Hack (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Hack
Type = Album
Artist = Information Society

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Released = September, 1990
Recorded =
Genre = Synth-pop
Latin freestyle
Length =
Label = Tommy Boy/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records
26258
Producer = Fred Maher
Paul Robb
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE57C1AD34EA87E20D09B3246E9B17DF101DF4DEE811925441BDFBA3C54A0377EB26BA2DDBEFDF86AB579B0FD2EA45D43D0C0EC5FF6DF612D5DF0&sql=10:oe8o1vyjzzba link]
Last album = "Information Society"
(1988)
This album = "Hack" (1990)
Next album = "Peace & Love, Inc." (1992)

"Hack" is an album by Latin freestyle synth-pop band Information Society.The album sold quite well but did not outsell their smash debut album. It is the only major-label-distributed title that has the modern Tommy Boy Records logo on it.

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) — 2:58
#* "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: the sub-listings under several main tracks are index 2, while each of the main tracks is index 1. These are listed as the decimal part of the track number on the back cover of the jewel case. For example, "Slipping Away" is 14.1, "Here Is Kazmeyer" is 14.2, though they will usually play or be ripped as a single track numbered 14."

Line-up

* Paul Robb
* James Cassidy
* "Kurt Harland Valaquen" (Kurt Harland)

Trivia

The menacing car featured in the cover is "Vector", Kurt Harland's heavily customized 1973 Plymouth Satellite Sebring. [http://www.insoc.org/Car.HTML]

Riding on the success its self-titled major-label debut, Kurt decided to have the band experiment more 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 would eventually lead to Don't Be Afraid, Kurt's solo effort.

On Charlie X, the line "I could make you all go away, any time I want to." is a reference to the Star Trek episode of the same name.

Like the others, this album is thick with samples and loops, from Kraftwerk, James Brown, and Nitzer Ebb to Beastie Boys along with too many others to list.

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.

External links

* [http://insoc.org/DiscHk.HTML Kurt Harland comments on "Hack"]