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The Death of Cool

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Released
  
3 August 1992

Length
  
52:27

Artist
  
Kitchens of Distinction

Producer
  
Hugh Jones

Recorded
  
1991–1992

Language
  
English

Release date
  
3 August 1992

Label
  
A&M Records

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Studio
  
Sawmills Studio, Golant, Cornwall

The Death of Cool (1992)
  
Cowboys and Aliens (1994)

Genres
  
Shoegazing, Dream pop, Alternative rock

Similar
  
Kitchens of Distinction albums, Shoegazing albums

The Death of Cool is the third studio album from British alternative rock band Kitchens of Distinction, released on 3 August 1992 in the UK by One Little Indian Records and a day later in the US by A&M Records. 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, charting at #72 on the UK Albums Chart. Allmusic 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." Lead singer Patrick Fitzgerald said this of the album:

Contents

Kitchens of distinction what happens now


Track listing

All tracks written by Kitchens of Distinction.

Singles

  • "Breathing Fear" (May 1992)
  • CD and 12" single:
    1. "Breathing Fear"
    2. "Goodbye Voyager"
    3. "Skin"
    4. "Airshifting"
  • 7" single:
    1. "Breathing Fear"
    2. "Goodbye Voyager"
  • "When in Heaven" (August 1992)
    1. "When in Heaven"
    2. "Glittery Dust"
    3. "Don't Come Back"
    4. "Spacedolphins"

    • Personnel

  • Patrick Fitzgerald – vocals, bass
  • Julian Swales – guitar, vocals
  • Dan Goodwin – drums, percussion
  • Katie Meehan – vocals on "4 Men"
  • Caroline Lavelle – cello on "Breathing Fear"
  • Tim Sanders – soprano saxophone on "Can't Trust the Waves"
  • Hugh Jones – producer, engineer, percussion on "Gone World Gone"
  • John Cornfield – assistant engineer
  • Dylan Spalding – tape operator
  • Helen Woodward – mixing engineer
  • Simon Van Zwanenberg – assistant mixing engineer
  • Colin Bell – photography
  • Brent Linley – backgrounds
  • Sleeve design by Cactus
  • Recorded at Sawmills Studio, Cornwall
  • Mixed at The Roundhouse, London
  • Mastered at Tape One

    • Songs

    1What Happens Now?4:33
    24 Men4:12
    3On Tooting Broadway Station5:04

    References

    The Death of Cool Wikipedia
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