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Tin Machine II
Studio album by Tin Machine
Released	September 2, 1991
Recorded	Sydney October - December 1989; Los Angeles, March 1991
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Length	43:24
Label	Victory Music
Producer	Tin Machine and Tim Palmer, Hugh Padgham
Professional reviews
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Tin Machine chronology
Tin Machine (1989) Tin Machine II (1991) Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby (1992)

Tin Machine II is an album by Tin Machine, originally released by Victory Music in 1991.

The band reconvened following their 1989 tour, recording several tracks in Australia before taking a rest while David Bowie conducted his solo Sound+Vision Tour and filmed The Linguini Incident. The group split from EMI, which refused to market another Tin Machine album. For Bowie's part he was fed up with the label trying to force him into producing another commercial smash like Let's Dance.^{[citation needed]}

The group signed to Victory Music and added three further tracks in Los Angeles, with Hugh Padgham (producer of Bowie's 1984 album Tonight) overseeing the song "One Shot". The album was issued in September 1991. Hunt Sales took lead vocals on two tracks: "Stateside" and "Sorry".

Less successful than the band's debut album Tin Machine, Tin Machine II peaked at #23 in the UK and #126 in the USA. It received generally poor reviews on release. It is still considered more of a mixed achievement than its predecessor, with many believing "Amlapura", "Baby Universal" and "Goodbye Mr. Ed" to be among Bowie's best recordings from the era while some, especially the Hunt Sales-led tracks, are viewed as the nadir of his output.^{[citation needed]}

For the American release of the album, the cover was airbrushed to remove the genitalia of the Kouroi statues.

1. "Baby Universal" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 3:18
2. "One Shot" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 5:11
3. "You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 4:07
4. "If There Is Something" (Ferry) – 4:45
5. "Amlapura" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 3:46
6. "Betty Wrong" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 3:48
7. "You Can't Talk" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 3:09
8. "Stateside" (Bowie, Sales) – 5:38
9. "Shopping for Girls" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 3:44
10. "A Big Hurt" (Bowie) – 3:40
11. "Sorry" (Sales) – 3:29
12. "Goodbye Mr. Ed" (Bowie, Sales, Sales) – 3:24
13. "Hammerhead" (Bowie, Sales) – 0:57

"Hammerhead", a short instrumental, was an unlisted track. A longer vocal version was issued as the B-side for the single release of "You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll".

• David Bowie – vocals, guitar, piano, saxophone
• Reeves Gabrels – lead guitar, backing vocals, vibrators, organ
• Hunt Sales – drums, percussion, vocals
• Tony Sales – bass, backing vocals
• Kevin Armstrong – rhythm guitar on "If There I Something", piano on "Shopping for Girls"
• Tim Palmer – percussion, additional piano

• Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2004, ISBN 1-903111-73-0