Hot Animal Machine

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Hot Animal Machine
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Released1987 (1987)
RecordedOctober 1986 (1986-10) at Off Beat Studios, Leeds, England, UK
Length35:33
Label Texas Hotel
Producer Chris Haskett, Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins chronology
Hot Animal Machine
(1987)
Drive by Shooting
(1987)
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Hot Animal Machine is the debut solo album by Henry Rollins which served as a precursor to the Rollins Band. It is only available now in the same 2-in-one package as Drive by Shooting . It is notable for a number of cover songs; Suicide's "Ghost Rider", Richard Berry's "Crazy Lover" and The Velvet Underground's "I'm Gonna Move Right In". The cover art was drawn by Mark Mothersbaugh, the frontman of the popular 1980’s group Devo.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Black and White" Henry Rollins, Chris Haskett 3:01
2."Followed Around"Rollins, Haskett, Bernie Wandel, Mick Green2:48
3."Lost and Found"Rollins, Haskett, Wandel2:04
4."There's a Man Outside"Rollins, Haskett3:13
5."Crazy Lover" Richard Berry 2:33
6."Man and a Woman"Rollins, Wandel3:59
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hot Animal Machine 1"Rollins, Haskett3:01
2."Ghost Rider" (Suicide cover) Martin Rev, Alan Vega 2:27
3."Move Right In" (The Velvet Underground cover) John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker 2:43
4."Hot Animal Machine 2"Rollins, Haskett3:31
5."No One"Rollins, Haskett6:03

Accolades

PublicationCountryAccoladeYearRank
Spex Germany Albums of the Year [2] 19871

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Germany 1986What's So Funny About... LP SF 54
United Kingdom 1987Fundamental LP SAVE 24
United States 1987 Kill Rock Stars CS, LP TXH 002

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References

  1. Heibutzki, Ralph. "Hot Animal Machine". Allmusic . Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  2. "Albums of the Year - 1987". Spex. Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2015.