Peace, Love, Death Metal

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Peace, Love, Death Metal
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 2004 (2004-03-23)
Recorded2003
Genre
Length44:40
Label AntAcidAudio
Producer Josh Homme
Eagles of Death Metal chronology
Live at Slims
(2003)
Peace, Love, Death Metal
(2004)
Death by Sexy
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly A− [5]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Sputnikmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Stylus Magazine B [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Peace, Love, Death Metal is the debut studio album by Eagles of Death Metal, released by AntAcidAudio on March 23, 2004.

Contents

Making of the album

Eagles of Death Metal is a garage rock band fronted by Jesse Hughes. The album was recorded primarily by Hughes (credited as "J. Devil Huge" or "Mr. Boogie Man") and Josh Homme (credit as "Carlo von Sexron" or "Baby Duck"), and featured guest appearances by Tim Vanhamel, Brody Dalle, Nick Oliveri, Alain Johannes, and Natasha Shneider.

Homme told MTV News that the band is led by Hughes: "I just sit behind the drums and play rock and roll, which is a great change of pace for me. J. Devil writes everything, every lyric and riff, and he's a fantastic songwriter. He and I go through and arrange them, and I lay down harmonies, but it's really his thing. It's the antithesis of the bloated rock-attitude bullshit I've had to deal with recently." Homme promoted the band and wore one of its t-shirts when appearing on the Lollapalooza tour with his main band Queens of the Stone Age in 2003.

Track listing

All tracks by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."I Only Want You"2:48
2."Speaking in Tongues"2:49
3."So Easy"4:00
4."Flames Go Higher"2:53
5."Bad Dream Mama"3:02
6."English Girl"2:38
7."Stacks O' Money"2:48
8."Midnight Creeper"1:57
9."Stuck in the Metal" (cover of Stealers Wheel's "Stuck in the Middle with You": Gerry Rafferty/Joe Egan)3:18
10."Already Died"3:00
11."Kiss the Devil"2:52
12."Whorehoppin' (Shit, Goddamn)"3:34
13."San Berdoo Sunburn"3:42
14."Wastin' My Time"2:42
15."Miss Alissa"2:38
Total length:44:40

On the UK and the European release there are two extra tracks: "Miss Sanders" and "Just Nineteen". A re-recorded version of the latter appears on the band's follow up Death By Sexy . The European release also featured the video for "Midnight Creeper". The band has shot videos for "I Only Want You" and "Speaking in Tongues". The melody for "Kiss the Devil" is based on the traditional folk song "Sugar Baby".

The band were performing the song "Kiss the Devil" at the Bataclan on 13 November 2015 when an attack killed 89 fans. [11]

Personnel

Eagles of Death Metal

Additional

References

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  2. Phares, Heather. "Peace Love Death Metal - Eagles of Death Metal". AllMusic . Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  3. Stevens, Darcie (May 21, 2004). "Phases and Stages". The Austin Chronicle . Archived from the original on January 8, 2006. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  4. Tucker, Ken. "Eagles of Death Metal: Peace Love Death Metal". Blender . Archived from the original on August 11, 2004. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  5. Staff (March 5, 2004). "Here are the best-reviewed pop/rock CDs of the year". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  6. Deusner, Stephen (April 25, 2004). "Eagles of Death Metal: Peace Love Death Metal Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  7. Kot, Greg (April 11, 2004). "Peace Love Death Metal Review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on April 11, 2004. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  8. any14doomsday (November 9, 2005). "Peace Love Death Metal – Eagles of Death Metal". Sputnikmusic . Retrieved July 5, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. Bastow, Clem (April 28, 2004). "Eagles of Death Metal: Peace Love Death Metal". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on March 29, 2006. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  10. "Eagles Of Death Metal - Peace Love Death Metal". Uncut . April 15, 2004. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  11. Harding, Luke; Willsher, Kim (November 14, 2015). "From dinner in Paris to a 'war on happiness' in 15 minutes". The Observer. The group had been on about an hour and they'd just said "We love you Paris" and started singing a song, Kiss the Devil, with the words 'I met the Devil and this is his song' when we heard very clearly some explosions. [...] There was blood everywhere around us [...] A body fell on me [...] My neighbour, a man of around 50, was shot at directly in the head, and bits of his brain and flesh fell on my glasses.
  12. "DLC Week of 8/3". Harmonix. July 30, 2010. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.