''Drinking Gasoline'' is a 1985 EP release (taking the form of two 12" singles) by Cabaret Voltaire, originally released on the

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label and distributed through

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. All four tracks are featured on the band's "Gasoline in Your Eye" videocassette, also issued in 1985. All known copies of the original UK pressing had labels on the wrong discs (ie, side 1 label on side 3, side 2 label on side 4.) It peaked at #71 in the UK.

Track listing

All songs were written by Richard H. Kirk and

Stephen Mallinder Stephen William Mallinder (born 1 January 1955) is an English artist and musician who was a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire, and went on to work as Sassi & Loco, the Ku-Ling Bros., Hey, Rube!, Wrangler, and Creep Show. Biography Mallinder ...

Personnel

;Cabaret Voltaire *

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, bass,

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* Richard H. Kirk –

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s, keyboards, production ;Other personnel * Mark Tattersall – drums on "Kino" and "Sleepwalking" * Paul White – artwork

References

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