Space Heater

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Space Heater
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 1998
RecordedDallas Sound Labs, Dallas, Texas
Genre Rockabilly [1]
Length45:13
Label Interscope
Producer Ed Stasium
Reverend Horton Heat chronology
It's Martini Time
(1996)
Space Heater
(1998)
Holy Roller
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
CMJ (favorable) [2]
Melody Maker Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Space Heater is the fifth album by Reverend Horton Heat, released by Interscope Records in March 1998. It charted on the Billboard 200, reaching number 187. "Pride of San Jacinto" appears in the videogame Hot Wheels Turbo Racing .

Contents

Album art

The front-cover album art is a parody of 1950s horror movie posters. It plays on a double entendre, turning 1950s-era space heaters into alien spacecraft invading from outer space, complete with search lights or tractor beams.

Track listing

  1. "Pride of San Jacinto" (Wallace) – 3:13
  2. "Lie Detector" (Heath) – 3:24
  3. "Hello Mrs. Darkness" (Heath) – 3:11
  4. "Jimbo Song" (Heath/Wallace) – 2:21
  5. "Revolution Under Foot" (Heath/Wallace/Churilla) – 4:29
  6. "Starlight Lounge" (Heath) – 2:48
  7. "Goin' Manic" (Heath/Churilla/Wallace) – 4:27
  8. "Mi Amor" (Heath) – 3:05
  9. "For Never More" (Heath/Wallace/Churilla) – 2:53
  10. "The Prophet Stomp" (Heath) – 3:02
  11. "Native Tongue of Love" (Heath) – 3:17
  12. "Couch Surfin'" (Heath/Churilla) – 4:02
  13. "Cinco de Mayo" (Heath/Churilla/Wallace/Stasium) – 2:11
  14. "Texas Rock-A-Billy Rebel" (Heath) – 2:47
  15. "Baby I'm Drunk" (Heath) – 3:11
  16. "Space Heater" (Heath/Churilla/Wallace) – 9:47

Personnel

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Back cover

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
US Billboard 200187
US Heatseekers (Billboard)14

References

  1. 1 2 Prato, Greg. Space Heater at AllMusic
  2. CMJ review
  3. Mason, Neil (September 12, 1998). "Bits & Bobs". Melody Maker . Vol. 75, no. 37. IPC. p. 37.