It's Martini Time

by The Reverend Horton Heat

Overview

As the photo on the back cover indicates, the Reverend Horton Heat spent the two years between Liquor in the Front and It's Martini Time living pretty hard. In addition to touring, the group has indulged in their boozy, campy ways a little too much, which is evident throughout It's Martini Time. Though the group sounds fine -- by this point, they could probably play their overdriven rockabilly in their sleep -- there is no spark to the record, it all sounds tired. Where the band had sounded intoxicatingly crazed in the past, songs like "Big Red Rocket of Love" and "Generation Why" have no energy, nor do they have any hooks. The Reverend Horton Heat simply sound burned out. Of course, most rockabilly bands -- especially rockabillly revivalists -- wind up sounding burned out or tired, but it's disheartening to hear the group sound so close to the end of the line so early in their career. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/02/1996
Label:	Interscope
UPC:	0606949006525
Rank:	70855

Tracks

1. Big Red Rocket of Love
2. Slow
3. It's Martini Time
4. Generation Why
5. Slingshot
6. Time to Pray
7. Crooked Cigarette
8. Rock the Joint
9. Cowboy Love
10. Now, Right Now
11. Spell on Me
12. Or Is It Just Me
13. Forbidden Jungle
14. That's Showbiz

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Reverend Horton Heat   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar
Dan Phillips   Guitar (Steel)
Tim Alexander   Accordion,Piano,Organ
Scott Churilla   Percussion,Vocals,Drums

Technical Credits

Keith Rust   Mixing,Assistant Engineer
Harry "Fats" Crafton   Composer
Jimbo Wallace   Composer
Doc Bagby   Composer
David Nottingham   Mixing Assistant
Thom Panunzio   Producer,Engineer,Mixing
The Reverend Horton Heat   Composer
Jim Heath-Horton   Composer
Scott Churilla   Composer
Robert Vosgien   Mastering
Terry Slemmons   Assistant Engineer
James C. Heath   Composer
Wendell Keene   Composer
Harry Crafton   Composer
Don Keene   Composer