Friendly as a Hand Grenade

Studio album by Tackhead

Released

1989

Recorded

Unique Recording, NYC and Matrix and Southern Studios, London

Genre

Funk, industrial

Length

36:12

Label

TVT, World

Producer

Tackhead

Tackhead chronology

Tackhead Tape Time
(1987)

Friendly as a Hand Grenade
(1989)

Strange Things
(1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Friendly as a Hand Grenade is the second album by Tackhead, released in 1989 through TVT Records.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bernard Fowler, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood and Doug Wimbish, except "Ska Trek" by Prince Buster.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ska Trek"	0:48
2.	"Tell Me the Hurt"	5:16
3.	"Mind and Movement"	5:23
4.	"Stealing"	6:32
5.	"Airborne Ranger"	5:01
6.	"Body to Burn"	1:04
7.	"Demolition House"	4:08
8.	"Free South Africa"	1:56
9.	"Ticking Time Bomb"	4:23
10.	"Ska Trek"	1:34

Personnel

Tackhead

Bernard Fowler – keyboards, vocals
Keith LeBlanc – drums, percussion, drum programming, sampler
Skip McDonald – engineering, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
Doug Wimbish – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, vocals

Additional musicians and production

Dave Pine – engineering
Adrian Sherwood – engineering, mixing
Tackhead – producer

Charts

Charts (1989)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart^[2]	3

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1989	World	CD, LP	WR013
United States	1989	TVT	CD, LP	TVT 4060
Japan	1989	Alfa Records, Inc	CD	ALCA-553

References

↑ Bush, John. "Friendly as a Hand Grenade". Allmusic. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

External links

Friendly as a Hand Grenade at Discogs (list of releases)

Tackhead

Studio albums

Remix albums

Tackhead Sound Crash (2006)

Compilations

Singles

as The Maffia

As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade (1985)
Mark Stewart (1987)
Metatron (1990)
Control Data (1996)
Edit (2008)

as Fats Comet

"Stormy Weather"
"Rockchester"

as Strange Parcels

Disconnection (1994)

Articles	On-U Sound Records Discography

Groups	Dub Syndicate Jungle Funk Living Colour

Categories

Albums
Songs
Members

Keith LeBlanc

Studio albums	Major Malfunction Stranger Than Fiction Raw Time Traveller Freakatorium

Compilations	Stop the Confusion (Global Interference)

Singles	"No Sell Out" Support the Miners

with Tackhead	Tackhead Tape Time Friendly as a Hand Grenade Strange Things For the Love of Money

with Strange Parcels	Disconnection

Little Axe

Studio albums	The Wolf that House Built Slow Fuse Hard Grind Champagne & Grits Stone Cold Ohio Bought for a Dollar, Sold for a Dime If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog

Compilations	Return

with Tackhead	Tackhead Tape Time Friendly as a Hand Grenade Strange Things For the Love of Money

with Strange Parcels	Disconnection

Adrian Sherwood

Studio albums	Never Trust a Hippy Becoming a Cliché Survival & Resistance

as Voice of Authority	Very Big in America Right Now

as Barmy Army	"Sharp as a Needle" The English Disease

with Tackhead	Tackhead Tape Time Friendly as a Hand Grenade Strange Things For the Love of Money

Doug Wimbish

Studio albums	Trippy Notes for Bass CinemaSonics

with Tackhead	Tackhead Tape Time Friendly as a Hand Grenade Strange Things For the Love of Money

with Living Colour	Stain Collideøscope The Chair in the Doorway Shade

with Strange Parcels	Disconnection

with Jungle Funk	Jungle Funk

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