Tackhead Tape Time Explained

Tackhead Tape Time
Type:	album
Artist:	Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System
Cover:	Tackhead - Tackhead Tape Time.jpg
Released:	1987
Genre:	Funk, industrial
Length:	36:11
Label:	Nettwerk
Producer:	Tackhead
Chronology:	Tackhead
Next Title:	Friendly as a Hand Grenade
Next Year:	1989

Tackhead Tape Time is the debut album of Tackhead, released in 1987 through Nettwerk.

Composition

Tackhead Tape Time is a "robotic" electro-funk album, containing abrasive beats, funky guitar,^[1] and instances of tape delay, which hint at the album's dub and reggae roots. The album also boasts spliced, sampled speeches and quotes from the likes of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, downbeat news reports, military officers and televangelists, among other sources.^{[2] [3]}

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank	class=unsortable
1995	Alternative Press	United States	"Top 99 of '85 to '95"	27	^[4]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Tackhead

• Keith LeBlanc – instruments
• Skip McDonald – instruments
• Adrian Sherwood – instruments
• Doug Wimbish – instruments

Additional musicians and production

• Cesare – scratching on "Man in a Suitcase"
• Gary Clail – mixing
• Tackhead – producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fletcher. Tony. Frampton. Megan. Tackhead. Trouser Press. 23 April 2018.
2. Web site: The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s. FACT Magazine. 23 April 2018. 24.
3. Web site: Anderson. Rick. AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson. AllMusic. 23 April 2018.
4. Top 99 Of '85 to '95 . May 29, 2013 . Alternative Press.