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1991 studio album by Kitchens of Distinction
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.
Reviewer Ned Raggett of AllMusic 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.[ 1] It is often considered one of the group's best works, as well as possibly its most popular and commercially successful, peaking at number 45 on the UK Albums Chart .[ 5] The album also includes their first UK charting single "Drive That Fast ," which peaked at number 93 on the UK Singles Chart .[ 5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Kitchens of Distinction
Title 1. "Railwayed" 4:57 2. "Quick as Rainbows" 3:48 3. "Hypnogogic" 4:01 4. "He Holds Her, He Needs Her" 3:48 5. "Polaroids" 4:51 6. "Gorgeous Love" 4:21 7. "Aspray" 3:37 8. "Drive That Fast " 5:36 9. "Within the Daze of Passion" 3:57 10. "Under the Sky, Inside the Sea" 4:32
Singles
"Quick as Rainbows" (March 1990)
"Quick as Rainbows"
"Mainly Mornings" (Live)
"In a Cave" (Live)
"Shiver" (Live)
"Quick as Rainbows"
"These Drinkers"
"Elephantiny" [acoustic version of "Elephantine"]
"Three to Beam Up"
"Drive That Fast" (January 1991)
"Drive That Fast" (7" Edit)
"These Drinkers"
"Elephantiny"
"Three to Beam Up"
"Drive That Fast"
"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
References
Patrick Fitzgerald
Daniel Goodwin
Julian Swales
Studio albums Compilation albums Extended plays Associated acts