| Tackhead Sound Crash | ||||
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| Released | November 13, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 –1989 | |||
| Genre | Funk, industrial | |||
| Length | 46:00 | |||
| Label | Beat, On-U Sound | |||
| Producer | Tackhead | |||
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Tackhead Sound Crash is a remix album by the industrial hip-hop group Tackhead. It was released on November 13, 2006 on Beat and On-U Sound Records. [1] [2] [3]
All tracks are written by Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood and Doug Wimbish, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Spoken Intro/Free" (overdub) | Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish | Fats Comet | 0:48 |
| 2. | "Mind at the End of the Tether" | Tackhead | 1:30 | |
| 3. | "What's My Mission Now?" | Tackhead | 2:06 | |
| 4. | "Ghost" | Andy Fairley, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald | Andy Fairley | 1:47 |
| 5. | "Mind at the End of the Tether" (reprise) | Tackhead | 1:07 | |
| 6. | "1/2 Cut for Confidence" | Gary Clail, Keith LeBlanc, Adrian Sherwood | Tackhead Productions Remix/Gary Clail | 0:54 |
| 7. | "Ticking Time Bomb" | Tackhead | 2:02 | |
| 8. | "Heaven on Earth" | Keith LeBlanc | 0:43 | |
| 9. | "Ticking Time Bomb" (reprise) | Tackhead | 0:12 | |
| 10. | "Heaven on Earth" (reprise) | Keith LeBlanc | 0:47 | |
| 11. | "Mechanical Movements" (remix) | Keith LeBlanc | Keith LeBlanc | 2:21 |
| 12. | "I Stopped the Clock" | Andy Fairley | 0:52 | |
| 13. | "Bop Bop" | Fats Comet | 0:52 | |
| 14. | "King of the Beat" | Fats Comet/DJ Cheese | 3:00 | |
| 15. | "Move It/Body to Burn" (intros) | Keith LeBlanc/Tackhead | 0:09 | |
| 16. | "D.J. Programme" | Fats Comet | 0:15 | |
| 17. | "Disconnection" | David Harrow, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Mark Stewart, Doug Wimbish | Strange Parcels | 3:41 |
| 18. | "Rockchester" | Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish | Fats Comet | 2:50 |
| 19. | "Audio Visual Attack" | Andy Fairley | 1:55 | |
| 20. | "Man in a Suitcase" | Andy Fairley, Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish | Tackhead/Gary Clail | 1:07 |
| 21. | "Original Change" | Tackhead | 2:21 | |
| 22. | "Dreamworld" (dub version) | Keith LeBlanc | 0:56 | |
| 23. | "Get This Beloved" | Keith LeBlanc | 0:36 | |
| 24. | "Gamesmanship" | Tackhead | 1:52 | |
| 25. | "Get Move of This" (reprise) | Keith LeBlanc | 1:38 | |
| 26. | "Einstein" | Keith LeBlanc | Keith LeBlanc | 2:17 |
| 27. | "Hard Left" | Tackhead/Gary Clail | 1:59 | |
| 28. | "No Hands on the Wheel" | Strange Parcels | 0:46 | |
| 29. | "Listen Good Drummers" | Keith LeBlanc | 0:56 | |
| 30. | "Free Again" (reprise) | Fats Comet | 0:46 | |
| 31. | "This Is the Night" | Fats Comet | 1:37 | |
| 32. | "Bastard Son of Fats" | Tackhead/Bernard Fowler | 1:18 | |
| 33. | "Spoken Outro" | Meyer Dolinsky | 0:09 |
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United Kingdom | 2006 | Beat, On-U Sound | CD | 3750 192 |
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