Vega
Alan Vega chronology
Alan Vega (1980) Collision Drive (1981) Saturn Strip (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Collision Drive is the second studio album by Alan Vega, released in 1981 by Celluloid Records. ^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alan Vega, except "Be Bop a Lula" by Gene Vincent, Donald Graves and Bill Davis and "Ghost Rider" co-written with Martin Rev.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Magdalena 82"	3:10
2.	"Be Bop a Lula" (Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps cover)	2:19
3.	"Outlaw"	3:31
4.	"Raver"	2:44
5.	"Ghost Rider" (Suicide cover)	4:28
6.	"I Believe"	5:25

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Magdalena 83"	2:55
2.	"Rebel"	2:48
3.	"Viet Vet"	12:42

Personnel

Adapted from the Collision Drive liner notes. ^[3]

Musicians Larry Chaplan – bass guitar Sesu Coleman – drums Mark Kuch – guitar Alan Vega  – vocals, production

Production and additional personnel Donald Greenhaus – cover art David Lichtenstein – engineering Kenneth Torregrossa – assistant engineer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1981	Celluloid	LP	CEL-5001
United Kingdom				ILPS 9692
France		Celluloid, Vogue	CS, LP	729813
Germany		Celluloid	LP	204 294–320
	1987	Interphon	CD	IPCD 2014–36

References

1. Valdivia, Victor W. "Alan Vega: Collision Drive > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
2. Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Alan Vega". Trouser Press . Retrieved September 18, 2015.
3. Collision Drive (sleeve). Alan Vega. South Plainfield, New Jersey: Celluloid Records. 1981.

External links

• Collision Drive at Discogs (list of releases)