Name: SMOKE 'EM IF YOU'VE GOT 'EM
Brand: SUB POP RECORDS
SKU: 468177
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SMOKE 'EM IF YOU'VE GOT 'EM

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Album: SMOKE 'EM IF YOU'VE GOT 'EM
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Bullet	More Info...	0:03
2)	I'm Mad	More Info...	0:03
3)	Bad Reputation	More Info...	0:02
4)	It's a Dark Day	More Info...	0:05
5)	Big Dwarf Rodeo	More Info...	0:03
6)	Psychobilly Freakout	More Info...	0:02
7)	Put It to Me Straight	More Info...	0:02
8)	Marijuana	More Info...	0:05
9)	Baby, You Know Who	More Info...	0:02
10)	Eat Steak	More Info...	0:02
11)	'D' for Dangerous	More Info...	0:04
12)	Love Whip	More Info...	0:03

Album: SMOKE 'EM IF YOU'VE GOT 'EM
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Bullet	More Info...	0:03
2)	I'm Mad	More Info...	0:03
3)	Bad Reputation	More Info...	0:02
4)	It's a Dark Day	More Info...	0:05
5)	Big Dwarf Rodeo	More Info...	0:03
6)	Psychobilly Freakout	More Info...	0:02
7)	Put It to Me Straight	More Info...	0:02
8)	Marijuana	More Info...	0:05
9)	Baby, You Know Who	More Info...	0:02
10)	Eat Steak	More Info...	0:02
11)	'D' for Dangerous	More Info...	0:04
12)	Love Whip	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Personnel: Reverend Horton Heat (vocals, guitar); The Psychic Plowboy Horn Section (horns); Hook Herrera (harmonica); Tim Alexander (piano); Jim Wallace (acoustic bass, background vocals); Patrick "Taz" Bentley (drums, background vocals).
Includes liner notes by Carson Langtry.
Personnel: The Reverend Horton Heat (vocals, guitar); Jimbo Wallace (vocals, upright bass); Patrick Bentley, Taz Bentley (vocals, drums); Hook Herrera (harmonica); Tim Alexander (piano).
Liner Note Author: Carson Langtry.
Photographers: Michael Lavine; Charles Peterson .
Recorded live in the studio, direct to a vintage two-track tape machine, the debut by The Reverend Horton Heat smokes like a classic '50s rockabilly session seasoned with a healthy dash of post-punk mayhem. Not as slick as the Stray Cats, as schtick-filled as the Cramps, as traditional as Flat Duo Jets, or as crazed as Hasil Adkins, The Reverend Horton Heat is his own special brand of rockabilly cat.
The Rev, stand-up bassist Jim Wallace, and drummer Taz Bentley's fiery, noisy playing blow apart any notion of polite revivalism, while such song titles as "Eat Steak," "Big Dwarf Rodeo," and the aptly titled rave-up "Psychobilly Freakout" show that this is not your father's rockabilly. SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM is a classic of the form that should appeal even to those who aren't usually rockabilly fans.

Professional Reviews

(Jan./Feb.,1992) - "...Live to 2-track in the studio, this is so fresh, clean and gimmick free I hardly remembered what real rock & roll sounded like....Surf-roots guitar evil at its best..."