# Totally Religious

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Totally Religious
| type       = studio
| artist     = [the Screaming Blue Messiahs](/source/the_Screaming_Blue_Messiahs)
| cover      = File:Screaming_Blue_Messiahs_-_Totally_Religious.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1989
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = 
| length     = 38:29
| label      = [Elektra](/source/Elektra_Records)
| producer   = [Howard Gray](/source/Howard_Gray), Rob Stevens
| prev_title = [Bikini Red](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Howard_Gray) and Rob Stevens.<ref name=OS/>

==Reviews==
{{music ratings
|rev1 = ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Montreal_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Mega-City_One)
| 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

==References==
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Category:The Screaming Blue Messiahs albums
Category:1989 albums
Category:Elektra Records albums

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