Kiss & Tell (Sahara Hotnights album)

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Kiss & Tell
KissTell.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 27, 2004
Recorded Stockholm, Sweden
Genre Indie rock, garage rock
Length34:51
Label RCA Records
Producer Pelle Gunnerfeldt
Sahara Hotnights chronology
Jennie Bomb
(2001)
Kiss & Tell
(2004)
What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 65/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork Media (8.1/10) [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Kiss & Tell is the third studio album by the Swedish rock band Sahara Hotnights.

Contents

Media appearances

The song "Hot Night Crash" was featured in the video games Burnout 3: Takedown and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam . The song "Walk on the Wire" was featured in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode, "A Scooby-Doo Valentine".

Track listing

All songs written by Maria Andersson and Josephine Forsman.

  1. "Who Do You Dance For?" – 2:19
  2. "Hot Night Crash" – 2:41
  3. "Empty Heart" – 2:54
  4. "Walk on the Wire" – 2:54
  5. "Mind over Matter" – 3:17
  6. "Stupid Tricks" – 3:51
  7. "Nerves" – 3:08
  8. "Stay/Stay Away" – 2:58
  9. "Keep Calling My Baby" – 3:29
  10. "The Difference Between Love and Hell" – 4:01
  11. "Hangin'" – 3:19

B-sides

B-sideAvailability
"The Dogs Don't Want You" - 2:58Kiss & Tell [Japan], Who Do You Dance For? [Single]
"Model A" - 2:51Kiss & Tell [Japan], Hot Night Crash [Single]

Personnel

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References

  1. "Kiss & Tell by Sahara Hotnights". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. Wilson, MacKenzie. Kiss & Tell at AllMusic
  3. "Sahara Hotnights: Kiss & Tell". Pitchfork.com.
  4. "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on August 20, 2009.