Punish Me with Kisses
| "Punish Me with Kisses" | ||||
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| Single by The Glove | ||||
| from the album Blue Sunshine | ||||
| Released | 18 November 1983 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, gothic rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:12 | |||
| Label | Wonderland Records/Polydor Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Smith and Steven Severin | |||
| Producer(s) | Robert Smith Steven Severin Mike Hedges | |||
| The Glove singles chronology | ||||
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"Punish Me with Kisses" is the second single by English post-punk band the Glove from their album Blue Sunshine.[1][2] released in 1983 by Wonderland Records/Polydor. The Glove were a side project for Robert Smith of the Cure and Steven Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees. The song was recorded in 1983 while Smith was also a member of the Banshees,[3] and also featured future Banshees keyboardist Martin McCarrick and new Cure drummer Andy Anderson.
The band performed the song on the British TV show Riverside.[4][5]
The release of the single went largely unnoticed at the time, because both the Cure and the Banshees had just released their most successful singles to date.[5]
The song was co-written by Smith and Severin.[6]
Reception
In a review for the Blue Sunshine album for the Spanish-language magazine Muzikalia, critic Manuel Pinazo described this song and "Like an Animal" as having echoes of Syd Barrett.,[7] while Toronto Star, critic Ben Rayner described the song as a "more straightforward post-punk cut".[8] In a review of the 2006 reissue of the Blue Sunshine album, which included a remix of the song, PopMatters editor Adam Besenyodi said that the depth of the album version "is lost on the Mike Hedges mix, where the full orchestration is supplanted with a tinnier sound".[9]
Track listing
7"
- "Punish Me with Kisses" (Mike Hedges Mix) (3:30)
- "The Tightrope" (3:12)
Personnel
- Steven Severin - bass
- Robert Smith - guitar
- Jeanette Landray - vocals
- Martin McCarrick - keyboards, strings
- Ginny Hewes - strings
- Anne Stephenson - strings
- Andy Anderson - drums
References
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (October 2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate Books. p. 82. ISBN 978-1841953359. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. New England Publishing Associates. p. 984. ISBN 978-1882267026. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Spencer, Lauren (December 1990). "Paint it Black". Spin. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (Nov 1, 2002). The Dark Reign of Gothic Rock. Helter Skelter Publishing. p. 261. ISBN 978-1900924481. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ a b Thompson, Dave. "The Glove". Allmusic. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ "Punish Me With Kisses (Images)". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Pinazo, Manuel (September 26, 2006). "The Glove - Blue Sunshine (Deluxe Edition)" (in Spanish). Muzikalia. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Rayner, Ben (September 30, 2006). "Cure for '80s cravings". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
More straightforward post-punk cuts like "Punish Me With Kisses" and "This Green City"
- ^ Besenyodi, Adam (August 22, 2006). "Trippin': The Cure 1983-1987". PopMatters. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
External links
- Riverside TV Performance on YouTube - from Steve Severin's YouTube channel