Strange Free World

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Strange Free World
Studio album by Kitchens of Distinction
Released	February 19, 1991
Recorded	1990
Genre	Alternative rock/Modern rock
Length	43:21
Label	UK: One Little Indian US: A&M Records EU:Rough Trade Records
Producer(s)	Hugh Jones
Professional reviews
Discogs link All Music Guide link
Kitchens of Distinction chronology
Drive That Fast (1990)	Strange Free World (1991)	The Death of Cool (1992)

Strange Free World is the sophomore album from London alternative rock group Kitchens of Distinction. It is the follow-up to Love is Hell, as well as following the EP Drive That Fast, whose tracks appear on this album. Noted producer Hugh Jones, who worked with Echo and the Bunnymen and R.E.M., among many others, helped KOD to sound more at ease in the studio.

Reviewer Ned Raggett notes that "[m]usically, the tunes sound quite ambitious in many ways, often steering away from conventional verse-chorus-verse formulas", and calling the album an overall excellent effort [1]; it is often considered one of the group's best works, as well as possibly its most popular and commercially successful.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Railwayed"
2. "Quick as Rainbows"
3. "Hypnogogic"
4. "He Holds Her, He Needs Her"
5. "Polaroids"
6. "Gorgeous Love"
7. "Aspray"
8. "Drive That Fast"
9. "Within the Daze of Passion"
10. "Under the Sky, Inside the Sea"