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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 [1]. "Prime Mover" would be the band's most successful single reaching #18 on the UK singles charts in May 1987 [2], well in advance of the eventual album release. The single also charted in New Zealand hitting #12.

The album was reissued in January 1998 as "The Best of Zodiac Mindwarp" including the "Born To Be Wild" track. Rock Candy Records [3] 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.

Tracks

Side one

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

Side two

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

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. The Zodiac-Scream (0:07) - Manning – German one-sided promo single (Mercury 888 675-7).

Band

  • Zodiac Mindwarp - Vocals
  • Cobalt Stargazer - Guitars
  • Evil Bastard - Guitars
  • Thrash D. Garbage - Bass
  • Slam Thunderhide - Drums

Notes

  1. ^ Kerrang, Oct. 1987
  2. ^ http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/zodiac%20mindwarp%20%26%20the%20love%20reaction/
  3. ^ http://www.rockcandyrecords.com/store/?letter=Z
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