It's Martini Time is the title of the fourth album by The Reverend Horton Heat. It was released by Interscope Records

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 in July 1996. It's Martini Time is the first Reverend Horton Heat album to feature Scott Churilla on drums, following Taz Bentley

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's departure from the band in 1994. It is also the first Reverend Horton Heat album to chart on the Billboard 200

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, reaching number 165 (the highest position of a Reverend Horton Heat album on that chart).

The song "Big Red Rocket of Love" appears in the film Modern Vampires

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as well as the video game Motorstorm

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on the PlayStation 3

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Heath except as noted.

1. "Big Red Rocket Of Love" – 3:04
2. "Slow" – 4:23
3. "It's Martini Time" – 3:14
4. "Generation Why" – 2:46
5. "Slingshot" (Heath/Wallace/Churilla) – 3:07
6. "Time To Pray" – 2:40
7. "Crooked Cigarette" – 2:54
8. "Rock This Joint
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   " (Crafton/Keene/Bagby) – 2:04
9. "Cowboy Love" – 2:41
10. "Now, Right Now" – 2:39
11. "Spell On Me" – 3:18
12. "Or Is It Just Me" – 5:30
13. "Forbidden Jungle" – 2:18
14. "That's Showbiz" – 4:35

Personnel

• Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - vocals
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  , guitar
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• Jimbo Wallace - upright bass
• Scott Churilla - drums
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  , percussion
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• Tim Alexander - piano
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  , organ
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  , and accordion
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• Dan Phillips - steel guitar
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• Billy Pitman - guitar
• Jim Lehnert - tenor sax
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  , baritone sax
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• Gary Sweet - trumpet
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• Erik Swanson - trombone
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• Thom Panunzio - producer, engineer, mixing (on "Crooked Cigarette", "Rock The Joint", "Cowboy Love", "Or Is It Just Me", and "That's Showbiz")
• Keith Rust - assistant engineer, mixing (on "It's Martini Time", "Now, Right Now", "Spell On Me", and "Forbidden Jungle")
• Terry Slemmons - assistant engineer
• David Nottingham - assistant mixer
• Chris Shaw - mixing (on "Big Red Rocket of Love", "Slow", "Generation Why", "Slingshot", and "Time To Pray")
• Robert Vosgien - mastering
• Tony Ferguson - A&R
• Dennis Williams - crew
• David Adriance - crew
• Blair Campbell - crew
• Allan Nassau - crew
• Karma Cheema - crew
• Doc Williamson - crew
• Scott Weiss - management
• Unleashed - art direction
• Jennifer Broussard - photography
• Marina Chavez - photography
• Richard Lee Smith, Jr. - additional illustration

Album

Year	Album	Chart	Position
1996	It's Martini Time	Heatseekers	9
		The Billboard 200	165