Headsex

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Headsex
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Studio album by
Technohead
Released1995 [1]
Genre Hardcore techno, gabber
Label Mokum [1]
Producer GTO [1]

Headsex is the first album by Technohead, a pseudonym of the duo Greater Than One, released in 1995. It is the album from which the single "I Wanna Be a Hippy" was taken, which peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart in February 1996. [2] The song quotes several lines from artist/activist David Peel's song "I Like Marijuana" [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Wanna Be a Hippy" (original mix) – 5:03
  2. "Headsex (Let the Music Go)" (Nanotech mix) – 4:22 (vocals by Jessica Ogden)
  3. "Accelerator #2" – 4:40
  4. "The Passion #1" – 5:29
  5. "Get High" (G.T.O. mix) – 5:19 (remix by GTO)
  6. "Mary Jane" – 4:59
  7. "Headsex" (original mix) – 4:19
  8. "Get Stoned" (Carl Cox mix) – 7:08 (remix by Carl Cox)
  9. "Keep the Party Going" – 4:24
  10. "Sexhead" (Daz Saund & Trevor Rockcliffe mix) – 4:52 (remix by Daz Saund and Trevor Rockcliffe)
  11. "Gabba Hop" – 5:04
  12. "Kiddie Mix" – 4:11
  13. "Headsex (Let the Music Go)" (Elvis Jackson radio mix) – 2:52 (remix by Elvis Jackson, vocals by Jessica Ogden)
  14. "I Wanna Be a Hippy" (Flamman & Abraxas radio mix) – 3:35

Charts

Chart performance for Headsex
Chart (1995)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [4] 48

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