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| First Love / Last Rites | ||||
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| Released | October 30, 1989 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | CBS 465943 2 (Europe) | |||
| Producer | Rhett Davies | |||
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First Love / Last Rites is the third album by Cock Robin and was released in 1989 in Europe and 1990 in the USA.
All songs by Peter Kingsbery except "For Experience Sake" (Peter Kingsbery/Anna LaCazio)
The US version includes a cover of Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe", added as track #6 (after "For Experience Sake" and before "Hunting Down a Killer").
It was the band's final album before their (temporary) split, which lasted from 1990 to 2006. It proved to be their least successful album of the first half of their career.
Produced by Rhett Davies
Singles:
The CD sleeve features the poem It's Ours by Charles Bukowski, an excerpt from You Get So Alone at Times It Just Makes Sense (1986).
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