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Space Heater

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{{Infobox album

| name = Space Heater

| type = studio

| artist = Reverend Horton Heat

| cover = heater_cover_lg.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 24, 1998

| recorded = Dallas Sound Labs, Dallas, Texas

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rockabilly

| length = 45:13

| label = Interscope

| producer = Ed Stasium

| prev_title = It's Martini Time

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Holy Roller

| next_year = 1999

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r343258|first=Greg|last=Prato}}

| rev2 = CMJ

| rev2Score = (favorable) [https://web.archive.org/web/20010715133655/http://www.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=28387 CMJ review]

| rev3 = Melody Maker

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Mason |first=Neil |date=September 12, 1998 |title=Bits & Bobs |magazine=Melody Maker |publisher=IPC |volume=75 |issue=37 |page=37}}

| noprose = yes

}}

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. "Pride of San Jacinto" appears in the videogame Hot Wheels Turbo Racing.

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.

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

Personnel

Image:heater back lg.jpg

  • 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

Charts

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!Chart (1998)

!Peak
position

US Billboard 200

| align="center"|187

US Heatseekers (Billboard)

| align="center"|14

References

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Category:1998 albums

Category:The Reverend Horton Heat albums

Category:Albums produced by Ed Stasium

Category:Interscope Records albums