It's Martini Time

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It's Martini Time

Studio album by The Reverend Horton Heat
Released	July 2, 1996
Recorded	??? at Crystal Clear Studios, Dallas, TX and The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Psychobilly
Length	45:13
Label	Interscope
Producer(s)	Thom Panunzio
All Music Guide (2/5) link CMJ (favorable) link
The Reverend Horton Heat chronology
Liquor in the Front (1994)	It's Martini Time (1996)	Space Heater (1998)

It's Martini Time is the title of the fourth album by The Reverend Horton Heat. It was released by Interscope Records in July of 1996. It's Martini Time is the first Reverend Horton Heat album to feature Scott Churilla on drums, following Taz Bentley's departure from the band in 1994. It is also the first Reverend Horton Heat album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching number 165 (the highest position of a Reverend Horton Heat album on that chart).

The song "Big Red Rocket of Love" appears in the film Modern Vampires.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Chart positions
- 3.1 Album

[edit] Track listing

"Big Red Rocket Of Love" (Heath) – 3:04
"Slow" (Heath) – 4:23
"It's Martini Time" (Heath) – 3:14
"Generation Why" (Heath) – 2:46
"Slingshot" (Heath/Wallace/Churilla) – 3:07
"Time To Pray" (Heath) – 2:40
"Crooked Cigarette" (Heath) – 2:54
"Rock This Joint" (Crafton/Keene/Bagby) – 2:04
"Cowboy Love" (Heath) – 2:41
"Now, Right Now" (Heath) – 2:39
"Spell On Me" (Heath) – 3:18
"Or Is It Just Me" (Heath) – 5:30
"Forbidden Jungle" (Heath) – 2:18
"That's Showbiz" (Heath) – 4:35

back cover

[edit] Personnel

Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - vocals, guitar
Jimbo Wallace - upright bass, vocals
Scott Churilla - drums, vocals, percussion
Tim Alexander - piano, organ), and accordion
Dan Phillips - steel guitar
Billy Pitman - guitar
Jim Lehnert - tenor sax, baritone sax
Gary Sweet - trumpet
Erik Swanson - trombone
Thom Panunzio - producer, engineer, mixing (on "Crooked Cigarette," "Rock The Joint," "Cowboy Love," "Or Is It Just Me," and "That's Showbiz")
Keith Rust - assistant engineer, mixing (on "It's Martini Time," "Now, Right Now," "Spell On Me," and "Forbidden Jungle")
Terry Slemmons - assistant engineer
David Nottingham - assistant mixer
Chris Shaw - mixing (on "Big Red Rocket of Love," "Slow," "Generation Why," "Slingshot," and "Time To Pray")
Robert Vosgien - mastering
Tony Ferguson - A&R
Dennis Willaims - crew
David Adriance - crew
Blair Campbell - crew
Allan Nassau - crew
Karma Cheema - crew
Doc Williamson - crew
Scott Weiss - management
Unleashed - art direction
Jennifer Broussard - photography
Marina Chavez - photography
Richard Lee Smith, Jr. - additional illustration