En-Tact

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{{Infobox album

| name = En-Tact

| type = studio

| artist = The Shamen

| cover = The Shamen - En Tact.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1 November 1990

| recorded = 1989–1990

| studio =

| genre = Electronic

| length = 69:33 (UK version)
65:18 (US version)

| label = One Little Indian

| producer = The Shamen

| prev_title = Phorward

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Boss Drum

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{Singles

| name = En-Tact

| type = studio

| single1 = Omega Amigo

| single1date = 1989

| single2 = Pro-Gen

| single2date = 1990

| single3 = Make It Mine

| single3date = 1990

| single4 = Hyperreal

| single4date = 1991

| single5 = Move Any Mountain

| single5date = 1991

}}

}}

En-Tact is the fourth studio album by Scottish band the Shamen, released in 1990. It was the first Shamen album to feature Mr C, and the last to feature Will Sinnott (who died on 23 May 1991). It fused the band's past psychedelic rock sounds with the rave act it became, developing a style that represented multicultural dance music.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r17801|pure_url=yes}}|title=En-Tact – The Shamen|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=20 January 2018|last=Bush|first=John}}

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B+{{cite journal|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1992/01/17/en-tact|title=En-Tact|work=Entertainment Weekly|date=17 January 1992|access-date=20 January 2018|last=Fox|first=Marisa}}

| rev4 = The Great Rock Discography

| rev4score = 9/10{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin C.|author-link=Martin C. Strong|title=The Great Rock Discography|chapter=Shamen|date=2004|edition=7th|publisher=Canongate Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/1354/mode/1up 1353-1354]|isbn=1-84195-615-5}}

| rev5 = Melody Maker

| rev5score = favourable{{cite magazine|first=Simon|last=Reynolds|author-link=Simon Reynolds|magazine=Melody Maker|title=The Shamen: En-Tact|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52213346857/|date=1990-10-13|access-date=2024-08-07}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 7/10{{cite magazine|first=Simon|last=Williams|work=NME|title=Long Play|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52224626470/|date=20 October 1990|access-date=24 February 2023}}

| rev7 = Select

| rev7score = 2/5{{cite magazine|last=Higginbotham|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Higginbotham|title=Not Raving but Drowning|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2016/01/albums15.jpg|magazine=Select|issue=5|date=November 1990|page=112|access-date=2024-08-07}}

| rev8 = Vox

| rev8score = 8/10{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Dalton|magazine=Vox|title=The Shamen: En-Tact|issue=2|date=November 1990}}

}}

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}

Track listing

=Original UK 1990 release=

{{Track listing

|headline = CD (TPLP22CD) and cassette (TPLP22C)

|extra_column = mix/remix

|title1 = Human Nrg

|length1 = 3:22

|title2 = Progen (Land of Oz)

|note2 = Edit

|length2 = 4:07

|extra2 = Paul Oakenfold

|title3 = Possible Worlds

|length3 = 3:45

|title4 = Omega Amigo

|extra4 = Steve Osbourne

|length4 = 4:44

|title5 = Hyperreal

|length5 = 4:32

|title6 = Lightspan

|extra6 = Irresistible Force

|length6 = 5:48

|title7 = Make It Mine v2.5

|note7 = Evil Ed

|extra7 = 'Evil' Ed Richards

|length7 = 3:57

|title8 = Oxygen Restriction

|length8 = 3:48

|title9 = Evil Is Even

|length9 = 13:16

|title10 = Human Nrg (Massey)

|extra10 = Graham Massey of 808 State

|length10 = 4:36

|title11 = Make It Mine v1.3 (Pirate Radio)

|length11 = 4:54

|title12 = Oxygen Reprise v2.0

|length12 = 5:20

|title13 = Hear Me O My People (Orbital - Delays Expected)

|extra13 = Orbital

|length13 = 7:24

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = Vinyl (TPLP22)

|extra_column = mix/remix

|title1 = Human Nrg

|length1 = 3:22

|title2 = Progen

|note2 = Land of Oz Edit

|length2 = 4:07

|extra2 = Paul Oakenfold

|title3 = Possible Worlds

|length3 = 3:45

|title4 = Omega Amigo

|extra4 = Steve Osbourne

|length4 = 4:44

|title5 = Evil Is Even (Edit)

|length5 = 4:20

|title6 = Hyperreal

|length6 = 4:32

|title7 = Lightspan

|extra7 = Irresistible Force

|length7 = 5:48

|title8 = Make It Mine

|note8 = v2.5 Evil Ed

|extra8 = 'Evil' Ed Richards

|length8 = 3:57

|title9 = Oxygen Restriction

|length9 = 3:48

|title10 = Hear Me O My People (Edit)

|extra10 = Orbital

|length10 = 5:11

}}

=US 1991 issue=

The version of En-tact released in the US, and in the UK from 1991 onwards, had a different track listing:

{{Track listing

|extra_column = Mix/remix

|title1 = Move Any Mountain

|note1 = Progen - Beatmasters 7"

|extra1 = Beatmasters

|length1 = 3:28

|title2 = Human Nrg (Massey)

|extra2 = Graham Massey of 808 State

|length2 = 4:39

|title3 = Possible Worlds: Deep PSI

|length3 = 3:44

|title4 = Omega Amigo

|extra4 = Steve Osbourne

|length4 = 4:44

|title5 = Evil Is Even [Edit]

|length5 = 4:23

|title6 = Hyperreal Orbit

|note6 = Early Fade

|extra6 = William Orbit

|length6 = 5:22

|title7 = Lightspan

|extra7 = Ben Chapman

|length7 = 4:39

|title8 = Make It Mine

|note8 = v1.3 Lenny D Vox

|extra8 = Lenny Dee

|length8 = 3:32

|title9 = Oxygen Restriction

|length9 = 3:49

|title10 = Hear Me

|note10 = O My People) (Edit

|extra10 = Orbital

|length10 = 5:11

|title11 = 666 Edit

|note11 = Move Any Mountain

|extra11 = 'Evil' Ed Richards

|length11 = 4:48

|title12 = Make It Minimal

|length12 = 3:18

|title13 = Hyperreal Selector

|note13 = Edit

|extra13 = Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto

|length13 = 4:01

|title14 = Lightspan Soundwave

|note14 = Edit

|extra14 = Renegade Soundwave

|length14 = 4:19

|title15 = Progen 91 [I.R.P. in the Land of Oz]

|extra15 = Paul Oakenfold

|length15 = 5:21

}}

Charts

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|+Chart performance for En-Tact

!scope="col"|Chart (1990–1992)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{album chart|UK2|31|date=19901028|rowheader=true|access-date=23 April 2022}}
scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/the-billboard-200/1992-03-07/|title=The Billboard 200: Week of March 7, 1992|work=Billboard|access-date=23 April 2022}}

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References

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Category:1990 albums

Category:The Shamen albums

Category:One Little Independent Records albums

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