Hit & Run Holiday

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Hit & Run Holiday
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Original Interscope cover
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 22, 1995 [1]
Recorded Starlust Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre Industrial dance
Label Interscope
Producer Buzz McCoy
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult chronology
13 Above the Night
(1993)
Hit & Run Holiday
(1995)
A Crime for All Seasons
(1997)
Professional ratings
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Hit & Run Holiday is the fifth studio album by industrial disco band My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. It was originally released in 1995 on Interscope Records. The band describes it as a surf-punk meets Motown sound that tells the story of vixen Krystal Starlust and drifter Apollo. [3]

Contents

Recording

Hit & Run Holiday was the band's second album for Interscope. It was recorded and mixed at Starlust Studios, Los Angeles.

Release

Hit & Run Holiday was originally released on Interscope in 1995. It was later reissued on Rykodisc in cardboard box format in 1999. [4]

Touring

The band toured the U.S. in support of the album from October to November 1995. The support acts on the Hit & Run Holiday Tour were Big Stick, Eve's Plum, and Superstar DJ Traci Lords. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hit & Run Holiday"3:02
2."Glamour Is a Rocky Road"3:27
3."Portrait of the Damned"4:25
4."Apollo 69"4:04
5."Chemical Cop-Out"2:41
6."Babylon Drifter"3:39
7."Hottest Party in Town"2:31
8."Golden Strip"3:46
9."The Doris Love Club"2:30
10."Mindcage"3:21
11."Mr. Eleganza"3:41
12."Universal Luxury"3:35
13."Hot Blood Risin'"2:54
14."Mission: Stardust"4:01
15."The Last Ride Out"3:22

Credits

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References

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  5. "Gigography". Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-08-12.