| Friendly as a Hand Grenade | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | Tackhead |
| Cover: | Tackhead - Friendly as a Hand Grenade.jpg |
| Released: | 1989 |
| Recorded: | Unique Recording, NYC and Matrix and Southern Studios, London |
| Genre: | Funk, industrial |
| Length: | 36:12 |
| Label: | TVT, World |
| Producer: | Tackhead |
| Prev Title: | Tackhead Tape Time |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Strange Things |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Friendly as a Hand Grenade is an album by the American band Tackhead.[1] It was released in 1989 through TVT Records.[2]
The band added Bernard Fowler on vocals, and changed its name from Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System. The album cover art is by Gee Vaucher.[3]
The New York Times wrote that Tackhead "draw deep, swampy grooves from funk, rap, house music and dub reggae, then add a paranoid overlay."[4]
Trouser Press wrote: "Opening and closing with the jaunty 'Ska Trek', living up to the title of 'Demolition House' and pursuing the by-now-familiar sardonic comments on the military with the infectious 'Airborne Ranger', the album captures Tackhead at its most coherent."[5] The Spin Alternative Record Guide declared that "at its best, the group melded deeply psychedelic rock and funk in a way that the Red Hot Chili Peppers could only dream of."
| 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 |