Half Machine Lip Moves

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Half Machine Lip Moves is the third studio album by American experimental rock band Chrome. It was released on March 15, 1979 by record label Siren. It was described as post-punk by music writer Simon Reynolds.

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"T.V. as Eyes"	Helios Creed	Damon Edge, Gary Spain	2:19
2.	"Zombie Warfare (Can't Let You Down)"	Edge	Creed, Edge	5:47
3.	"March of the Chrome Police (A Cold Clamey Bombing)"	Edge	Edge	3:38
4.	"You've Been Duplicated"	Edge	Creed, Edge	2:38
5.	"Mondo Anthem"	Creed, Edge	Edge, Spain	3:33

Side B

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Half Machine Lip Moves"	Creed, Edge	Creed, Edge	5:21
2.	"Abstract Nympho"	Creed, Edge	Creed, Edge	3:35
3.	"Turned Around"	Creed	Creed, Edge	2:01
4.	"Zero Time"	Creed	Creed, Edge	3:04
5.	"Creature Eternal"	Creed, Edge	Creed, Edge	1:53
6.	"Critical Mass"	Edge	Creed, Edge	2:00

Legacy

UK magazine The Wire included Half Machine Lip Moves on its list "100 (130) Records That Set the World on Fire (while no one was listening)".

Personnel

Chrome

• Helios Creed – lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, bass guitar, bells, bowed guitar
• Damon Edge – lead vocals, keyboard guitar, organ, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, percussion, drums, rhythm guitar ("Turned Around"), tape operation, production, engineering, art direction, sleeve photography

Additional personnel

• Gary Spain – bass guitar ("T.V. as Eyes", "Mondo Anthem")

Technical

• John L. Cyborg – electronics
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Amy James – sleeve photography, cover design

External links

• Half Machine Lip Moves at Discogs (list of releases)