Bitter Sweet (album)

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Bitter Sweet
Studio album by King
Released 1985
Recorded Park Gate & Wessex Studios
Genre New Wave
Length 39:55 (LP)
45:28 (MC)
77:34 (CD)
Label CBS (LP/MC)
Cherry Red (CD)
Producer Richard James Burgess
King chronology
Steps in Time
(1984)		 Bitter Sweet
(1985)		 Joy
(Paul King solo)(1987)

Bitter Sweet was the second and last album by the English Coventry band King, released on CBS label, in 1985.

Although lasting just two years and a half as a band, King had five UK Top 30 hit songs out of five singles released, including two Top 10 hits: "Love & Pride" (#2), the re-release of the debut single from their first album, Steps in Time, and "Alone With You" (#8), the first single taken out this second album of theirs.

Both albums reached the UK Top Ten; after that, King disbanded, and the lead singer Paul King went on to start a brief, unlucky solo career, releasing one more album, the unsuccessful Joy.

After the first Top 10 single, "Alone without You", two further singles were taken out of their second long playing, namely "The Taste of Your Tears", peaking at #11, and "Torture", reaching #23, in the UK.

The tape edition of the record featured a slightly different track listing, containing a slow reprise of the first single "Alone without You", and a 12" extended remix replacing the 7" version of the second single from the album, namely the Top 20 hit "The Taste of Your Tears".

In September 2007, King's second album was remastered and re-released on CD by Cherry Red label, in a new edition with eight bonus tracks, including remixes and B-Sides, such as "The Taste of Your Tears (Breaker Heart Mix)" (both versions are included), an alternative U.S. remix of "Love & Pride", "I Kissed the Spikey Fridge (Rock Hard Mix)", which was the original B-Side to the "Alone without You" 45 rpm, and two reprises: "These Things" and "Alone without You" (the latter is the same as that featured on the tape edition that was mentioned above).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] LP

  1. "Alone without You" - 3:35 (P. King)
  2. "Platform One" - 3:05 (P. King)
  3. "I Cringed, I Died, I Felt Hot" - 4:56 (P. King/M. Roberts)
  4. "(KFAD) Wait For No-One" - 3:37 (P. King/M. Roberts/J. Lantsbery/A. Wall)
  5. "2 M.B." - 3:38 (P. King)
  6. "These Things" - 4:34 (P. King/M. Roberts)
  7. "The Taste of Your Tears" - 4:03 (P. King)
  8. "Torture" - 4:29 (P. King)
  9. "Sugar Candy Mountain Buddhas" - 3:51 (P. King/A. Wall/J. Lantsbery)
  10. "Mind Yer Toes" - 4:07 (P. King)

[edit] MC

  1. "Alone without You" (3:38)
  2. "Platform One" (3:07)
  3. "I Cringed, I Died, I Felt Hot" (4:58)
  4. "(KFAD) Wait for No-One" (3:39)
  5. "2 M.B." (3:50)
  6. "Alone without You - The Reprise" (3:23)
  7. "These Things" (4:37)
  8. "The Taste of Your Tears (Breaker Heart Mix)" (5:42)
  9. "Torture" (4:29)
  10. "Sugar Candy Mountain Buddhas" (3:54)
  11. "Mind Yer Toes" (4:11)

[edit] CD

  1. "Alone without You" (3:38)
  2. "Platform One" (3:07)
  3. "I Cringed, I Died, I Felt Hot" (4:58)
  4. "(KFAD) Wait for No-One" (3:39)
  5. "2 M.B." (3:50)
  6. "These Things" (4:37)
  7. "The Taste of Your Tears" (4:05)
  8. "Torture" (4:29)
  9. "Sugar Candy Mountain Buddhas" (3:54)
  10. "Mind Yer Toes" (4:11)
  11. "Crazy Party" (3:26)
  12. "Alone without You (Scorcher Mix)" (4:30)
  13. "The Taste of Your Tears (Breaker Heart CD Mix)" (5:42)
  14. "Torture (Passion Fruit Mix)" (6:43)
  15. "Love & Pride (USA Summer Mix)" (6:17)
  16. "I Kissed the Spikey Fridge (Rock Hard Mix)" (4:02)
  17. "These Things (Reprise)" (2:30)
  18. "Alone without You - The Reprise" (3:23)

[edit] Singles from the album

  • 1985 - "Alone without You" (UK #8)
  • 1985 - "The Taste of Your Tears" (UK #11)
  • 1986 - "Torture" (UK #23)

[edit] Credits

[edit] Line-up

[edit] Additional musicians and production

[edit] Recording and mixing studios

[edit] Staff

[edit] Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalogue
UK 2007 Cherry Red CD CD MRED 328
1985 CBS MC 40-86320
LP 86320

[edit] External links

  • Discogs: track listing, credits, timings, label, date of vinyl LP edition
  • Discogs: track listing, credits, timings, label, date of remastered CD edition
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