Unknown Territory (Dick Dale album)

Unknown Territory is a studio album by the American surf guitarist Dick Dale, released in 1994.^[3][4] Dale supported the album with a North American tour.^[5] The cover of "Ring of Fire" was a tribute to Dale's childhood love of country music.^[6]

Unknown Territory
Studio album by Dick Dale
Released	1994
Recorded	1994
Studio	Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California[1]
Genre	Surf music
Length	51:49
Label	HighTone[2]
Producer	Scott Mathews, Dick Dale
Dick Dale chronology
Tribal Thunder (1993) Unknown Territory (1994) Calling Up Spirits (1996)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Chicago Tribune	[8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[9]
Los Angeles Times	[10]

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "the extravagance of [Dale's] embroiderings suggesting jazz even as the savagery of his attack is rock incarnate."^[8] The Los Angeles Times opined that "the album's prime stuff is defined less by speed than by its sexy swagger ... 'F Groove' offers slow, heavy rock that is truly low-down and mean."^[10] The News Tribune determined that "Hava Nagila" "sounds like the Ramones picked up a B'nai Brith songbook."^[11]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dick Dale, except where indicated.

1. "Scalped" – 4:05
2. "Mexico" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 3:05
3. "F Groove" – 4:26
4. "Terra Dicktyl" – 3:11
5. "Take It or Leave It" – 4:27
6. "Ghost Riders in the Sky" (Stan Jones) – 3:16
7. "Fish Taco" – 2:39
8. "California Sun" (Henry Glover) – 3:16
9. "Maria Elena" – 4:19
10. "Hava Nagila" (traditional) – 4:00
11. "The Beast" – 3:09
12. "Unknown Territory" – 7:55
13. "Ring of Fire" (Merle Kilgore, June Carter) – 3:31

Personnel

Musicians

• Dick Dale – guitar, vocals
• Ron Eglit – bass guitar, 6 string bass
• Scott Mathews – drums, percussion
• Prairie Prince – drums, percussion
• Tribe Vibe (Scott Mathews, Dick Dale, Prairie Prince, Morgan Raimond, Joe Marquez) – chants
• Huey Lewis – harmonica on "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and "F Groove"

Technical personnel^[1]

• Allen Sudduth – engineering, mixing
• Shawn Michael Morris, Joe Marquez – assistant engineers
• Marc Senasac – mastering (Rocket Lab, San Francisco)