Half Machine Lip Moves

Studio album by Chrome

Released

March 15, 1979

Recorded

Alamar Studios in San Francisco, California, United States

Genre

Experimental rock

Length

35:55

Label

Siren

Producer

Damon Edge

Chrome chronology

Alien Soundtracks
(1977)

Half Machine Lip Moves
(1979)

Read Only Memory
(1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

Half Machine Lip Moves is the third studio album by American experimental rock band Chrome. It was released on March 15, 1979 by record label Siren.

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"T.V. as Eyes"	Helios Creed	Damon Edge, Gary Spain	2:19
2.	"Zombie Warfare (Can't Let You Down)"	Edge	Creed, Edge	5:47
3.	"March of the Chrome Police (A Cold Clamey Bombing)"	Edge	Edge	3:38
4.	"You've Been Duplicated"	Edge	Creed, Edge	2:38
5.	"Mondo Anthem"	Creed, Edge	Edge, Spain	3:33

Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Half Machine Lip Moves"	Creed, Edge	Creed, Edge	5:21
2.	"Abstract Nympho"	Creed, Edge	Creed, Edge	3:35
3.	"Turned Around"	Creed	Creed, Edge	2:01
4.	"Zero Time"	Creed	Creed, Edge	3:04
5.	"Creature Eternal"	Creed, Edge	Creed, Edge	1:53
6.	"Critical Mass"	Edge	Creed, Edge	2:00

Legacy

UK magazine The Wire included Half Machine Lip Moves on its list "100 (130) Records That Set the World on Fire".^[3]

Personnel

Chrome

Helios Creed – lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, bass guitar, bells, bowed guitar
Damon Edge – lead vocals, keyboard guitar, organ, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, percussion, drums, rhythm guitar ("Turned Around"), tape operation, production, engineering, art direction, sleeve photography

Additional personnel

Gary Spain – bass guitar ("T.V. as Eyes", "Mondo Anthem")

Technical

John L. Cyborg – electronics
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Amy James – sleeve photography, cover design

References

↑ Raggett, Ned. "Half Machine Lip Moves – Chrome : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. AllRovi. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
↑ "Acclaimed Music – Half Machine Lip Moves". Acclaimed Music. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
↑ "rocklist.net...The Wire Lists...". rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved April 24, 2013.

External links

Half Machine Lip Moves at Discogs (list of releases)

Chrome

Helios Creed Damon Edge John Lambdin Mike Low Gary Spain

Studio albums	The Visitation Alien Soundtracks Half Machine Lip Moves Red Exposure Blood on the Moon 3rd from the Sun Into the Eyes of the Zombie King

Extended plays	Read Only Memory

Compilation albums	Chrome Box

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