# En-Tact

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{{Infobox album
| name       = En-Tact
| type       = studio
| artist     = [The Shamen](/source/The_Shamen)
| cover      = The Shamen - En Tact.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1 November 1990
| recorded   = 1989–1990
| studio     =
| genre      = [Electronic](/source/Electronic_music)
| length     = 69:33 (UK version)<br />65:18 (US version)
| label      = [One Little Indian](/source/One_Little_Indian_Records)
| producer   = The Shamen
| prev_title = [Phorward](/source/Phorward)
| prev_year  = 1989
| next_title = [Boss Drum](/source/Boss_Drum)
| next_year  = 1992
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = En-Tact
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Omega Amigo
 | single1date = 1989
 | single2     = Pro-Gen
 | single2date = 1990
 | single3     = Make It Mine
 | single3date = 1990
 | single4     = [Hyperreal](/source/Hyperreal_(The_Shamen_song))
 | single4date = 1991
 | single5     = [Move Any Mountain](/source/Move_Any_Mountain)
 | single5date = 1991
}}
}}
'''''En-Tact''''' is the fourth studio album by Scottish band [the Shamen](/source/the_Shamen), released in 1990. It was the first Shamen album to feature [Mr C](/source/Mr_C), and the last to feature [Will Sinnott](/source/Will_Sinnott) (who died on 23 May 1991). It fused the band's past [psychedelic rock](/source/psychedelic_rock) sounds with the [rave](/source/rave) act it became, developing a style that represented multicultural dance music.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r17801|pure_url=yes}}|title=En-Tact – The Shamen|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=20 January 2018|last=Bush|first=John}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Larkin, Colin (2006). ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''. [Omnibus Press](/source/Omnibus_Press).</ref>
| rev3      = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''
| rev3score = B+<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1992/01/17/en-tact|title=En-Tact|work=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)|date=17 January 1992|access-date=20 January 2018|last=Fox|first=Marisa}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[The Great Rock Discography](/source/The_Great_Rock_Discography)''
| rev4score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin C.|author-link=Martin C. Strong|title=[The Great Rock Discography](/source/The_Great_Rock_Discography)|chapter=Shamen|date=2004|edition=7th|publisher=[Canongate Books](/source/Canongate_Books) |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/1354/mode/1up 1353-1354]|isbn=1-84195-615-5}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[Melody Maker](/source/Melody_Maker)''
| rev5score = favourable<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Simon|last=Reynolds|author-link=Simon Reynolds|magazine=[Melody Maker](/source/Melody_Maker)|title=The Shamen: En-Tact|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52213346857/|date=1990-10-13|access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[NME](/source/NME)''
| rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Simon|last=Williams|work=[NME](/source/NME)|title=Long Play|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52224626470/|date=20 October 1990|access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[Select](/source/Select_(magazine))''
| rev7score = 2/5<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Higginbotham|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Higginbotham|title=Not Raving but Drowning|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2016/01/albums15.jpg|magazine=[Select](/source/Select_(magazine))|issue=5|date=November 1990|page=112|access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[Vox](/source/Vox_(magazine))''
| rev8score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Dalton|magazine=[Vox](/source/Vox_(magazine))|title=The Shamen: En-Tact|issue=2|date=November 1990}}</ref>
}}
The album was included in the book ''[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die](/source/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die)''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref>

