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. Released in 1995, it is the band's second

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release. The album was a local success in Boston, MA, sold out of its initial pressing and won three awards from the 1995 Boston Phoenix Readers' Poll, including "Best Metal Album", "Best Rap Album" and "Album of the Year". Its success led to a contract with the major label

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, who reissued the album under the title ''Mega!! Kung Fu Radio'' on February 25, 1997. It had sold 156,954 copies by 2003.

Style

The album's musical style incorporates elements of heavy metal,

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"doesn't sing one single lyric, instead barking out the lyrics in a hard staccato delivery."

Track listing

(''The Blood-Splat Rating System'', 1995) #"Public Menace, Freak, Human Fly" – 3:38 # "Neckbone" – 4:00 # "Car Crash" – 2:42 # "Earth vs. Me" – 3:20 # "A Swim with the Sharks" – 3:28 # "Tokyo Vigilante #1" – 3:00 # "Organizized" – 3:56 # "Boredwitcha" – 2:50 # "Standing 8" – 3:44 # "Even Superman Shot Himself" – 5:47 # "File Under Action" (hidden track after track 10) – 4:19 (''Mega!! Kung Fu Radio'', 1997) # "Public Menace, Freak, Human Fly" – 3:38 # "Organizized" – 3:55 # "Neckbone" – 4:00 # "Car Crash" – 2:42 # "Earth vs. Me" – 3:20 # "A Swim with the Sharks" – 3:20 # "20 Miles to Texas 25 to Hell" – 3:16 # "Mega!! Kung Fu Radio" – 3:38 # "Tokyo Vigilante #1" – 2:59 # "Boredwitcha" – 2:50 # "Standing 8" – 3:35 # "Even Superman Shot Himself" – 5:47 # "File Under Action" (hidden track after track 12) – 4:19

Credits

Powerman 5000

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Other personnel

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– producer, mixing * Chris Shaw – mixing * Frank E. Butkus – mixing * Tom Baker – mastering * Wendy Sherman – art direction, design * John Diaz – art direction, design *

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- A&R

References

Powerman 5000 albums 1995 albums DreamWorks Records albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub