Kitchen Sink (album)

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Kitchen Sink
Nadine Shah - Kitchen Sink.png
Studio album by
Nadine Shah
Released26 June 2020 (2020-06-26)
Length46:51
Label Infectious
Producer Ben Hillier
Nadine Shah chronology
Holiday Destination
(2017)		Kitchen Sink
(2020)		 Filthy Underneath
(2024)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8/10 [1]
Metacritic 86/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Beats Per Minute 75% [4]
Clash 8/10 [5]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Gigwise 7/10 [7]
The Line of Best Fit 9/10 [8]
Loud and Quiet 7/10 [9]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [12]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [13]

Kitchen Sink is the fourth studio album by English musician Nadine Shah. It was released on 26 June 2020 under Infectious Music. [14]

Contents

Singles

On 4 February, Shah announced the release of her new album - originally scheduled for 5 June 2020 - along with the first single "Ladies for Babies (Goats for Love)". [15]

On 25 March 2020, the second single "Trad" was released. [16]

The third release "Buckfast" was released on 13 May 2020, along with the announcement the album had been pushed back to June 26, from its original date of June 5. [17] Shah said of the single: "'Buckfast' is about a toxic relationship, it's about gaslighting." [18]

Critical reception

Kitchen Sink was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 86, based on 14 reviews. [2]

Track listing

Kitchen Sink track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Club Cougar"
  • Ben Hillier
  • Nadine Shah
4:46
2."Ladies for Babies (Goats for Love)"
  • B. Hillier
  • N. Shah
4:29
3."Buckfast"
  • B. Hillier
  • N. Shah
  • Ben Nicholls
  • Neill MacColl
3:51
4."Dillydally"
  • B. Hiller
  • N. Shah
  • B. Nicholls
3:48
5."Trad"
  • B. Hiller
  • N. Shah
  • B. Nicholls
5:28
6."Kitchen Sink"
  • B. Hillier
  • N. Shah
3:37
7."Kite"
  • B. Hillier
  • N. Shah
4:53
8."Ukrainian Wine"
  • B. Hillier
  • N. Shah
4:40
9."Wasps Nest"
  • B. Hillier
  • N. Shah
2:23
10."Walk"
  • B. Hillier
  • N. Shah
4:44
11."Prayer Mat"
  • B. Hillier
  • N. Shah
  • N MacColl
4:21
Total length:46:51

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Kitchen Sink
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [19] 14
UK Albums (OCC) [20] 29
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [21] 3

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