Tackhead Tape Time

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Tackhead Tape Time
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Studio album by
Released1987
Genre Funk, industrial
Length36:11
Label Nettwerk
Producer Tackhead
Tackhead chronology
Tackhead Tape Time
(1987)
Friendly as a Hand Grenade
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Tackhead Tape Time is the debut album of Tackhead, released in 1987 through Nettwerk.

Contents

Composition

Tackhead Tape Time is a "robotic" electro-funk album, [2] containing abrasive beats, [3] funky guitar, [3] and instances of tape delay, which hint at the album's dub and reggae roots. [4] The album also boasts spliced, sampled speeches and quotes from the likes of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, downbeat news reports, military officers and televangelists, among other sources. [4] [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tackhead.

No.TitleLength
1."Mind at the End of the Tether"6:38
2."Half Cut Again"0:28
3."Reality"7:07
4."M.O.V.E."2:23
5."Hard Left"5:07
6."Get This"4:26
7."Man in a Suitcase"4:09
8."What's My Mission Now? (Fight the Devil)"5:51
2004 CD re-issue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Something About You"6:48
10."Autograph"5:35

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
1995 Alternative Press United States "Top 99 of '85 to '95"27 [5]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Tackhead
Additional musicians and production

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References

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  2. 1 2 Anderson, Rick. "AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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  4. 1 2 "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s". FACT Magazine. p. 24. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. "Top 99 Of '85 to '95". Alternative Press . Retrieved May 29, 2013.