Released October 16, 1990 | Length 01:02:46 Release date 16 October 1990 | |
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Hack(1990) Peace and Love, Inc.(1992) Genres Synth-pop, Freestyle music, Electronic dance music, Electronica Similar Information Society, Peace and Love - Inc, Don't Be Afraid, Creatures of Influence, Pure Energy |
Hack is an album by the freestyle synthpop band Information Society. The album sold quite well but did not outsell the band's first album. It is the only major-label-distributed title that has the modern Tommy Boy Records logo on it.
Contents
- Information society hack
- Artwork and packaging
- Musical style
- Star Trek references
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Information society hack
Artwork and packaging
The menacing car on the cover is "Vector", Kurt Harland's heavily customized 1973 Plymouth Satellite Sebring. [1] The cassette tape for this album used an unusual naming convention for the sides. Instead of 1 and 2 or A and B, there was the Gilligan Side and the Skipper Side.
Musical style
Riding on the success of its self-titled major-label debut, Harland decided to have the band experiment on this album with a more radical, harsher sound. The other members agreed somewhat, feeling that they should stay on level ground with the pop sensibilities. This is more pronounced on tracks like "Seek 200" and "Hard Currency". This notion eventually lead to Don't Be Afraid, Harland's solo album.
Like the others, this album is thick with samples and loops, including Kraftwerk, James Brown, Nitzer Ebb and Beastie Boys.
Star Trek references
There are multiple references to the first Star Trek series on various tracks on the album. On the track "Charlie X", the line "I could make you all go away, any time I want to" is a reference to the episode "Charlie X". On "Come with Me," the following lines are a reference to the episode The Changeling:
"What is the meaning?"
"Singing, What purpose is singing? I like to sing"
Track listing
- "Seek 200" (Harland) — 3:06
- "How Long" (Robb) — 4:06
- "Think" (Information Society) — 4:42
- "Wenn Wellen Schwingen" — 0:24
- "A Knife & a Fork" (Information Society) — 3:03
- "R.I.P." — 0:20
- "Now That I Have You" (Information Society) — 5:04
- "Fire Tonight" (Harland) — 5:39
- "Can't Slow Down" (Robb) — 4:44
- "T.V. Addicts" — 0:31
- "Hard Currency" (Harland) — 2:34
- "Move Out" (Information Society) — 3:58
- "CP Drill KKL" (Harland, Maher) — 0:37
- "Mirrorshades" (Robb) — 5:29
- "We Don't Take" — 0:10
- "Hack 1" (Information Society) — 3:23
- "Charlie X" — 0:11
- "If Only" (Robb) — 4:06
- "Come With Me" (Harland, Maher) — 4:23
- "Slipping Away" (Harland) — 3:58
- "Here Is Kazmeyer" (Cassidy) — 0:15
- "Chemistry" (Robb) — 2:12
Note
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic
Songs
1Seek 2003:06
2How Long4:05
3Think / Wenn Wellen Schwingen5:05