Rattlesnake Bite

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Rattlesnake Bite
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Studio album by Smack
Released 1985
Recorded 1985, Finvox Studios, Helsinki
Genre Garage rock / Glam rock
Label Cityboy
Producer T.T.Oksala
Smack chronology
Smack On You
(1984)
Rattlesnake Bite
(1985)
Live Desire
(1986)

Rattlesnake Bite is the Finnish rock band Smack's second studio album. It was released in 1985. A remastered version released in 1998 included 5 bonus tracks.

Smack (Finnish band) Finnish band

Smack was a Finnish band, which was active 1982-1990. The band's original line-up consisted of singer Claude, guitarists Kartsa and Manchuria, bassist Cheri and drummer Kinde.

Contents

Track list

Original album

  1. "Stepping Stone" (Boyce, Hart) 2:37
  2. "Roses Have Faded" 3:58
  3. "Nearby the Hangingtree" 3:20
  4. "Rattlesnake Bite" (Manchuria, Rane, Claude) 3:24
  5. "Somewhere Out of the Day" 3:53
  6. "Weird Is the Sea" 2:48
  7. "Pass That Bottle" 2:27
  8. "Shade of the Blade" 4:37
  9. "Oh Lord" 3:10
  10. "On the Run" 2:58
  11. "Ice Drops" 2:57

1998 bonus tracks

  1. "Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 3:15
  2. "Black Bird" (Manchuria, Claude) 3:41
  3. "Buy This Town" (Manchuria, Claude) 3:09
  4. "Maggie McGill" (Live) (Jim Morrison) 4:33
  5. "Search and Destroy" (Live) (Iggy Pop, James Williamson)

Single

  1. " Stepping Stone " (Boyce/Hart) 2:37
  2. " Somewhere Out Of The Day " (Manchuria, Claude) 3:53

Line-up

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