Collision Drive

Collision Drive
Collision Drive
Studio album by Alan Vega
Released	1981
Studio	Skyline Studios, New York City
Genre	Rockabilly, art pop
Length	40:02
Label	Celluloid
Producer	Alan Vega
Alan Vega chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Collision Drive is the second studio album by Alan Vega, released in 1981 by Celluloid Records.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alan Vega, except "Be Bop a Lula" by Gene Vincent, Donald Graves and Bill Davis and "Ghost Rider" co-written with Martin Rev

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	" Magdalena 82"	3:10
2.	" Be Bop a Lula" ( Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps cover)	2:19
3.	"Outlaw"	3:31
4.	"Raver"	2:44
5.	" Ghost Rider" ( Suicide cover)	4:28
6.	"I Believe"	5:25

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Magdalena 83"	2:55
2.	"Rebel"	2:48
3.	" Viet Vet"	12:42

Personnel

Adapted from the Collision Drive liner notes.^[3]

Musicians

Larry Chaplan – bass guitar
Sesu Coleman – drums
Mark Kuch – guitar
Alan Vega – vocals, production

Production and additional personnel

Donald Greenhaus – cover art
David Lichtenstein – engineering
Kenneth Torregrossa – assistant engineer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1981	Celluloid	LP	CEL-5001
United Kingdom		Celluloid	LP	ILPS 9692
France		Celluloid, Vogue	CS, LP	729813
Germany		Celluloid	LP	204 294–320
Germany	1987	Interphon	CD	IPCD 2014–36

References

^ Valdivia, Victor W. "Alan Vega: Collision Drive > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
^ Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Alan Vega". Trouser Press. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
^ Collision Drive (sleeve). Alan Vega. South Plainfield, New Jersey: Celluloid Records. 1981.{{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

External links

Collision Drive at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Valdivia, Victor W. "Alan Vega: Collision Drive > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2015.

[trouserpress-2] Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Alan Vega". Trouser Press. Retrieved September 18, 2015.

[linearnotes-3] Collision Drive (sleeve). Alan Vega. South Plainfield, New Jersey: Celluloid Records. 1981.{{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

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