Friendly as a Hand Grenade | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Recorded | Unique Recording, NYC and Matrix and Southern Studios, London | |||
Genre | Funk, industrial | |||
Length | 36:12 | |||
Label | TVT, World | |||
Producer | Tackhead | |||
Tackhead chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Houston Chronicle | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[6] |
Friendly as a Hand Grenade is an album by the American band Tackhead.[7] It was released in 1989 through TVT Records.[8]
The band added Bernard Fowler on vocals, and changed its name from Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System.[9] The album cover art is by Gee Vaucher.[10]
The New York Times wrote that Tackhead "draw deep, swampy grooves from funk, rap, house music and dub reggae, then add a paranoid overlay."[11]
Trouser Press wrote: "Opening and closing with the jaunty 'Ska Trek', living up to the title of 'Demolition House' and pursuing the by-now-familiar sardonic comments on the military with the infectious 'Airborne Ranger', the album captures Tackhead at its most coherent."[9] The Spin Alternative Record Guide declared that "at its best, the group melded deeply psychedelic rock and funk in a way that the Red Hot Chili Peppers could only dream of."[6]
All tracks are written by Bernard Fowler, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood and Doug Wimbish, except "Ska Trek" by Prince Buster
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Ska Trek" | 0:48 |
2. | "Tell Me the Hurt" | 5:16 |
3. | "Mind and Movement" | 5:23 |
4. | "Stealing" | 6:32 |
5. | "Airborne Ranger" | 5:01 |
6. | "Body to Burn" | 1:04 |
7. | "Demolition House" | 4:08 |
8. | "Free South Africa" | 1:56 |
9. | "Ticking Time Bomb" | 4:23 |
10. | "Ska Trek" | 1:34 |
Charts (1989) | Peak position |
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UK Indie Chart[12] | 3 |
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United Kingdom | 1989 | World | CD, LP | WR013 |
United States | 1989 | TVT | CD, LP | TVT 4060 |
Japan | 1989 | Alfa Records, Inc | CD | ALCA-553 |