Drinking Gasoline is a 1985 EP release (taking the form of two 12" singles) by Cabaret Voltaire, originally released on the Some Bizzare label and distributed through Virgin Records. All four tracks are featured on the band's "Gasoline in Your Eye" videocassette, also issued in 1985. All known copies of the original UK pressing had labels on the wrong discs (ie, side 1 label on side 3, side 2 label on side 4.) It peaked at #71 in the UK.^[2]

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Drinking Gasoline
EP by Cabaret Voltaire
Released	April 1985
Recorded	December 1984 – January 1985
Studio	Western Works, Sheffield
Genre	Electronic, experimental, industrial
Length	33:04
Label	Some Bizzare; Distributed by Virgin
Producer	Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire chronology
Micro-Phonies (1984) Drinking Gasoline (1985) The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (1985)

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John Leland at Spin called it, "living proof that technology is best entrusted to people who don't know how to use it. Sequencers and drum computers set a simple staccato cadence that the duo uses to carry its fragmented messages. Weird noises and voices cut in and out, irritating your peripheral senses while the hyperkinetic beatbox assaults your central nervous system with its idiot pounding."^[3]

All songs were written by Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder.

Cabaret Voltaire

• Stephen Mallinder – vocals, bass, production
• Richard H. Kirk – guitars, keyboards, production

Other personnel

• Mark Tattersall – drums on "Kino" and "Sleepwalking"
• Paul White – artwork