Heat Generation

Heat Generation is the second album and first studio album from 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)

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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