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wrote: "Opening and closing with the jaunty 'Ska Trek', living up to the title of 'Demolition House' and pursuing the by-now-familiar sardonic comments on the military with the infectious 'Airborne Ranger', the album captures Tackhead at its most coherent." The
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Danton, Eric R. (6 September 2004). "TACKHEAD BACK TOGETHER: HARTFORD-FORMED QUARTET OF INNOVATIVE ARTISTS PIONEERED SOUNDS THAT BECAME STAPLES OF RAP, POP".
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declared that "at its best, the group melded deeply psychedelic rock and funk in a way that the Red Hot Chili Peppers could only dream of."
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wrote that Tackhead "draw deep, swampy grooves from funk, rap, house music and dub reggae, then add a paranoid overlay."
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on vocals, and changed its name from Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System. The album cover art is by
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Popson, Tom (6 April 1990). "'Friendly as a Hand Grenade', Tackhead".
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Pareles, Jon (8 July 1990). "Rock, Rap and Reggae Rolled Into One".
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Unique Recording, NYC and Matrix and Southern Studios, London
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Studio album
Tackhead
Genre
Funk
industrial
Label
TVT
Producer
Tackhead
Tackhead Tape Time
Strange Things
AllMusic
Chicago Tribune
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Houston Chronicle
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Spin Alternative Record Guide
Tackhead
TVT Records
Bernard Fowler
Gee Vaucher
The New York Times
Trouser Press
Spin Alternative Record Guide
Bernard Fowler
Keith LeBlanc
Skip McDonald
Adrian Sherwood
Doug Wimbish

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