Space Heater (album)

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Space Heater
Space Heater cover
Studio album by Reverend Horton Heat
Released March 24, 1998
Recorded ??? at Dallas Sound Labs, Dallas, TX
Genre Psychobilly
Length 45:13
Label Interscope
Producer Ed Stasium
Professional reviews
Reverend Horton Heat chronology
It's Martini Time
(1996)		 Space Heater
(1998)		 Holy Roller
(1999)

Space Heater is the fifth album by Reverend Horton Heat, released by Interscope Records in March 1998. It charted on the Billboard 200, reaching number 187.

Contents

[edit] Album art

The front-cover album art is a parody of 1950s horror movie posters. It plays on a double entendre, turning 1950s-era space heaters into alien spacecraft invading from outer space, complete with search lights or tractor beams.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Pride of San Jacinto" (Wallace) – 3:13
  2. "Lie Detector" (Heath) – 3:24
  3. "Hello Mrs. Darkness" (Heath) – 3:11
  4. "Jimbo Song" (Heath/Wallace) – 2:21
  5. "Revolution Under Foot" (Heath/Wallace/Churilla) – 4:29
  6. "Starlight Lounge" (Heath) – 2:48
  7. "Goin' Manic" (Heath/Churilla/Wallace) – 4:27
  8. "Mi Amor" (Heath) – 3:05
  9. "For Never More" (Heath/Wallace/Churilla) – 2:53
  10. "The Prophet Stomp" (Heath) – 3:02
  11. "Native Tongue of Love" (Heath) – 3:17
  12. "Couch Surfin'" (Heath/Churilla) – 4:02
  13. "Cinco de Mayo" (Heath/Churilla/Wallace/Stasium) – 2:11
  14. "Texas Rock-A-Billy Rebel" (Heath) – 2:47
  15. "Baby I'm Drunk" (Heath) – 3:11
  16. "Space Heater" (Heath/Churilla/Wallace) – 9:47

[edit] Personnel

back cover
back cover
  • Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - guitars, vocals, harmonica (on "Pride of San Jacinto" and "Goin' Manic"), ukulele (on "The Prophet Stomp")
  • Jimbo Wallace - upright bass, backing vocals
  • Scott Churilla - drums, backing vocals (on "Jimbo Song" and "Couch Surfin')
  • Tim Alexander - piano (on "Lie Detector"), accordion on ("Mi Amor")
  • Ed Stasium - producer, recorder, mixer
  • Phillip Green - assistant recorder
  • Marvin Hlavenka - assistant recorder
  • Junichi Murakawa - assistant mixer
  • Greg Calbi - mastering
  • Tom Whalley - A&R direction
  • Scott Weiss - management
  • Jeffrey Taylor Light - legal
  • Unleashed - art direction + design
  • Lisa Peardon - photography

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Year Album Chart Position
1998 Space Heater Heatseekers No. 14
1998 Space Heater Billboard 200 No. 187