Hats Off to the Insane

Compilation album by Therapy?

Released

7 September 1993

Recorded

January 1993 at Black Barn Studios, Surrey, England (tracks 1-3); March 1993 at Livingstone Studios, London, England

Genre

Rock

Length

16:18 (US)
22:29 (JAP)

Label

A&M

Producer

Chris Sheldon, Therapy?

Therapy? chronology

Born in a Crash
(1993)

Hats Off to the Insane
(1993)

Troublegum
(1994)

Hats Off to the Insane is a US and Japanese compilation mini-album release by the band Therapy?. It was released on 7 September 1993 on A&M Records.

All tracks were previously released in Europe on different EPs. Tracks 1, 2 and 3 originally featured on the Shortsharpshock EP, tracks 4, 5, 7 and 8 originally featured on the Face The Strange EP, and track 6 originally featured on the Opal Mantra EP.^[1]

The mini-album was released on CD and Cassette.

All tracks were included on disc 3 of the Troublegum Deluxe Edition released by Universal Music on 31 March 2014.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Therapy?

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Screamager"	2:41
2.	"Auto Surgery"	2:21
3.	"Totally Random Man"	2:23
4.	"Turn"	3:52
5.	"Speedball"	2:33
6.	"Opal Mantra"	2:28
7.	"Bloody Blue" (Japanese release only)	1:14
8.	"Neck Freak" (Japanese release only)	4:57
Total length:		16:18/22:29

Personnel

Andy Cairns - vocals, guitar
Fyfe Ewing - vocals, drums
Michael McKeegan - bass
Chris Sheldon - producer, mixer
Therapy? - mixer
Sunja Park - design

Promo Videos

"Screamager": Directed by Jon Klein
"Turn": Directed by Julie Hermelin
"Opal Mantra": Directed by Benjamin Stokes

Single

"Screamager" was released in 1993 as a one track radio only promo in the US, the song reached number 16 on the Modern Rock Charts.

References

Therapy?

Andy Cairns Michael McKeegan Neil Cooper Fyfe Ewing Martin McCarrick Graham Hopkins

Studio albums	Babyteeth Pleasure Death Nurse Troublegum Infernal Love Semi Detached Suicide Pact - You First Shameless High Anxiety Never Apologise Never Explain One Cure Fits All Crooked Timber A Brief Crack of Light Disquiet

Compilations	Caucasian Psychosis Hats Off to the Insane Born in a Crash So Much For the Ten Year Plan Music Through a Cheap Transistor The Gemil Box

Live album	We're Here to the End

Selected Singles and EPs	"Teethgrinder" "ShortSharpShock" EP "Face the Strange" EP "Opal Mantra" "Nowhere" "Trigger Inside" "Die Laughing" "Stories" "Loose" "Diane" "Church of Noise" "Lonely, Cryin', Only"

Videos	Scopophobia

Related articles	List of rare songs by Therapy? Andy Cairns solo discography The Beyond Cable

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