A Walk with Love & Death | ||||
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Released | July 7, 2017 | |||
Studio | Sound of Sirens Studio | |||
Genre | Experimental rock, sound collage | |||
Label | Ipecac | |||
Producer | Melvins, Toshi Kasai | |||
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 6.6/10 [1] |
Metacritic | 69/100 [2] |
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The Line of Best Fit | 9/10 [4] |
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A Walk with Love & Death is a double album and the 22nd album by American rock band Melvins, released on July 7, 2017, through Ipecac Recordings. [7] It includes two distinct albums: Love, a fourteen-song soundtrack to a short film by Jesse Nieminen, also known as A Walk with Love & Death, and Death, made up of nine standard songs. This is the first full-length Melvins album to feature bassist Steven McDonald, who only appeared on four of the songs on their previous album, Basses Loaded . Guest musicians include Joey Santiago (Pixies), Anna Waronker (that dog.) and Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes).
All songs written by the Melvins.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Aim High" | 2:01 |
2. | "Queen Powder Party" | 2:14 |
3. | "Street Level St. Paul" | 2:18 |
4. | "The Hidden Joice" | 1:11 |
5. | "Give It to Me" | 2:49 |
6. | "Chicken Butt" | 1:49 |
7. | "Eat Yourself Out" | 5:03 |
8. | "Scooba" | 1:09 |
9. | "Halfway to the Bakersfield Mall" | 4:17 |
10. | "Pacoima Normal" | 2:33 |
11. | "Park Head" | 3:39 |
12. | "T-Burg" | 4:10 |
13. | "Track Star" | 5:02 |
14. | "The Asshole Bastard" | 4:55 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Black Heath" | 6:41 |
2. | "Sober-delic (Acid Only)" | 6:03 |
3. | "Euthanasia" | 4:36 |
4. | "What's Wrong with You?" | 2:36 |
5. | "Edgar the Elephant" | 3:36 |
6. | "Flaming Creature" | 4:22 |
7. | "Christ Hammer" | 3:51 |
8. | "Cactus Party" | 3:37 |
9. | "Cardboa Negro" | 2:56 |
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