==Track listing==

===Original UK 1990 release===
{{Track listing
|headline = CD (TPLP22CD) and cassette (TPLP22C)
|extra_column = mix/remix
|title1 = Human Nrg
|length1 = 3:22
|title2 = [Progen (Land of Oz)](/source/Move_Any_Mountain)
|note2 = Edit
|length2 = 4:07
|extra2 = [Paul Oakenfold](/source/Paul_Oakenfold)
|title3 = Possible Worlds
|length3 = 3:45
|title4 = Omega Amigo
|extra4 = [Steve Osbourne](/source/Steve_Osbourne)
|length4 = 4:44
|title5 = [Hyperreal](/source/Hyperreal_(The_Shamen_song))
|length5 = 4:32
|title6 = Lightspan
|extra6 = [Irresistible Force](/source/Mixmaster_Morris)
|length6 = 5:48
|title7 = Make It Mine v2.5
|note7 = Evil Ed
|extra7 =  ['Evil' Ed Richards](/source/Eddie_Richards)
|length7 = 3:57
|title8 = Oxygen Restriction
|length8 = 3:48
|title9 = Evil Is Even
|length9 = 13:16
|title10 = Human Nrg (Massey)
|extra10 = Graham Massey of [808 State](/source/808_State)
|length10 = 4:36
|title11 = Make It Mine v1.3 (Pirate Radio)
|length11 = 4:54
|title12 = Oxygen Reprise v2.0
|length12 = 5:20
|title13 = Hear Me O My People (Orbital - Delays Expected)
|extra13 = [Orbital](/source/Orbital_(band))
|length13 = 7:24
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = Vinyl (TPLP22)
|extra_column = mix/remix
|title1 = Human Nrg
|length1 = 3:22
|title2 = [Progen](/source/Move_Any_Mountain)
|note2 =  Land of Oz Edit
|length2 = 4:07
|extra2 = [Paul Oakenfold](/source/Paul_Oakenfold)
|title3 = Possible Worlds
|length3 = 3:45
|title4 = Omega Amigo
|extra4 = [Steve Osbourne](/source/Steve_Osbourne)
|length4 = 4:44
|title5 = Evil Is Even (Edit)
|length5 = 4:20
|title6 = [Hyperreal](/source/Hyperreal_(The_Shamen_song))
|length6 = 4:32
|title7 = Lightspan
|extra7 = [Irresistible Force](/source/Mixmaster_Morris)
|length7 = 5:48
|title8 = Make It Mine
|note8 =  v2.5 Evil Ed
|extra8 =  ['Evil' Ed Richards](/source/Eddie_Richards)
|length8 = 3:57
|title9 = Oxygen Restriction
|length9 = 3:48
|title10 = Hear Me O My People (Edit)
|extra10 = [Orbital](/source/Orbital_(band))
|length10 = 5:11
}}

===US 1991 issue===
The version of ''En-tact'' released in the US, and in the UK from 1991 onwards, had a different track listing:

{{Track listing
|extra_column = Mix/remix
|title1 = [Move Any Mountain](/source/Move_Any_Mountain)
|note1 = Progen - Beatmasters 7"
|extra1 = [Beatmasters](/source/Beatmasters)
|length1 = 3:28
|title2 = Human Nrg (Massey)
|extra2 = Graham Massey of [808 State](/source/808_State)
|length2 = 4:39
|title3 = Possible Worlds: Deep PSI
|length3 = 3:44
|title4 = Omega Amigo
|extra4 = [Steve Osbourne](/source/Steve_Osbourne)
|length4 = 4:44
|title5 = Evil Is Even [Edit]
|length5 = 4:23
|title6 = [Hyperreal Orbit](/source/Hyperreal_(The_Shamen_song))
|note6 =  Early Fade
|extra6 = [William Orbit](/source/William_Orbit)
|length6 = 5:22
|title7 = Lightspan
|extra7 =  Ben Chapman
|length7 = 4:39
|title8 = Make It Mine
|note8 = v1.3 Lenny D Vox
|extra8 = [Lenny Dee](/source/Lenny_Dee_(DJ))
|length8 = 3:32
|title9 = Oxygen Restriction
|length9 = 3:49
|title10 = Hear Me 
|note10 = O My People) (Edit
|extra10 = [Orbital](/source/Orbital_(band))
|length10 = 5:11
|title11 = 666 Edit 
|note11 = Move Any Mountain
|extra11 = ['Evil' Ed Richards](/source/Eddie_Richards)
|length11 = 4:48
|title12 = Make It Minimal
|length12 = 3:18
|title13 = [Hyperreal Selector](/source/Hyperreal_(The_Shamen_song))
|note13 = Edit
|extra13 = [Jack Dangers](/source/Jack_Dangers) of [Meat Beat Manifesto](/source/Meat_Beat_Manifesto)
|length13 = 4:01
|title14 = Lightspan Soundwave
|note14 = Edit
|extra14 = [Renegade Soundwave](/source/Renegade_Soundwave)
|length14 = 4:19
|title15 = Progen 91 [I.R.P. in the Land of Oz]
|extra15 = [Paul Oakenfold](/source/Paul_Oakenfold)
|length15 = 5:21
}}

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for ''En-Tact''
!scope="col"|Chart (1990–1992)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|UK2|31|date=19901028|rowheader=true|access-date=23 April 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/the-billboard-200/1992-03-07/|title=The Billboard 200: Week of March 7, 1992|work=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center"|138
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{The Shamen}}

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Category:1990 albums
Category:The Shamen albums
Category:One Little Independent Records albums

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