"It" the Album is the fourth studio album by English gothic rock band Alien Sex Fiend, released in October 1986 by Anagram Records.

"It" the Album
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1986
Recorded1986
Length46:03
LabelAnagram
ProducerAlien Sex Fiend, Pete McGhee
Alien Sex Fiend chronology
Maximum Security
(1985)
"It" the Album
(1986)
Here Cum Germs
(1988)

Content

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The album cover was painted by frontman Nik Fiend.

Release

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The 1986 cassette version ("It" the Cassette) also included the band's full 1985 album Maximum Security.

The album was later reissued in CD format with three additional tracks and retitled It (The CD).

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]

Trouser Press called the album "unquestionably the group's most creative, mind-expanding undertaking".[2]

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Smells Like..."5:49
2."Manic Depression"13:13
3."Believe It or Not"4:40
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."April Showers"9:15
2."Wop Bop"3:42
3."Get Into It"3:43
4."Lesson One"3:35
5."Do It Right"5:03
6."To Be Continued..."0:42
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Buggin' Me..."3:39
11."Hurricane Fighter Plane" (Red Krayola cover)6:48
12."It Lives Again"3:46

References

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  1. ^ ""It" the Album – Alien Sex Fiend". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Alien Sex Fiend". Trouser Press. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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