Heat Generation

Heat Generation
Studio album by The Radiators
Released	1981
Recorded	Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	swamp rock
Length	38:31
Label	Croaker Records
Producer	Bill Cat and The Radiators
The Radiators chronology
Work Done on Premises (1980) Heat Generation (1981) Law of the Fish (1987)

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Heat Generation is the second album and first studio album from The Radiators.

Overview

Four years after they had formed, and a year after the release of their first album, The Radiators entered the studio for the first time to create Heat Generation. The album failed to make much of a splash, and The Radiators gave up album-making for five years, until they were signed to Epic Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ed Volker, unless otherwise noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jigsaw"		4:50
2.	"Cocktail Music"		3:57
3.	"Automatic"		3:58
4.	"Smokin' Hole"		4:07
5.	"Heat Generation"	Ed Volker; Camile Baudoin; Frank Bua, Jr.; Dave Malone; Reggie Scanlan	1:53
6.	"Nail Your Heart to Mine"		4:40
7.	"Sunglasses On"		2:30
8.	"Shoot Out the Lights"		3:38
9.	"Gimme a Rainbow That's for Real"		5:13
10.	"Monkey in Her Heart"		3:45
Total length:			38:31

2007 reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"If Your Heart Ain't In It"	2:45
12.	"Hard to Tell"	3:21
Total length:		44:37

Credits

• Camile Baudoin — Guitars and Vocals
• Dave Malone — Guitars and Vocals
• Frank Bua — Drums and percussion
• Reggie Scanlan — bass and cowbell
• Ed Volker — keyboards, Vocals and Percussion
• Bill Cat — producer
• The Radiators — Producer