Love Is Hell (Kitchens of Distinction album)

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Love Is Hell
Love Is Hell cover
Studio album by Kitchens of Distinction
Released April 1989
Recorded Berry Street Studios
Genre Shoegazer, alternative rock
Length 56:23
Label One Little Indian, TPLP9 (UK)
A&M Records (US)
Producer Kitchens of Distinction
Professional reviews
Kitchens of Distinction chronology
Love is Hell
(1989)		 Strange Free World
(1991)

Love Is Hell is the debut album from UK alternative rock group Kitchens of Distinction, first released in April 1989.

While the album earned KOD comparisons to bands like Echo and the Bunnymen and the Chameleons, the guitar soundscapes created by Julian Swales and the passionate lyrics and vocal delivery from Patrick Fitzgerald gave Kitchens of Distinction their own signature sound. The album also maintains a punkier sound than to be featured on the band's later albums Strange Free World (1991) and The Death of Cool (1992).

The US CD edition of the album includes the band's 1989 Elephantine EP as 4 bonus tracks. [1]

The album takes its title from the last line in "Hammer," a song about love gone wrong[2]:

“

What would you do if you were like me
Were taken in when he said that he wanted to take me home
And he takes me up to his room
And he says "no no no no"
It's good but it's a last fatal fuck
Then you know that love is hell.

 ”

[edit] Track listing

  1. "In a Cave" - 4:36
  2. "Time to Groan" - 3:55
  3. "Shiver" - 5:20
  4. "Prize" - 5:26
  5. "The 3rd Time We Opened the Capsule" - 3:20
  6. "Her Last Day in Bed" - 4:32
  7. "Courage, Mother" - 2:50
  8. "Mainly Mornings" - 3:14
  9. "Hammer" - 6:03
  10. "Elephantine" (bonus track) - 3:20
  11. "Margaret's Injection" (bonus track) - 4:33
  12. "The 1001st Fault" (bonus track) - 4:07
  13. "Anvil Dub" (bonus track) - 5:17

[edit] Singles

[edit] References

  1. ^ All Music Guide - Kitchens of Distinction "Love Is Hell" album review
  2. ^ All Music Guide - Kitchens of Distinction "Hammer" song review