As the photo on the back cover indicates, the Reverend Horton Heat spent the two years between Liquor in the Front and It's Martini Time living pretty hard.
In addition to touring, the group has indulged in their boozy, campy ways a little too much, which is evident throughout It's Martini Time.
Though the group sounds fine -- by this point, they could probably play their overdriven rockabilly in their sleep -- there is no spark to the record, it all sounds tired.
Where the band had sounded intoxicatingly crazed in the past, songs like "Big Red Rocket of Love" and "Generation Why" have no energy, nor do they have any hooks.
The Reverend Horton Heat simply sound burned out.
Of course, most rockabilly bands -- especially rockabillly revivalists -- wind up sounding burned out or tired, but it's disheartening to hear the group sound so close to the end of the line so early in their career.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Red Rocket of LoveJim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 2 | SlowThe Reverend Horton Heat, Jim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | It's Martini TimeJim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 4 | Generation WhyJim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 5 | SlingshotScott Churilla, The Reverend Horton Heat, Jimbo Wallace | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 03:07 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 6 | Time to PrayJim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:40 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 7 | Crooked CigaretteJim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:54 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 8 | Rock the JointDoc Bagby, Harry "Fats" Crafton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:04 | 4 MB | 14 MB |
| 9 | Cowboy LoveThe Reverend Horton Heat, Jim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 10 | Now, Right NowJim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 11 | Spell on MeJim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 12 | Or Is It Just MeJim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 05:30 | 12 MB | 34 MB |
| 13 | Forbidden JungleJim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:18 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 14 | That's ShowbizJim Heath-Horton | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 45 mins | 103 MB | |||||
| 45 mins | 297 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Alexander | Accordion, Organ, Piano |
| 2 | Doc Bagby | Composer |
| 3 | Scott Churilla | Composer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals |
| 4 | Harry "Fats" Crafton | Composer |
| 5 | Jim Heath-Horton | Composer |
| 6 | David Nottingham | Mixing Assistant |
| 7 | Thom Panunzio | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 8 | Dan Phillips | Guitar (Steel) |
| 9 | The Reverend Horton Heat | Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 10 | Keith Rust | Assistant Engineer, Mixing |
| 11 | Terry Slemmons | Assistant Engineer |
| 12 | Robert Vosgien | Mastering |
| 13 | Jimbo Wallace | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |