Reverend Horton Heat (aka Jim Heath) always wanted to sound like the wildest, noisiest rockabilly guitarist on Earth, so it was fortunate that he crossed paths with Ministry braintrust Al Jourgensen during his brief spell as an advocate of roots music (and whatever happened to the Buck Satan project, Jourgensen's promised collaboration with Buck Owens?).
From a musical standpoint, Liquor in the Front doesn't represent much of a change-up from Heat's previous work; there's a bit of up-tempo surf, a dash of old-school country, and a man-sized portion of fast and frantic tunes about cars, girls, and hard living.
But with Jourgensen in the producer's chair, the Reverend's guitar finally sounds as big and powerful as he always wanted it to be; the rod-rodded engineering and in-the-red mix makes for a loud, meaty guitar assault that merges technical finesse and physical power like Muhammad Ali, and while Jimbo Wallace's bass and Taz Bentley's drums don't undergo quite so dramatic a transformation, they display more than enough backbone to support their leader as he burns up the fretboard.
Reverent Horton Heat was never your typical rockabilly act, and on Liquor in the Front he made an album that still honored the traditions of the style while kicking up more dust than he ever had before, and for sheer crank, nothing in his catalog can touch it.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big SkyJim Heath | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | Baddest of the Bad | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:28 | 5 MB | 18 MB |
| 3 | One Time for Me | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 4 | In Your Wildest DreamsThe Reverend Horton Heat, Jimbo Wallace | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:58 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 5 | Yeah, Right | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:44 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 6 | Cruisin' for a Bruisin' | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 7 | I Could Get Used to It | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 01:58 | 4 MB | 14 MB |
| 8 | Liquor, Beer & Wine | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | I Can't Surf | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 10 | Jezebel | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 11 | The EntertainerThe Reverend Horton Heat | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 01:14 | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| 12 | Five-O Ford | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:29 | 5 MB | 18 MB |
| 13 | Rockin' Dog | The Reverend Horton Heat | Play | 02:38 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 35 mins | 82 MB | |||||
| 35 mins | 252 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Bentley | Guest Artist |
| 2 | Jim Heath | Composer |
| 3 | Al Jourgensen | Guest Artist |
| 4 | The Reverend Horton Heat | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 5 | 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). |