# Bikini Red > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bikini_Red > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bikini_Red.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Red > Source revision: 1326564386 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Bikini Red | type = studio | artist = [the Screaming Blue Messiahs](/source/the_Screaming_Blue_Messiahs) | cover = File:Screaming_Blue_Messiahs_-_Bikini_Red_album_cover.jpg | alt = | released = 1987 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [Rock](/source/Rock_music) | length = 34:50 | label = [Elektra](/source/Elektra_Records) | producer = [Vic Maile](/source/Vic_Maile) | prev_title = [Gun Shy](/source/Gun-Shy_(album)) | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = [Totally Religious](/source/Totally_Religious) | next_year = 1989 }} '''''Bikini Red''''' is the third release by [the Screaming Blue Messiahs](/source/the_Screaming_Blue_Messiahs) and the follow-up to ''[Gun-Shy](/source/Gun-Shy_(album))''. The album, which was notable for being one of the last recordings by renowned producer [Vic Maile](/source/Vic_Maile), well known for his work with [Jimi Hendrix](/source/Jimi_Hendrix), [Led Zeppelin](/source/Led_Zeppelin) and [Eric Clapton](/source/Eric_Clapton). ''Bikini Red'' was also one of two albums by The Screaming Blue Messiahs (along with ''Gun-Shy'') that brought them to the attention of [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie) and that led to him promoting the band:[https://books.google.com/books?id=PJEACAAAQBAJ&dq=david+bowie+screaming+blue+messiahs&pg=PT185 Google Books: Bowie on Bowie: Screaming Blue Messiahs] "Well! The band this week – I've only just discovered them, so they're my pet project – is The Screaming Blue Messiahs. They're the best band I've heard out of England in a long time" (''Musician'' magazine, August 1987){{citation needed|date=October 2016}} and "There’s an English band I like very much. Nobody seems to have heard of them. They’re called The Screaming Blue Messiahs and I’m pushing them like mad." (''Words And Music'' magazine, January 1988){{citation needed|date=October 2016}}, and when asked by [Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) magazine in 1987 who is favorite band were, Bowie replied, "The Screaming Blue Messiahs. I love them. I think they're terrific."[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-bowie-the-rolling-stone-interview-19870423 Rolling Stone magazine: David Bowie: Stardust Memories interview] ==Reviews== {{Music ratings |rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |rev1score = {{rating|4|5}} | rev2 = ''[New Musical Express](/source/New_Musical_Express)'' | rev2score = 6/10{{cite magazine|title=The Screaming Blue Messiahs: ''Bikini Red'' |last=Mann |first=Paul |date=21 November 1987 |magazine=[New Musical Express](/source/New_Musical_Express)|page=37}} }} [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)'s John Duggan wrote: "The Messiahs' follow-up to ''Gun-Shy'' was this devastating hunk of noise, which didn't pull any punches when it came to raw emotion and intensity. Side One, especially, is a rave-up from the gut-bustin' raunch of 'Sweet Water Pools' to the closer 'Big Brother Muscle.' As always, Carter's obsessions are a little hard to understand, but the images and lyric fragments fly at you like shards of broken glass; you'll remember when they hit you. 'I Wanna Be a Flintstone' kicks off Side Two, and it remains as funky and funny as it was the first time you hear it. Great production work by Vic Maile."{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bikini-red-mw0000651386 |title=Screaming Blue Messiahs: Bikini Red: Overview |last=Dougan |first=John |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=16 June 2019}} ==Singles== "Bikini Red" and "I Can Speak American" were both released as singles in 1987. January 1988 saw the release of "I Wanna Be A Flintstone" (a reworked song from an album by an earlier band of Carter's, Motor Boys Motor) as a single. The record became an instant [hit](/source/Hit_single), peaking at number 28 in the [UK charts](/source/UK_Singles_Chart_records).[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24658/screaming-blue-messiahs/ Official Charts: Screaming Blue Messiahs: Singles] The song's success saw the band appearing on the BBC's ''[Top of the Pops](/source/Top_of_the_Pops)'' and Saturday morning [kids' show](/source/Children's_television_series) ''[No. 73](/source/No._73)''. Two [videos](/source/Music_video) were made for the song, both making use of [cartoon](/source/Animated_cartoon) clips from the ''[Flintstones](/source/The_Flintstones)'' TV series. The single appeared in multiple formats, including [picture discs](/source/Unusual_types_of_gramophone_records) and [extended 12"](/source/12-inch_single) [remix versions](/source/Remix). ==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = Side one | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Sweet Water Pools[http://www.allmusic.com/album/bikini-red-mw0000651386 AllMusic: Screaming Blue Messiahs: Bikini Red: Track listing] | extra1 = Bill Carter | length1 = 3:32 | title2 = Bikini Red | extra2 = Bill Carter | length2 = 3:47 | title3 = Too Much Love | extra3 = Bill Carter | length3 = 3:07 | title4 = I Can Speak American | extra4 = Bill Carter | length4 = 2:57 | title5 = Big Brother Muscle | extra5 = Bill Carter | length5 = 2:59 }} {{track listing | headline = Side two | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = I Wanna Be a Flintstone | extra1 = Bill Carter | length1 = 2:31 | title2 = Jesus Chrysler Drives a Dodge | extra2 = Bill Carter | length2 = 4:01 | title3 = Lie Detector | extra3 = Bill Carter | length3 = 3:59 | title4 = 55-The Law | extra4 = Bill Carter | length4 = 2:10 | title5 = All Shook Down | extra5 = Bill Carter | length5 = 2:16 | title6 = Waltz | extra6 = Bill Carter | length6 = 3:31 }} ==Personnel== '''The band''' *Bill Carter - Lead vocals and lead guitar[http://www.allmusic.com/album/bikini-red-mw0000651386/credits AllMusic: Screaming Blue Messiahs: Bikini Red: Credits] *Chris Thompson - Bass guitar and backing vocal *Kenny Harris - Drums '''Studio''' *Engineer – Harold Burgon *Engineer – [Ian Caple](/source/Ian_Caple) *Producer – [Vic Maile](/source/Vic_Maile) *Written by Bill Carter, except "Bikini Red", "Big Brother Muscle", "I Wanna Be a Flintstone", "Lie Detector", "55 - The Law" and "All Shook Down" by Bill Carter/Tony Moon ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} Category:1987 albums Category:The Screaming Blue Messiahs albums Category:Elektra Records albums Category:Albums produced by Vic Maile --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bikini Red](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Red) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Red?action=history)). 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