''Unknown Territory'' is a studio album by the American surf guitarist

Dick Dale Richard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scale (music), scales and experimenting with reverb eff ...

, released in 1994. Dale supported the album with a North American tour. The cover of "

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" was a tribute to Dale's childhood love of country music.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote that "the extravagance of ale'sembroiderings suggesting jazz even as the savagery of his attack is rock incarnate." The ''

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'' 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." ''

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'' determined that "

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" "sounds like the Ramones picked up a B'nai Brith songbook."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dick Dale, except where indicated. #"Scalped" – 4:05 #"

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) – 3:05 #"F Groove" – 4:26 #"Terra Dicktyl" – 3:11 #"Take It or Leave It" – 4:27 #"

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" ( Stan Jones) – 3:16 #"Fish Taco" – 2:39 #"

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) – 3:16 #"Maria Elena" – 4:19 #"

" (traditional) – 4:00 #"The Beast" – 3:09 #"Unknown Territory" – 7:55 #"

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Merle Kilgore Wyatt Merle Kilgore (August 9, 1934 – February 6, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and manager. Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, he was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. At the time of his death, he was the personal manager of Hank Wil ...

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) – 3:31

Personnel

Musicians *

– guitar, vocals * Ron Eglit – bass guitar, 6 string bass * Scott Mathews – drums, percussion *

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– drums, percussion * Tribe Vibe (Scott Mathews, Dick Dale, Prairie Prince, Morgan Raimond, Joe Marquez) – chants *

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– harmonica on "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and "F Groove" Technical personnel * Allen Sudduth – engineering, mixing * Shawn Michael Morris, Joe Marquez – assistant engineers * Marc Senasac – mastering (Rocket Lab,

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References

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