{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Totally Religious | type = studio | artist = the Screaming Blue Messiahs | cover = File:Screaming_Blue_Messiahs_-_Totally_Religious.jpg | alt = | released = 1989 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 38:29 | label = Elektra | producer = Howard Gray, Rob Stevens | prev_title = Bikini Red | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Live in Concert | next_year = 1992 }} '''''Totally Religious''''' is an album by the English band the Screaming Blue Messiahs, released in 1989.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Perry |first1=Neil |title=Screaming Blue Messiahs: Vintage Violence |magazine=Melody Maker |date=Nov 11, 1989 |volume=65 |issue=45 |page=45}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Maurstad |first1=Tom |title=Arts Day |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=November 16, 1989 |page=5C}}</ref> It was co-produced by previous Screaming Blue Messiahs producer Howard Gray and Rob Stevens.<ref name=OS/>
==Reviews== {{music ratings |rev1 = ''Chicago Tribune'' |rev1score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="CT">{{cite news |last1=Kot |first1=Greg |title=Rave Recordings |work=Chicago Tribune |date=9 Nov 1989 |page=15C}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Orlando Sentinel'' |rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="OS">{{cite news |last1=Gettelman |first1=Parry |title=Screaming Blue Messiahs |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=19 Jan 1990 |department=Calendar |page=17}}</ref> }} The ''Chicago Tribune'' noted that, "with just guitar, bass and drums, the Messiahs play '50s blues/rockabilly with the fervor of a punk band."<ref name=CT/> ''The Gazette'' determined that the album "packs enough bad attitude to disintegrate a hair salon full of metalheads."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lepage |first1=Mark |title=Messiahs' guitar sermons aimed at true believers |work=The Gazette |date=11 Nov 1989 |page=H3}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' opined that, "in Mr. [Bill] Carter's songs, speed and violence are the only alternatives to self-deception and despair—a brutal world view, but one that makes for savage, vital rock-and-roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Recent Releases |work=The New York Times |date=26 Nov 1989 |page=A32}}</ref>
The album has a 3/5 star rating on AllMusic. John Duggan wrote: "The final chunk of squalling guitar rant from the Screaming Blue Messiahs doesn't reach the relentless highs of ''Bikini Red'', but it's pure mania nonetheless, and a sure shot for those who lapped up the first two waxings. The titles alone ('All Gassed Up' and 'Four Engines Burning [Over the USA]') clue you in that this is no mellow fest."<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/totally-religious-mw0000199145 AllMusic: The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Totally Religious]</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = Side one | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Four Engines Burning (Over the USA) | extra1 = Bill Carter | length1 = 4:07 | title2 = Mega City 1 | extra2 = Bill Carter | length2 = 4:15 | title3 = Wall of Shame | extra3 = Bill Carter | length3 = 4:19 | title4 = Nitro | extra4 = Bill Carter | length4 = 3:24 | title5 = Big Big Sky | extra5 = Bill Carter | length5 = 5:17 }} {{track listing | headline = Side two | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Watusi Wedding | extra1 = Bill Carter | length1 = 2:47 | title2 = Here Comes Lucky | extra2 = Bill Carter | length2 = 4:40 | title3 = Gunfight | extra3 = Bill Carter | length3 = 3:08 | title4 = Martian | extra4 = Bill Carter | length4 = 3:27 | title5 = All Gassed Up | extra5 = Bill Carter | length5 = 3:05 }}
==Personnel== ;The Screaming Blue Messiahs *Bill Carter – lead vocals, lead guitar *Chris Thompson – bass guitar, backing vocals *Kenny Harris – drums ;Technical *Producer – Howard Gray *Producer – Rob Stevens
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Category:The Screaming Blue Messiahs albums Category:1989 albums Category:Elektra Records albums