Thugs 'n' Kisses

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Thugs 'n' Kisses
Various Artists - Thugs n Kisses.jpg
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedSeptember 12, 1995 (1995-09-12)
Genre
Length72:56
Label Re-Constriction
Re-Constriction Records V/A chronology
Chambermade
(1995)		Thugs 'n' Kisses
(1995)		 Re-Constriction 10* Year Anniversary
(1996)

Thugs 'n' Kisses is a various artists compilation album released on September 12, 1995 by Re-Constriction Records. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Aiding & Abetting reviewed Thugs 'n' Kisses positively and said the album "has tracks from some of the best in the business" and "the result is an almost seamless foray into a nice industrial-techno subgenre." [3] The Alternative Press described it as "sixteen aggressive guitar/synth combinations aimed at frequenters of mosh pits who have little or no regard for their own personal safety." [4] Industrialnation called the collection "a veritable paradise of earthly delights for those who enjoy a more non-standard, anti-four-on-the-floor sound." [5] Sonic Boom called the release "a very solid collection of electrocore bands proving once again that there is more to industrial guitar music than the MTV poster child NIN would lead us to believe." [6] Black Monday credited "Human Waste" as being a highlight of Society Burning's discography and better than any song on their 1996 debut EP Entropy.Lingua . [7]

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Most People Don't Think They're Stupid" (F.W.R.) Penal Colony 3:40
2."Skin" (Guitarless Hate Dept. Mix) 16volt 4:16
3."Come Alive" Apparatus 4:02
4."Visual"Colla Destra3:34
5."Core" Vampire Rodents 3:11
6."Matador" (Thug Mix) Acumen Nation 6:17
7."Lethal Weapon (Introless mix)" (Ice-T cover) SMP 4:31
8."Human Waste" (Hate Dept. Mix) Society Burning 4:26
9."Thin Wall Turmoil" (Meniscus Mix) Tinfed 3:59
10."Bitch" Hate Dept. 3:12
11."Valentine" (Broken Heart '92 Mix) Killing Floor 5:10
12."Mouth Full of Dust" (Edit) Skrew 4:48
13."Palegod" (Raw Version) The Clay People 4:22
14."Chemical Halo" (V. Rodents' Sax Mix) Chemlab 4:49
15."Iceman Cometh"Death Industry5:08
16."Head Cheese" Pain Emission & Beatmistress 7:31

Personnel

Adapted from the Thugs 'n' Kisses liner notes. [8]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1995 Re-Constriction CD REC-016

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References

  1. ↑ "Various Artists: Thugs 'n' Kisses > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ Baumann, Tina; Baumann, Travis (2002). "Compilations". Virtual Night Angel. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ Worley, Jon (September 11, 1995). "Thugs 'n' Kisses". Aiding & Abetting (86). Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ columnist (March 1996). "Various Artists: Thugs 'n' Kisses". Alternative Press . p. 58.
  5. ↑ KYron (1996). "Sonic Reviews: Various Artists - Thugs 'n' Kisses". Industrialnation (12): 75. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ Christian, Chris (August 1996). "Thugs 'N' Kisses: A Synthcore Compilation". Sonic Boom. 3 (6). Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ Gair (1996). "Society Burning: Entropy Lingus" (PDF). Black Monday (2): 1–2. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  8. ↑ Thugs 'n' Kisses (booklet). Various artists. San Diego, California: Re-Constriction Records. 1995.CS1 maint: others (link)
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