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Bloody Kisses is the third studio album by the American gothic metal band Type O Negative and the last recording with their original lineup as drummer Sal Abruscato left in late 1993. The album includes one of their best known songs, "Black No. 1", which earned the band a considerable cult following. The album further established recurring motifs of the band's music, such as including cover songs recorded in the gothic metal style, sample-heavy soundscapes in between songs, and lyrics replete with dry, satirical humor.

Bloody Kisses
Studio album by Type O Negative
Released	August 17, 1993
Recorded	Systems Two, Brooklyn
Genre	Gothic metal[1] doom metal[2] alternative metal[3]
Length	73:28
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Peter Steele, Josh Silver
Type O Negative chronology
The Origin of the Feces (1992) Bloody Kisses (1993) October Rust (1996)
Singles from Bloody Kisses
"Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" Released: 1993 "Christian Woman" Released: 1993 "Summer Breeze" Released: 1994

Bloody Kisses is notable for being the first album released on Roadrunner Records to achieve gold certification.[4]

Music and lyrics

Considered a standout album in the gothic metal genre,[5] Bloody Kisses is "saturated with complex patterns of sound" with content concerning sexual symbolism and humor.[6]

Bloody Kisses has a cover version of Seals & Crofts' song "Summer Breeze".[5] Originally, Type O Negative's version was going to be called "Summer Girl" with different lyrics, but they made a normal cover after Seals & Crofts found the lyrics to "Summer Girl" distasteful.[7] According to Decibel, Bloody Kisses "featured infectious doom-pop epics ("Black No. 1", "Christian Woman"), sarcastic hardcore screeds ("Kill All the White People", "We Hate Everyone")" and "bizarre noise interludes ("Fay Wray Come Out and Play", "Dark Side of the Womb", "3.0.I.F")".[8] "Black No. 1" is "a sarcastic ode to goth girls (the title coming from a hair dye tone) based on a narcissistic ex-girlfriend of singer Peter Steele".[9]

The noise interludes constitute one seamless composition when played one after another. This tradition continues on World Coming Down.

The album features additional vocal performances from band friends, Mina Caputo, Joey Zampella & Alan Robert of fellow Brooklyn based alt-metal band, Life Of Agony (credited as Erasmus High School Boys Special Ed).

Drummer Sal Abruscato would leave the band shortly after the album's completion due to the band's reluctance to commit to touring. Abruscato would join Life Of Agony in time to perform on LOA's debut album, River Runs Red, which was being produced by Type O Negative keyboardist Josh Silver, and was released on Roadrunner Records, later that same year.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Pitchfork	8.7/10[10]
Record Collector	[11]
Rock Hard	10/10[12]
Rolling Stone	[13]

Bloody Kisses received mostly positive reviews. Steve Huey of AllMusic gave the album a 4.5 out of 5 and wrote that "though it sounds like a funeral, Bloody Kisses' airy melodicism and '90s-style irony actually breathed new life into the flagging goth metal genre".[5] Rock Hard gave the album a 10 out of 10 rating.[12]

Accolades

In 2005, Bloody Kisses was ranked number 365 in Rock Hard's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[14] Loudwire called Bloody Kisses the best album of 1993,[15] in addition to ranking it at number 42 on its Top 90 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Albums of the 90s.[16] Rolling Stone placed Bloody Kisses at number 53 on its Top 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time list, citing memorable songs such as "Christian Woman", "Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)", their cover version of "Summer Breeze", and "Black No. 1". The latter was cited by the author J. D. Considine as the band's signature song.[17]

Track listing

All Music and Lyrics written by Peter Steele unless otherwise noted.[18]

Bloody Kisses (1993 digipak re-release)

Roadrunner Records issued an alternate version of the album in a digipak later in 1993. The digipak reissue featured alternate artwork and an alternate track listing. The running order was changed and two tracks, the intro and all of the soundscape interludes were removed and were replaced with a previously unreleased track from the recording sessions.[19] This reissue and the associated changes were made at the request of songwriter Peter Steele.[20]

