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, released by

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in March 1998. It

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ed on the ''Billboard'' 200, reaching number 187. "Pride of San Jacinto" appears in the videogame ''

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Album art

The front-cover

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of 1950s

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, turning 1950s-era

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Track listing

#"Pride of San Jacinto" (Wallace) – 3:13 #"Lie Detector" (Heath) – 3:24 #"Hello Mrs. Darkness" (Heath) – 3:11 #"Jimbo Song" (Heath/Wallace) – 2:21 #"Revolution Under Foot" (Heath/Wallace/Churilla) – 4:29 #"Starlight Lounge" (Heath) – 2:48 #"Goin' Manic" (Heath/Churilla/Wallace) – 4:27 #"Mi Amor" (Heath) – 3:05 #"For Never More" (Heath/Wallace/Churilla) – 2:53 #"The Prophet Stomp" (Heath) – 3:02 #"Native Tongue of Love" (Heath) – 3:17 #"Couch Surfin'" (Heath/Churilla) – 4:02 #"Cinco de Mayo" (Heath/Churilla/Wallace/Stasium) – 2:11 #"Texas Rock-A-Billy Rebel" (Heath) – 2:47 #"Baby I'm Drunk" (Heath) – 3:11 #"Space Heater" (Heath/Churilla/Wallace) – 9:47

Personnel

*Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath -

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(on "Pride of San Jacinto" and "Goin' Manic"),

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(on "The Prophet Stomp") *Jimbo Wallace -

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*Scott Churilla -

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, backing vocals (on "Jimbo Song" and "Couch Surfin') *Tim Alexander -

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(on "Lie Detector"),

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on ("Mi Amor") *Ed Stasium - producer, recorder, mixer *Phillip Green - assistant recorder *Marvin Hlavenka - assistant recorder *Junichi Murakawa - assistant mixer *Greg Calbi - mastering *Tom Whalley - A&R direction *Scott Weiss - management *Jeffrey Taylor Light - legal *Unleashed - art direction + design *Lisa Peardon - photography

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References

{{Authority control 1998 albums The Reverend Horton Heat albums Albums produced by Ed Stasium Interscope Records albums