''Filth Hounds of Hades'' is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band
Tank
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, released in March 1982 on the Kamaflage label.
The album was produced by "Fast" Eddie Clarke of
Motörhead
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, and recorded between December 1981 and January 1982 at
Ramport Studios
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John Peel
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show in 1975, and later a 1978 album and
1980 film
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:
"Filth hounds of Hades!: Sir Henry Rawlinson surfaced from the blackness, hot and fidgety, fuss, bother and itch, conscious mind coming up too fast for the bends, through pack-ice thrubbing seas, boom-sounders, blow-holes, harsh-croak Blind Pews tip-tap-tocking for escape from his pressing skull...."
In an interview with ''
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'', drummer Mark Brabbs said that "It came from Viv Stanshall's book and it just sounded apt 'cos we all like his humour. It just seemed to describe the sort of people who came to see us when we first started they were the same as us, just having a party, starting drinking each day at lunchtime, so it seemed apt, 'cos we called them The Filth even then, though not in a derogatory way!"
Track listing
All songs by Tank (Mark Brabbs, Peter Brabbs and
Algy Ward
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;Side one
# "Shellshock" – 3:10
# "Struck by Lightning" – 3:10
# "Run Like Hell" – 3:40
# "Blood, Guts, and Beer" – 3:42
# "That What Dreams Are Made Of" – 5:32
;Side two
#
"Turn Your Head Around" – 3:25
# "Heavy Artillery" – 3:28
# "Who Needs Love Songs" – 3:06
# "Filth Hounds of Hades" – 3:56
# "(He Fell in Love with a) Stormtrooper" – 5:17
Initial copies of the album came with a free 7":
# "Don't Walk Away" (live)
# "The Snake"
Personnel
;Tank
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Algy Ward
Alasdair Mackie "Algy" Ward (born 11 July 1959) is an English heavy metal bass guitarist and singer. He founded Tank, a part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement. He also played with the Damned and before that the Saints.
Career ...