Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants

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Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants
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Studio album by
Released1988
Genre Post-punk
Length41:12
Label Homestead
Producer Chris Burgess
Death of Samantha chronology
Laughing in the Face of a Dead Man
(1986)
Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants
(1988)
Come All Ye Faithless
(1989)

Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants is the second studio album by post-punk band Death of Samantha, released in 1988 on Homestead Records.

Contents

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Glenn Kenny of Trouser Press praised the album, saying it "rocks out with fire, anger and intelligence" [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Death of Samantha, except "Sylvia Plath" by Peter Laughner.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Harlequin Tragedy"5:51
2."Good Friday"3:38
3."Sylvia Plath"3:22
4."Lucky Dog (Lost My Pride)"7:51
5."Monkey Face"3:46
6."Savior City"4:09
7."Staring Through It Now"3:17
8."That's All That Matters"2:55
9."Blood Creek"6:23

Personnel

Adapted from the Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1988 Homestead CD, CS, LP HMS 121

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References

  1. "Death of Samantha: Where the Women Wear the Glory > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  2. Kenny, Glenn (2007). "Death of Samantha". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  3. Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (booklet). Death of Samantha. Rockville Centre, New York: Homestead Records. 1988.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)