Hot Animal Machine

Hot Animal Machine
Studio album by Henry Rollins
Released	1987 (1987)
Recorded	October 1986 (1986-10) at Off Beat Studios, Leeds, England, UK
Length	35:33
Label	Texas Hotel
Producer	Chris Haskett, Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins chronology
Hot Animal Machine (1987) Drive by Shooting (1987)

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Hot Animal Machine is the debut solo album by Henry Rollins which served as a precursor to the Rollins Band. It is only available now in the same 2-in-one package as Drive by Shooting. It is notable for a number of cover songs; Suicide's "Ghost Rider", Richard Berry's "Crazy Lover" and The Velvet Underground's "I'm Gonna Move Right In". The cover art was drawn by Mark Mothersbaugh, the frontman of the popular 1980’s group Devo.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Black and White"	Henry Rollins, Chris Haskett	3:01
2.	"Followed Around"	Rollins, Haskett, Bernie Wandel, Mick Green	2:48
3.	"Lost and Found"	Rollins, Haskett, Wandel	2:04
4.	"There's a Man Outside"	Rollins, Haskett	3:13
5.	"Crazy Lover"	Richard Berry	2:33
6.	"Man and a Woman"	Rollins, Wandel	3:59

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hot Animal Machine 1"	Rollins, Haskett	3:01
2.	"Ghost Rider" (Suicide cover)	Martin Rev, Alan Vega	2:27
3.	"Move Right In" (The Velvet Underground cover)	John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker	2:43
4.	"Hot Animal Machine 2"	Rollins, Haskett	3:31
5.	"No One"	Rollins, Haskett	6:03

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Spex	Germany	Albums of the Year	1987	1

Personnel

Musicians

• Mick Green – drums
• Chris Haskett – electric guitar, production
• Henry Rollins – vocals, production
• Bernie Wandel – bass guitar

Technical personnel

• Geoff Clout – engineering, mixing
• John Golden – mastering
• Mark Mothersbaugh – illustrations

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Germany	1986	What's So Funny About...	LP	SF 54
United Kingdom	1987	Fundamental	LP	SAVE 24
United States	1987	Kill Rock Stars	CS, LP	TXH 002

External links

• Hot Animal Machine at Discogs (list of releases)