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Released
  
18 March 1991

Length
  
43:28

Artist
  
Kitchens of Distinction

Producer
  
Hugh Jones

Recorded
  
1990

Language
  
English

Release date
  
19 February 1991

Label
  
One Little Indian Records

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Studio
  
Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire

Strange Free World (1991)
  
The Death of Cool (1992)

Genres
  
Shoegazing, Dream pop, Alternative rock

Similar
  
Kitchens of Distinction albums, Shoegazing albums, Other albums

Strange Free World is the second album by British alternative rock band Kitchens of Distinction, released on February 19, 1991 in the US by A&M Records and on March 18, 1991 in the UK by One Little Indian Records. It is the follow-up to their 1989 debut Love Is Hell. Noted producer Hugh Jones, who worked with Echo & the Bunnymen (on their 1981 album Heaven Up Here), among many others, helped KOD to sound more at ease in the studio.

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Reviewer Ned Raggett notes that "Musically, 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; it is often considered one of the group's best works, as well as possibly its most popular and commercially successful, charting at #45 on the UK Albums Chart. The album also includes KOD's only UK charting single "Drive That Fast," which charted at #93 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Kitchens of Distinction.

Singles

  • "Quick as Rainbows" (March 1990)
  • UK single:
    1. "Quick as Rainbows"
    2. "Mainly Mornings" (Live)
    3. "In a Cave" (Live)
    4. "Shiver" (Live)
  • US promo 12" single:
    1. "Quick as Rainbows"
    2. "These Drinkers"
    3. "Elephantiny" [acoustic version of "Elephantine"]
    4. "Three to Beam Up"
  • "Drive That Fast" (January 1991)
  • UK single:
    1. "Drive That Fast" (7" Edit)
    2. "These Drinkers"
    3. "Elephantiny"
    4. "Three to Beam Up"
  • US promo 12" single:
    1. "Drive That Fast"
    2. "Railwayed"

    Personnel

  • Patrick Fitzgerald – vocals, bass
  • Julian Swales – guitar
  • Dan Goodwin – drums
  • Roddy Lorimar – trumpet on "Under the Sky, Inside the Sea"
  • Hugh Jones – producer, engineer
  • Michael Ade – assistant engineer
  • Helen Woodward – mixing engineer
  • Richard Norris – assistant mixing engineer
  • Ken Perry – mastering
  • Colin Bell – photography
  • Art direction and design by Two Guys and Kitchens of Distinction
  • Recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios
  • Mixed at Master Rock
  • Compiled at First Protocol
  • Mastered at A&M Mastering

    • Songs

    1Railwayed4:56
    2Quick as Rainbows3:49
    3Hypnogogic4:01

    References

    Strange Free World Wikipedia
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