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It’s Martini Time by The Reverend Horton Heat
It’s Martini Time is an album by The Reverend Horton Heat, released in 1996. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “It's Martini Time”, on 5 lists with a best position of #69.
It's Martini Time, the Reverend Horton Heat's fourth album, came out on Interscope in July 1996, and the Dallas psychobilly trio used it to show they could do more than tear the roof off a Deep Ellum bar. Jim Heath still sings and wields the guitar like a hot rod, Jimbo Wallace still slaps the upright bass, and Scott Churilla makes his debut on drums here, filling the stool Taz Bentley left in 1994. Thom Panunzio produced.
The rockabilly and surf thrash is all present and correct, but the title track trades the grease for a swanky, cocktail-hour swing, and "Rock the Joint" reaches back to Bill Haley's 1952 version. "Big Red Rocket of Love" later found a second life in the film Modern Vampires and the PlayStation 3 game MotorStorm. It was also the band's first album to reach the Billboard 200, peaking at 165.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from It’s Martini Time on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It's Martini Time | 5 | #69 | – | 1996–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.