The Screaming Blue Messiahs
Bikini Red

Elektra    60755-2  (1987)

Rock/Pop
CD, 11   Tracks, 34:50  Length
01 Sweet Water Pools Bill Carter 03:32
02 Bikini Red Bill Carter; Tony Moon 03:47
03 Too Much Love Bill Carter 03:07
04 I Can Speak American Bill Carter 02:57
05 Big Brother Muscle Bill Carter; Tony Moon 02:59
06 I Wanna Be A Flintstone Bill Carter; Tony Moon 02:31
07 Jesus Chrysler Drives A Dodge Bill Carter 04:01
08 Lie Detector Bill Carter; Tony Moon 03:59
09 55-The Law Bill Carter; Tony Moon 02:10
10 All Shook Down Bill Carter; Tony Moon 02:16
11 Waltz Bill Carter 03:31
Music Details
Product Details
Packaging Jewel Case
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians  &  Credits
Guitar Bill Carter
Bass Christopher Thompson
Drums Kenny Harris
Musician The Screaming Blue Messiahs
Producer Vic Maile
Engineer Harold Burgon; Ian Caple
Personal Details
Index # 3021
Owner Dave
Tags Alternative Rock
User Defined
Purchased New
Notes
The Messiahs' follow-up to Gun-Shy was this devastating hunk of noise, which didn't pull any punches when it came to raw emotion and intensity. Side One, especially, is a rave-up from the gut-bustin' raunch of "Sweet Water Pools" to the closer "Big Brother Muscle." As always, Carter's obsessions are a little hard to understand, but the images and lyric fragments fly at you like shards of broken glass; you'll remember when they hit you. "I Wanna Be a Flintstone" kicks off Side Two, and it remains as funky and funny as it was the first time you hear it. Great production work by Vic Maile. -- John Dougan (allmusic.com)