The Death of Cool

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The Death of Cool
The Death of Cool cover
Studio album by Kitchens of Distinction
Released August 4, 1992
Genre Shoegazer, alternative rock
Length 52:31
Label One Little Indian, TPLP39 (UK)
A&M Records (US)
Producer Hugh Jones
Professional reviews
Kitchens of Distinction chronology
Strange Free World
(1991)		 The Death of Cool
(1992)		 Cowboys and Aliens
(1994)

The Death of Cool is the third studio album from UK alternative rock group Kitchens of Distinction. The album is the follow-up to 1991's Strange Free World and was once again produced by Hugh Jones.

While considered by most fans to be their strongest effort, the album was largely ignored by the general public in the midst of the popularity of grunge rock in 1992. All Music Guide critic Ned Raggett praises the album as a "multifaceted, deeply felt hour of music that is easily the equal of such similar masterpieces of post-punk guitar rock as The Chameleons' Script of the Bridge and The Sound's Heads and Hearts." [1] Lead singer Patrick Fitzgerald said this of the album:

“ People didn't understand the album...and it sold half of Strange Free World. It was too dark and gloomy and questioning, this being the height of Madchester and E. You had "...Tooting Broadway" and the queer-bashing scenario of "Breathing Fear," the AIDS death song of "When in Heaven"...perhaps a little challenging for its time...[2] ”

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "What Happens Now?" - 4:33
  2. "4 Men" - 4:12
  3. "On Tooting Broadway Station" - 5:05
  4. "Breathing Fear" - 3:43
  5. "Gone World Gone" - 8:01
  6. "When in Heaven" - 5:15
  7. "Mad as Snow" - 7:22
  8. "Smiling" - 3:22
  9. "Blue Pedal" - 7:35
  10. "Can't Trust the Waves" (lead vocal by Julian Swales) - 3:25

[edit] Singles

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Death of Cool [1] All Music Guide
  2. ^ One Little Indian - Kitchens Of Distinction