The Action Is Go

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The Action Is Go
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Studio album by
Fu Manchu
ReleasedOctober 7, 1997 (1997-10-07)
Recorded1997
StudioGrandmaster Recorders, Ltd. in Hollywood, California & Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California
Genre Stoner rock
Length55:43
Label Mammoth
Producer Jay Noel Yuenger
Fu Manchu chronology
In Search of...
(1996)		The Action Is Go
(1997)		 Godzilla's/Eatin' Dust
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chronicles of Chaos 4/10 [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [3]
Entertainment Weekly A− [4]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
Rock Hard 7.5/10 [8]
Select Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

The Action Is Go is the fourth studio album by American stoner rock band Fu Manchu. It features new drummer Brant Bjork (Kyuss) and new lead guitarist Bob Balch, replacing Eddie Glass and Ruben Romano, who left to form the band Nebula. The album was produced by Jay Noel Yuenger of White Zombie, who contributed some additional instrumentation. [1] The album sold 25,000 copies in the United States by May 2000. [10]

Contents

According to AllMusic, the new lineup provided Fu Manchu with "the impetus and inspiration to really start moving forward," [11] and the resulting album demonstrates the band's "punk energy, classic rock drive, psychedelic crunch, and heavy-ass grind all at once." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Evil Eye"3:30
2."Urethane"3:36
3."The Action Is Go"3:06
4."Burning Road"5:47
5."Guardrail"2:57
6."Anodizer"4:26
7."Trackside Hoax"4:54
8."Unknown World"2:49
9."Laserbl'ast!"3:47
10."Hogwash"3:41
11."Grendel, Snowman"4:09
12."Strolling Astronomer"3:43
13."Saturn III"7:55
14."Nothing Done"1:15
European bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Swami's Last Command"3:15
16."Module Overload"4:19

Personnel

Notes

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Raggett, Ned. "The Action Is Go Review". AllMusic . Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ Bromley, Adrian (January 1, 1998). "CoC : Fu Manchu - The Action Is Go! : Review". Chronicles of Chaos . Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  3. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 163. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. ↑ Sinclair, Tom (November 7, 1997). "Album Review: 'The Action Is Go'". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved May 21, 2024.
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