Machine Fish

Machine Fish
Machine Fish
Studio album by Galactic Cowboys
Released	January 30, 1996
Recorded	69:08
Genre	Heavy metal
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Alan Doss
Galactic Cowboys chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	9/10^[2]
Cornerstone	(not rated)^[3]
Cross Rhythms	^[4]
Kerrang!	^[5]

Machine Fish is the third studio album from heavy metal band Galactic Cowboys and their first for Metal Blade Records. The album is heavier, more straightforward, and less progressive than their previous release.^[3] Cornerstone praised Ben Huggins' vocals, stating that his voice "scrapes across your ears with an intensity usually reserved for those being eaten alive by great white sharks."^[3]

Notes[edit]

The artwork depicts a "machine fish", which is actually a garbage sculpture made by bassist Monty Colvin, complete with turning indicator light bulbs for eyes.
The song "Red Sun" actually dates back to 1989. Versions of the song were recorded for the self-titled album and Space In Your Face, but a re-worked version of the song made the cut for Machine Fish.
The Japanese version of this album contained the bonus track "It's Raining (Again)".

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Feel The Rage"	Colvin, Huggins	3:14
2.	"The Struggle"	Colvin	5:54
3.	"Fear Not"	Colvin	5:03
4.	"Stress"	Colvin	4:35
5.	"Psychotic Companion"	Colvin	7:32
6.	"In This Life"	Colvin, Huggins	3:14
7.	"Easy To Love"	Colvin	4:09
8.	"Red Sun"	Colvin, Huggins, Doss	4:59
9.	"Idle Minds"	Huggins, Colvin, Doss	4:11
10.	"The Lens"	Doss, Huggins, Colvin	5:25
11.	"Pattin' Yourself On The Back"	Colvin	3:45
12.	"In A Lonely Room"	Colvin	4:45
13.	"9th Of June"	Colvin	5:24
14.	"Arrow"	Huggins, Doss	6:58

Personnel[edit]

Ben Huggins - Vocals, guitar
Wally Farkas - Guitar, vocals, keys
Monty Colvin - Bass, vocals
Alan Doss - Drums, vocals, keys

References[edit]

^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Machine Fish - Galactic Cowboys | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c Canfield, Dave (1996). "Reviews / Machine Fish". Cornerstone. 25 (109): 58. ISSN 0275-2743.
^ Figgis, Alex (December 1996). "Galactic Cowboys - Machine Fish". Cross Rhythms (36).
^ Shiels, Liam (January 20, 1996). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 580. EMAP. p. 44.

External links[edit]

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[1] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Machine Fish - Galactic Cowboys | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

[2] Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[CSTONE_25_109-3] Canfield, Dave (1996). "Reviews / Machine Fish". Cornerstone. 25 (109): 58. ISSN 0275-2743.

[CM_36-4] Figgis, Alex (December 1996). "Galactic Cowboys - Machine Fish". Cross Rhythms (36).

[5] Shiels, Liam (January 20, 1996). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 580. EMAP. p. 44.

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v t e Galactic Cowboys
Studio albums	Galactic Cowboys (1991) Space in Your Face (1993) Machine Fish (1996) The Horse That Bud Bought (1997) At the End of the Day (1998) Let It Go (2000) Long Way Back to the Moon (2017)
EPs	Feel the Rage (1996)