Tattooed Beat Messiah

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Tattooed Beat Messiah
Zodiac Mindwarp Tattooed Beat Messiah Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 16, 1988
Recorded1987
Length41:15
Label Vertigo
Producer Bill Drummond and David Balfe
Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction chronology
High Priest of Love (EP)
(1986)
Tattooed Beat Messiah
(1988)
Hoodlum Thunder
(1991)
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Tattooed Beat Messiah is the 1988 debut full-length studio release by Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction. Engineered by Femi Jiya and Mark Freegard. Mixed by Nigel Green. The album reached #132 on the US Billboard 200 and #20 on the UK album charts in March 1988 supported by music videos for the "Prime Mover" (single, April 1987), "Backseat Education" (single, October 1987, UK #49), and "Planet Girl" (single, March 1988, UK #63). Tracks included on the album that had been released in 1987 were remixed for inclusion on the album. [2] "Prime Mover" would be the band's most successful single reaching #18 on the UK singles charts in May 1987, [3] well in advance of the eventual album release. The single also charted in New Zealand hitting #12. [4]

Contents

The album was reissued in January 1998 as "The Best of Zodiac Mindwarp" including the "Born To Be Wild" track. Rock Candy Records [5] issued a 24-bit remastered version of the album in August 2007 including the 9 tracks that had originally been used as singles B-sides.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mark Manning; except where indicated

Side one

  1. "Wolf Child Speech" (0:30)
  2. "Prime Mover" (3:13)
  3. "Skull Spark Joker" (2:27)
  4. "Backseat Education" (3:04)
  5. "Hey Baby" (0:05)
  6. "Bad Girl City" (3:00)
  7. "Untamed Stare" (2:41)
  8. "Tattooed Beat Messiah" (3:36)

Side two

  1. "Born to Be Wild" (3:20) – (Mars Bonfire)
  2. "Upside Down" (0:09)
  3. "Let's Break the Law" (3:35)
  4. "Spasm Gang" (2:44)
  5. "Holy Gasoline" (4:14)
  6. "Planet Girl" (2:37)
  7. "Kids Stuff" (4:55)
  8. "Messianic Reprise" (1:05)

2007 Rock Candy reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Laughing in the Face of Death" (2:52) – Manning
  2. "Hangover from Hell" (3:41) – Manning
  3. "Mess With the Killer" (2:32) – Manning
  4. "Whore of Babylon" (3:32) – Manning
  5. "Lager Woman from Hell" (3:18) – Manning, Munro
  6. "Messin' With My Best Friend's Girl" (3:25) – Manning
  7. "Dog Face Driver" (2:03) – Manning
  8. "Born to Be Wild" (3:20) – Bonfire
  9. "Go Go Baby Dream Show" (3:18) – Manning

In some markets "Born To Be Wild" had originally only been available as a bonus track on the "Planet Girl" single. For the 2007 reissue it was integrated as one of the bonus tracks rather than appearing in the original track order. The B-sides were produced by Zodiac Mindwarp. Lead vocals on "Lager Woman from Hell" by Evil Bastard.

Other B-sides

  1. "Prime Mover" (Automatic Cannibal Mix) (4:42) – Manning – US "Prime Mover" 12" single (Vertigo/Mercury PRO 553-1).
  2. "Planet Girl" (The Invader Mix) (4:27) - Manning – UK "Planet Girl" 12" single (Mercury/Phonogram ZOD-312).
  3. "The Zodiac-Scream" (0:07) – Manning – German one-sided promo single (Mercury 888 675-7).

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