It's Martini Time is the fourth album by The Reverend Horton Heat. It was released by Interscope Records in July 1996. It's Martini Time is the first Reverend Horton Heat album to feature Scott Churilla on drums, following Taz Bentley's departure from the band in 1994. It is also the first Reverend Horton Heat album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching number 165 (the second highest position of a Reverend Horton Heat album on that chart).
"Rock the Joint" is the 1952 Bill Haley version with new lyrics and a different arrangement than the 1949 Jimmy Preston recording.
The song "Big Red Rocket of Love" appears in the film Modern Vampires and in the video game MotorStorm on PlayStation 3.
Track listing All songs written by Jim Heath except as noted. "Big Red Rocket of Love" – 3:04 "Slow" – 4:23 "It's Martini Time" – 3:14 "Generation Why" – 2:46 "Slingshot" (Heath/Wallace/Churilla) – 3:07 "Time to Pray" – 2:40 "Crooked Cigarette" – 2:54 "Rock the Joint" (Crafton/Keene/Bagby) – 2:04 "Cowboy Love" – 2:41 "Now, Right Now" – 2:39 "Spell On Me" – 3:18 "Or Is It Just Me" – 5:30 "Forbidden Jungle" – 2:18 "That's Showbiz" – 4:35
Personnel Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - vocals, guitar Jimbo Wallace - upright bass, fiddle, vocals Scott Churilla - drums, vocals, percussion Tim Alexander - piano, organ, and accordion Dan Phillips - steel guitar Billy Pitman - guitar Jim Lehnert - tenor sax, baritone sax Gary Sweet - trumpet Erik Swanson - trombone Thom Panunzio - producer, engineer, mixing (on "Crooked Cigarette", "Rock The Joint", "Cowboy Love", "Or Is It Just Me", and "That's Showbiz") Keith Rust - assistant engineer, mixing (on "It's Martini Time", "Now, Right Now", "Spell On Me", and "Forbidden Jungle") Terry Slemmons - assistant engineer David Nottingham - assistant mixer Chris Shaw - mixing (on "Big Red Rocket of Love", "Slow", "Generation Why", "Slingshot", and "Time To Pray") Robert Vosgien - mastering Tony Ferguson - A&R Dennis Williams - crew David Adriance - crew Blair Campbell - crew Allan Nassau - crew Karma Cheema - crew Doc Williamson - crew Scott Weiss - management Unleashed - art direction Jennifer Broussard - photography Marina Chavez - photography Richard Lee Smith, Jr. - additional illustration
Charts
Chart (1996)Peakposition US Billboard 200 165 US Heatseekers (Billboard) 9
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