Is It ... Man or Astroman?

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Is It ... Man Or Astroman?
Surf rock
Length41:44 (CD)
45:16 (LP)
LabelEstrus Records
Man or Astro-man? chronology
Possession by Remote Control
(1992) 		Is It ... Man Or Astroman?
(1993) 		Amazing Thrills! in 3-Dimension
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]

Is It ... Man or Astroman? was the first album released by the

fantasy illustrator Richard Powers[3]

Track listing

CD release

  1. "Taxidermist Surf" – 2:53
  2. "Invasion of the Dragonmen" – 2:15
  3. "Nitrous Burn Out" – 3:17
  4. "Clean up on Aisle #9 (Turn up the Monitors)" – 2:35
  5. "Journey to the Stars" (The Ventures) – 2:28
  6. "Cowboy Playing Dead" – 1:55
  7. "Sadie Hawkins Atom Bomb" – 2:46
  8. "The Human Calculator" – 2:56
  9. "Organ Smash" – 1:46
  10. "Cattle Drive" – 2:51
  11. "Escape Through the Air Vent" – 2:23
  12. "Mermaid Love" – 3:21
  13. "Eric Estrotica" – 3:23
  14. "Alien Visitors" – 6:54

Vinyl release

  1. "Taxidermist Surf" – 2:53
  2. "Invasion of the Dragonmen" – 2:15
  3. "Nitrous Burn Out" – 3:17
  4. "Clean up on Aisle #9 (Turn up the Monitors)" – 2:35
  5. "Journey to the Stars" (The Ventures) – 2:28
  6. "Cowboy Playing Dead" – 1:55
  7. "Illidium Q-36" [bonus track] – 1:08
  8. "Sadie Hawkins Atom Bomb" – 2:46
  9. "The Human Calculator" – 2:56
  10. "Organ Smash" – 1:46
  11. "Cattle Drive" – 2:51
  12. "Escape Through the Air Vent" – 2:23
  13. "Rudy's Lounge" [bonus track] – 2:24
  14. "Mermaid Love" – 3:21
  15. "Eric Estrotica" – 3:23
  16. "Alien Visitors" – 6:54

Man or Astro-Man? could be

  • Star Crunch:
    vocals
  • Dr. Deleto & His Invisible Vaportron: bass, sterilized rhythm guitar, malpractice suits, and the two-step
  • Coco, The Electronic Monkey Wizard: alternate universe bass, percussion, banana consumption, sound bites of lower primate love, hand held view master, VCR ignition, bunny control, foreign language count-offs, and yelps of intense pain given to him, sometimes in punishment
  • Birdstuff:
    hi-hat
  • Grand Master Useless: imitation ivory ticklin' on Organ Smash, bass on Sadie Hawkins Atomic Bomb and Illidium Q-36

Also credited

B-movie actor John Agar
is credited "because his name is in everything else".

Audio samples

Alien Visitors contains dialogue

audio samples from the b-movies Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Plan 9 from Outer Space, and the television series The Outer Limits.[4] Nitrous Burn Out contains dialogue from the movies Viva Knievel! and Death Race 2000
.

Notes

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "grunnenrocks". Evert Nijkamp]. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  3. ^ Chantry, A., & Rochester, M. R. (2015). Art Chantry Speaks : A Heretic’s History of 20th Century Graphic Design. Port Townsend, WA: Feral House.
  4. ^ "Sources of Voice Samples in Music". s107.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
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