- Heat Generation
Infobox Album
Name = Heat Generation
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = The Radiators
Released = 1981
Recorded = Ultrasonic Studios,New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre =swamp rock
Length = 44:37
Label = Croaker Records
Producer = Bill Cat and The Radiators
Reviews =Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lauf6j7h7190~T0 link]
Last album = "Work Done on Premises "
(1980)
This album = "Heat Generation"
(1981)
Next album = "Law of the Fish "
(1987)"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
# "Jigsaw" (
Ed Volker ) — 4:50
# "Cocktail Music" (Volker) — 3:57
# "Automatic" (Volker) — 3:56
# "Heat Generation" (Volker,Camile Baudoin , Frank Bua,Dave Malone ,Reggie Scanlan ) — 1:53
# "Nail Your Heart to Mine" (Volker) — 4:40
# "Sunglasses On" (Volker) — 2:30
# "Shoot Out the Lights" (Volker) — 3:38
# "Gimme a Rainbow That's for Real" (Volker) — 5:13
# "Monkey in Her Heart" (Volker) — 3:45
# "If Your Heart Ain't In It" (Volker)* — 2:45
# "Hard to Tell" (Volker)* — 3:21* Listed as "Bonus Tracks".
Credits
*
Camile Baudoin —guitar s andvocals
*Dave Malone — guitars and vocals
* Frank Bua —drum s and percussion
*Reggie Scanlan — bass and cowbell
*Ed Volker — keyboards, vocals and percussion
* Bill Cat — producer
* The Radiators — producer
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