Heat Generation | ||||
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Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana | |||
Genre | Swamp rock | |||
Length | 38:31 | |||
Label | Croaker Records | |||
Producer | Bill Cat and The Radiators | |||
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Heat Generation is the second album and first studio album from The Radiators.
Four years after they formed and a year after their first album, The Radiators entered a studio for the first time to create Heat Generation. It flopped and they gave up making albums for five years, until they signed with Epic Records.
All tracks are written by Ed Volker, who collaborated on the title track.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Jigsaw" | 4:50 | |
2. | "Cocktail Music" | 3:57 | |
3. | "Automatic" | 3:58 | |
4. | "Smokin' Hole" | 4:07 | |
5. | "Heat Generation" | Ed Volker; Camile Baudoin; Frank Bua Jr.; Dave Malone; Reggie Scanlan | 1:53 |
6. | "Nail Your Heart to Mine" | 4:40 | |
7. | "Sunglasses On" | 2:30 | |
8. | "Shoot Out the Lights" | 3:38 | |
9. | "Gimme a Rainbow That's for Real" | 5:13 | |
10. | "Monkey in Her Heart" | 3:45 | |
Total length: | 38:31 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "If Your Heart Ain't In It" | 2:45 |
12. | "Hard to Tell" | 3:21 |
Total length: | 44:37 |
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