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

Heat Generation
Studio album by
Released1981
RecordedUltrasonic Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana
GenreSwamp rock
Length38:31
LabelCroaker Records
ProducerBill Cat and The Radiators
The Radiators chronology
Work Done on Premises
(1980)
Heat Generation
(1981)
Law of the Fish
(1987)
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Overview

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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

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

No.TitleWriter(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 Scanlan1:53
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.TitleLength
11."If Your Heart Ain't In It"2:45
12."Hard to Tell"3:21
Total length:44:37

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