Tape Head

Tape Head
Studio album by King's X
Released	October 20, 1998
Recorded	May 1998 - Jul 1998 Hound Pound and Alien Beans Studios
Genre	Hard rock, progressive metal
Length	47:41
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	King's X
King's X chronology
Best of King's X (1997) Tape Head (1998) Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Phantom Tollbooth	{2 reviews} [2]
HM Magazine	HM Magazine review[3]

Tape Head is the seventh album by heavy metal/hard rock trio King's X, released in 1998.

Track listing

All songs by King's X.

1. "Groove Machine" – 3:42
2. "Fade" – 3:24
3. "Over and Over" – 3:23
4. "Ono" – 3:55
5. "Cupid" – 4:14
6. "Ocean" – 3:08
7. "Little Bit of Soul" – 4:13
8. "Hate You" – 3:01
9. "Higher Than God" – 3:00
10. "Happy" – 5:38
11. "Mr. Evil" – 3:45
12. "World" – 3:36
13. "Walter Bela Farkas (Live Peace in New York)" – 2:32
14. "Two" (Bonus track for cassette and import CD editions)

Personnel

• Doug Pinnick- bass, vocals
• Ty Tabor- guitar, vocals
• Jerry Gaskill- drums, vocals

Album notes

• Mixed and mastered at Alien Beans by Ty Tabor
• Photography by Wanda Tabor
• Cover by Ty Tabor
• Design by Brian J Ames
• Additional musicians: Wally Farkas - vocals on "Walter Bela Farkas"
• According to Doug Pinnick, he brought the songs "Happy", "Cupid" and "Hate You" and Ty Tabor brought "Ocean" to the Tape Head recording sessions.
• All other songs were band created during the recording session - a song a day for 14 days.
• A music video was made for "Fade".
• The controversial unreleased track, "Quality Control" is included on Tape Head, only now the song is titled "Happy". The majority of the lyrics are now different, including the lack of profanity.
• The album cover picture is that of Doug Pinnick wrapped in recording tape.
• The song "Walter Bella Farkas" was recorded live 8.8.1996 at Tramps NYC. They did the "gag" at every show that tour, but the recording took place in New York.
• "World" is a reworked song from their Sneak Preview demos.

References

1. Tape Head at AllMusic
2. The Phantom Tollbooth reviews
3. Van Pelt, Doug (November–December 1998). "Album Reviews: KING'S X Tape Head". HM Magazine (74). ISSN 1066-6923.

External links

• Official King's X Site, Accessed on July 11, 2005.
• Additional information about the album, Accessed on April 26, 2006.
• site francophone, Accessed on July 24, 2006.