Tackhead Tape Time

Tackhead Tape Time is the debut album by Tackhead.^[2] It was released in 1987 through Nettwerk.

Tackhead Tape Time
Studio album by Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System
Released	1987
Genre	Funk, industrial
Length	36:11
Label	Nettwerk
Producer	Tackhead
Tackhead chronology
Tackhead Tape Time (1987) Friendly as a Hand Grenade (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Composition

Tackhead Tape Time is a "robotic" electro-funk album,^[3] containing abrasive beats,^[4] funky guitar,^[4] and instances of tape delay, which hint at the album's dub and reggae roots.^[5] 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.^[5][3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mind at the End of the Tether"	6:38
2.	"Half Cut Again"	0:28
3.	"Reality"	7:07
4.	"M.O.V.E."	2:23
5.	"Hard Left"	5:07
6.	"Get This"	4:26
7.	"Man in a Suitcase"	4:09
8.	"What's My Mission Now? (Fight the Devil)"	5:51

All tracks are written by Tackhead.

2004 CD re-issue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Something About You"	6:48
10.	"Autograph"	5:35

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1995	Alternative Press	United States	"Top 99 of '85 to '95"	27	[6]
"*" 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