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1981 studio album by The Radiators

Heat Generation

Studio album by The Radiators

Released

1981

Recorded

Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana

Genre

Swamp rock

Length

38:31

Label

Croaker Records

Producer

Bill Cat and The Radiators

The Radiators chronology

Work Done on Premises
(1980)

Heat Generation
(1981)

Law of the Fish
(1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Heat Generation is the second album and first studio album from The Radiators.

Overview

Four years after they formed and a year after their first album, The Radiators entered a studio for the first time to create Heat Generation. It flopped and they gave up making albums for five years, until they signed with Epic Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ed Volker, who collaborated on the title track.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jigsaw"		4:50
2.	"Cocktail Music"		3:57
3.	"Automatic"		3:58
4.	"Smokin' Hole"		4:07
5.	"Heat Generation"	Ed Volker; Camile Baudoin; Frank Bua Jr.; Dave Malone; Reggie Scanlan	1:53
6.	"Nail Your Heart to Mine"		4:40
7.	"Sunglasses On"		2:30
8.	"Shoot Out the Lights"		3:38
9.	"Gimme a Rainbow That's for Real"		5:13
10.	"Monkey in Her Heart"		3:45
Total length:			38:31

2007 reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
11.	"If Your Heart Ain't In It"	2:45
12.	"Hard to Tell"	3:21
Total length:		44:37

Credits

Camile Baudoin — Guitars and Vocals
Dave Malone — Guitars and Vocals
Frank Bua — Drums and percussion
Reggie Scanlan — bass and cowbell
Ed Volker — keyboards, Vocals and Percussion
Bill Cat — producer
The Radiators — Producer

References

Heat Generation at AllMusic

v t e The Radiators
Ed Volker Dave Malone Camile Baudoin Reggie Scanlan Frank Bua, Jr. Glenn Sears
Studio albums	Heat Generation Law of the Fish Zig-Zaggin' Through Ghostland Total Evaporation New Dark Ages The Radiators Dreaming Out Loud
Live albums	Work Done on Premises Snafu 10-31-'91 Bucket of Fish Live at the Great American Music Hall Earth vs. The Radiators: the First 25
Compilations	Party On The Best of the Radiators: Songs from the Ancient Furnace
Films/DVDs	Earth vs. The Radiators: the First 25

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