Kitchen Sink (album)

Kitchen Sink
Studio album by Nadine Shah
Released	26 June 2020 (2020-06-26)
Length	46:51
Label	Infectious
Producer	Ben Hillier
Nadine Shah chronology
Holiday Destination (2017) Kitchen Sink (2020) Filthy Underneath (2024)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8/10 [1]
Metacritic	86/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Beats Per Minute	75% [4]
Clash	8/10 [5]
DIY	[6]
Gigwise	7/10 [7]
The Line of Best Fit	9/10 [8]
Loud and Quiet	7/10 [9]
MusicOMH	[10]
NME	[11]
Pitchfork	7.9/10 [12]
Mojo	[13]

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

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)". ^[14]

On 25 March 2020, the second single "Trad" was released. ^[15]

The third release "Buckfast" was released on 13 May 2020, along with the announcement the album had been pushed back to 26 June from its original date of 5 June. ^[16] Shah said of the single: "'Buckfast' is about a toxic relationship, it's about gaslighting." ^[17]

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.	Title	Music	Length
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

Musicians Nadine Shah – Lead vocals (all tracks) Ben Nicholls – bass guitar (track 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 11) Neil MacColl – vocals (track 3) Pete Wareham – saxophone (track 10), flute (track 10)

Production Ben Hillier – producer (all tracks), drums (tracks 1, 2, 3), engineer (all tracks), guitar (all tracks), percussion (track 1, 2) Dan Crook – engineer (all tracks) Katie Tavini – mastering engineer (all tracks) Maisie Cook – engineer (all tracks)

Charts

Chart performance for Kitchen Sink

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [18]	14
UK Albums (OCC) [19]	29
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [20]	3

References

1. "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
2. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
3. Christopher Monger, James. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
4. Fisette, Jeremy (26 June 2020). "Beats Per Minute Review". Beats Per Minute . Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
5. Hakimian, Rob (24 June 2020). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash . Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
6. Jamieson, Sarah (25 June 2020). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY . Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
7. Pywell, Matty (22 June 2020). "Gigwise Review". Gigwise . Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
8. Horton, Ross (25 June 2020). "Nadine Shah's strongest effort to date is filled with brooding intensity". The Line of Best Fit . Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
9. Kinney, Fergal (22 June 2020). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet . Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
10. Ashton-Smith, Alan (26 June 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
11. Hunt, El (25 June 2020). "Nadine Shah – 'Kitchen Sink' review: complex and thought-provoking post-punk contains multitudes". NME . Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
12. Hewitt, Ben (25 June 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
13. Hunt, El (31 March 2021). "Nadine Shah – 'Kitchen Sink' reviews: Mojo". Metacritic . Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
14. "Nadine Shah Announces New Album "Kitchen Sink"". DIY . 4 February 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
15. "Nadine Shah shares sardonic new track "Trad"". Beats Per Minute . 25 March 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
16. "Nadine Shah examines gaslighting through bad habits on "Buckfast"". Beats Per Minute . 13 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
17. Atkinson, Jessie (14 May 2020). "Nadine Shah's New Track "Buckfast" is all about gaslighting". Gigwise . Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
18. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
19. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
20. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

External links

• Kitchen Sink at Discogs (list of releases)