Is It ... Man or Astroman?

Infobox Album | Name = Is It ... Man Or Astroman?
Type = Album
Artist = Man or Astro-man?


Released = 1993
Genre = Surf rock
Length = 41:44 (CD), 45:16 (LP)
Label = Estrus Records
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dec1z8haoyv8 link]
Last album = "Possession by Remote Control" (1992)
This album = "Is It ... Man Or Astroman?" (1993)
Next album = "Amazing Thrills! in 3-Dimension" (1993)

"Is It ... Man Or Astroman?" was the first album released by the surf rock group Man or Astro-man?. First pressing was on clear blue vinyl; all subsequent pressings were on black vinyl. In deference to "vinyl junkies" (see: Audiophile), the vinyl release sports two additional tracks [cite web |url=http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/bands/m/manorast.htm |title=grunnenrocks |accessdate=2008-01-25 |publisher= [http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/ Evert Nijkamp] ] . "Illudium Q-36" references the Chuck Jones character, Marvin the Martian. The title refers to the weapon of choice of the hostile Looney Tunes alien.

Track listing

CD release

# "Taxidermist Surf" - 2:53
# "Invasion of the Dragonmen" - 2:15
# "Nitrous Burn Out" - 3:17
# "Clean up on Aisle #9 (Turn up the Monitors)" - 2:35
# "Journey to the Stars" (The Ventures) - 2:28
# "Cowboy Playing Dead" - 1:55
# "Sadie Hawkins Atom Bomb" - 2:46
# "The Human Calculator" - 2:56
# "Organ Smash" - 1:46
# "Cattle Drive" - 2:51
# "Escape Through the Air Vent" - 2:23
# "Mermaid Love" - 3:21
# "Eric Estrotica" - 3:23
# "Alien Visitors" - 6:54

Vinyl release

# "Taxidermist Surf" - 2:53
# "Invasion of the Dragonmen" - 2:15
# "Nitrous Burn Out" - 3:17
# "Clean up on Aisle #9 (Turn up the Monitors)" - 2:35
# "Journey to the Stars" (The Ventures) - 2:28
# "Cowboy Playing Dead" - 1:55
# "Illidium Q-36" [bonus track] - 1:08
# "Sadie Hawkins Atom Bomb" - 2:46
# "The Human Calculator" - 2:56
# "Organ Smash" - 1:46
# "Cattle Drive" - 2:51
# "Escape Through the Air Vent" - 2:23
# "Rudy's Lounge" [bonus track] - 2:24
# "Mermaid Love" - 3:21
# "Eric Estrotica" - 3:23
# "Alien Visitors" - 6:54

Man or Astro-Man? could be

*Star Crunch: guitar, laserguns, Q-Tips and rare obligatory vocals
*Dr. Deleto & His Invisible Vaportron: bass, sterilized rhythm guitar, malpractice suits, and the two-step
*Coco, The Electronic Monkey Wizard: alternate universe bass, percussion, banana consumption, sound bites of lower primate love, hand held view master, VCR ignition, bunny control, foreign language count-offs, and yelps of intense pain given to him, sometimes in punishment
*Birdstuff: hi-hat
*Grand Master Useless: imitation ivory ticklin' on "Organ Smash", bass on "Sadie Hawkins Atomic Bomb" and "Illidium Q-36"

Also credited

B-movie actor John Agar is credited "because his name is in everything else".

Audio samples

"Alien Visitors" contains dialogue audio samples from the b-movies "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers", "Plan 9 from Outer Space", and the television series The Outer Limits [cite web|url=http://s107.net/man_or_astro_man.php |title=Sources of Voice Samples in Music |accessdate=2008-01-25 |publisher= [http://s107.net/ s107.net] ] .

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