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Track Listings
| 1. Superstition |
| 2. Cat Claw |
| 3. Pull A U |
| 4. Kissy Kissy |
| 5. Fried My Little Brains |
| 6. Gypsy Death & You |
| 7. Hand |
| 8. Hitched |
| 9. Black Rooster |
| 10. Wait |
| 11. Fuck The People |
| 12. Monkey 23 |
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The Kills’ debut is a stark 21st Century blues album, the sort of thing that would have struggled to find an audience before the White Stripes broke into the mainstream. So it’s lucky for them--and us--that they had such respectable coattails to ride on. The duo--Alison Mosshart, a.k.a. VV, and Hotel--play a music that’s blues influenced with a garage rock edge, and that’s where the similarities end. Sure, the Kills use a drum machine instead of a live drummer, but the differences run much deeper than that: The Kills’s blues rock is dirtier and more sex-drenched version of blues rock, a result of the shared vocal duties of Hotel and VV. The sultry "Hitched" says it all ("I’ll get my name stitched on your lips so you won’t get hitched"). These are songs that sweat sexual menace, recalling Boss Hogg or early PJ Harvey (on "Superstition" and "Wait," VV’s voice is a dead ringer for young Polly Jean’s). Best of all, these songs are stuffed with hooks. In a sea of pretenders, the Kills are capable of providing some genuine competition for the White Stripes.--Robert Burrow
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Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: 'dropout Boogie (Live)', and 'gum'. Also Includes a Live Video Performace of 'wait'.
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I met them in New York City in October 2002. They were playing a few shows in the area before heading back to record their album. Jamie told me that they were staying at the Chelsea Hotel, which was not far away from where I live. I soon discovered their interested in Andy Warhol and The Factory. Jamie said something like they would be more interested in getting a filmmaker like Paul Morrissey involved in the band, than a bass player. We talked about doing an interview that week. I called them the next day at four in the afternoon. They had just woken up. They soon found their way back to England.
When I heard the album, I knew this was an important band after all. Songs like "Superstition" and "Fried My Little Brains" were harder than anything before. Their confidence level in their performance had improved too. The audience's reaction multiplied. They knew these songs. The video they did for "Fried My Little Brain" was brilliant. It was lo-fi, scratchy, and sickly. The live video that Keith Martin shot in San Francisco is the same way. Music at its bare bones and its naked truth.
After seeing them play five times, in three different cities, I saw how they developed. I spoke to Jamie again after the San Francisco show in July 2003. He said they were going to Japan. I mentioned Warhol. Jamie said that there was some performance they were doing that was going to feature Gerard Malanga. So things have come full circle. There has always been, even with Warhol, an American fascination with European things. Yet there has simultaneously been a European fascination with America, epitomized by Warhol, Bob Dylan, and Edie Sedgwick. We have that vicious circle in one band called The Kills.
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This album was not upsetting at all. I got this album because I really liked the songs Kissy Kissy, Wait, and Superstition. I can see that there are so many other good songs on here. I was amazed with the music. This album is a must-get. I don't really know much about the singer or her former-band Discount, but I sure know that the music The Kills make is kick-ass. This album is definately worth getting.
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Drum Drum Drum
This is just too monotonous for me. Maybe its the fact that they use a drum machine instead of a real drummer. Read more
Published on Jun 12 2004 by ->
2.0 out of 5 stars
Why 2-Person groups Just Don't Work
Perhaps the musical side of my brain has been poisoned over the years by too much over-produced pop. Perhaps I listen to too many Beach Boys and XTC albums. Read more
Published on May 9 2004 by B. Harris
4.0 out of 5 stars
heroin, eh?
When it comes to indiefolk co-opting the blues, I think this is how it should be done. The Kills are 2 pretentious scenester-types, caught up in the dingy romance of the... Read more
Published on Jan 2 2004 by Atlas Groaned
5.0 out of 5 stars
Age of Spitting
Where to start with this band. I first came across The Kills when I heard this was Alison Moshart's new band after the break-up of the amazing Florida band Discount. Read more
Published on Dec 19 2003 by SBOR
5.0 out of 5 stars
Keep on "repeat play"
Even IF the rest of the album sucked, it would be worth buying this record for the song "Wait" which is by far one of the best tracks of the year! Read more
Published on Dec 16 2003 by J. Cray
5.0 out of 5 stars
Keep on "repeat play"
Even IF the rest of the album sucked, it would be worth buying this album for the song "Wait" which is one of the best tracks of the year! Read more
Published on Dec 15 2003 by J. Cray
3.0 out of 5 stars
bass free in 2003
this is not a record collectors record review.although i am a record collector i dont keep my nose in the air. Read more
Published on Dec 10 2003 by jonny angel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not just another garage punk band.
So I was thinking when I got this that it would be another garageist reviaval band. It's not, trust me. Read more
Published on Nov 20 2003 by Z. Liu
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pass me the whip Polly..
When an album like this is considered by many to be the most passionate rock album of the year then that would be nothing less than more evidence that the rock scene has got a... Read more
Published on Oct 21 2003 by Takis Tz.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great dirty, noisy, stripped down rock!
This is a great album - dirty, twangy, guitar driven bluesy rock with plenty of feedback left in for your listening pleasure. Buy this now! Read more
Published on Sep 29 2003
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