Power Inc. Volume 1

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Power Inc. Volume 1
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Compilation album by
Released1994 (1994)
Recorded1985 –1987
Genre Funk, industrial
Length56:16
Label Blanc
Producer Tackhead
Tackhead chronology
Strange Things
(1990)
Power Inc. Volume 1
(1994)
Power Inc. Volume 2
(1994)
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Power Inc. Volume 1 is a compilation album by the American industrial hip-hop group Tackhead. It was released in 1994 on Blanc Records. [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood and Doug Wimbish, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Ticking Time Bomb" (dub version)  Tackhead 6:17
2."Stealing" (original version) Tackhead/Bim Sherman 4:21
3."My One and Only One"  Fats Comet 3:17
4."Hard Left" Gary Clail, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish Tackhead/Gary Clail7:46
5."Original Sex" Tackhead/Melle Mel 6:06
6."Stormy Weather" Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Fats Comet6:21
7."Bop Bop" Fats Comet4:05
8."Bastard Son of Fats" Bernard Fowler, LeBlanc, McDonald, Sherwood, WimbishTackhead5:25
9."Rockchester" (remix) Fats Comet5:08
10."What's My Mission Now?" (parts 1 & 2) Tackhead7:30

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom 1994Blanc CD BLCCD10

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References

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  2. Stubbs, David (June 1995). "Tackhead: Power Inc Volumes I & II". Muzik . No. 1. pp. 66–67.
  3. "Discography: Power Inc. Volume 1". tackhead.com. 2004. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. Parker, David (2001). "Compilation: Tackhead - 'Power Inc. Volume 1'". skysaw.org. Retrieved 30 September 2014.