''En-Tact'' is the fourth studio album by Scottish band
the Shamen
The Shamen ( ) were a Scottish psychedelic band, formed in 1985 in Aberdeen, who became a chart-topping British electronic dance music act by the early 1990s. The founding members were Colin Angus, Derek McKenzie and Keith McKenzie. Peter St ...
, released in 1990. It was the first Shamen album to feature
Mr C
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, and the last to feature
Will Sinnott
The Shamen ( ) were a Scottish psychedelic band, formed in 1985 in Aberdeen, who became a chart-topping British electronic dance music act by the early 1990s. The founding members were Colin Angus, Derek McKenzie and Keith McKenzie. Peter St ...
(who died on 23 May 1991). It fused the band's past
psychedelic rock
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sounds with the
rave act it became, developing a style that represented multicultural dance music.
Reception
The album was included in the book ''
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''.
Track listing
Original UK 1990 release
US 1991 issue
The version of ''En-tact'' released in the US, and in the UK from 1991 onwards, had a different track listing:
Charts
References
1990 albums
The Shamen albums
One Little Independent Records albums
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