Shortly after the initial release of Bloody Kisses in 1993, Roadrunner Records reissued the album in a tri-fold digipak. This reissue featured an alternate track listing. The new track listing revised the running order and removed all of the soundscape interludes and the two "hardcore" songs ("Kill All The White People" and "We Hate Everyone") and replaced them with a previously unreleased, over eight minute long, slow and very "gothic" sounding track titled, "Suspended In Dusk".[19] This reissue and the changes to the album were made at the request of Peter Steele.[20]

In an interview for the liner notes of the remastered, "Top Shelf Edition" reissue of Bloody Kisses in 2009, Steele said that although he hated ripping off the public, he felt it was his opportunity to fix what he believed was a musical mistake. Guitarist Kenny Hickey, who was not a fan of "Suspended In Dusk", noted that the digipak version of the album was Steele trying to move into the vision of the band fully realized on 1996's "October Rust".[20]

Producer and keyboardist, Josh Silver had stronger feelings on the digipak version of Bloody Kisses, stating, "the digipak sucks". Silver went on to say that part of what makes Type O Negative great is the, "eclectic insanity" - going from songs like 'Black No. 1' to 'Kill All The White People' and that brilliance was a "happy accident". Silver noted that Peter, "didn't have to understand where it came from, he just had to play it. But Peter wanted continuity, so the digipak was released."[20]

"Summer Breeze" was initially recorded by the band as "Summer Girl" with lyrics parodying the original, but "Summer Breeze" songwriters Seals and Croft objected to the lyrical changes and the song was re-recorded with the original lyrics before the album's official release date.[21] "Summer Girl" remains unreleased but it did appear on a pre-release, promotional version of "Bloody Kisses", simply titled, "?". "Summer Girl" has since circulated online.[22]

The digipak version contains alternate artwork and an amended booklet that reflects the re-ordering and changing of the tracks. Another change is found in the album's liner notes which contain the title of and lyrics for "Summer Girl" instead of "Summer Breeze".[19] The parody lyrics of "Summer Girl" are included such as, "Kenny Hickey lying on the sidewalk, Devil music from the house next door". Josh Silver said the misprint was a mistake by Roadrunner Records.[23] The recorded song is unchanged. The standard release of the album was pressed with the original "Summer Breeze" lyrics and title in the liner notes.[18]

Bloody Kisses - The Top Shelf Edition (2009 remastered, expanded edition re-release)

On May 5, 2009, Roadrunner Records re-issued a newly remastered version of Bloody Kisses known as Bloody Kisses - The Top Shelf Edition. This reissue included the original album remastered for the first time, along with a bonus CD of rarities and B-sides. The package also included expanded liner notes featuring additional photos and a brand new, exclusive interview with the band on the "making of" and the "legacy of" Bloody Kisses.[20]

Credits

• Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass guitar
• Kenny Hickey – backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" and "We Hate Everyone", acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Josh Silver – backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, sound effects, electronic programming
• Sal Abruscato – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Paul Bento – sitar, tamboura
• The Bensonhoist Lesbian Choir – additional vocal performance
• Erasmus High School Boys Special Ed. – additional vocal performance
• Bonnie Weiss, Karen Rose, Debbie Alter, Chris Zamp, & Life Of Agony (Alan Robert, Joey Zampella, Mina Caputo, & Mike Palmeri) – additional vocal performance
• Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra (Verdigris Phlogiston conducting)

Production credits

• Produced by Peter Steele/Josh Silver
• Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY
• Additional Recording at Sty In The Sky, Brooklyn, NY
• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC
• John Wadsworth – photography
• Jeff Kitts – portrait photography

Bloody Kisses – The Top Shelf Edition (2009) reissue credits

• Re-issue producer – Monte Connor
• Project Coordinator – Steven Hartong
• Re-mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC, January 2009
• Liner notes – J. Bennett
• Design – Mr. Scott Design
• Additional photography – John Wadsworth and Joseph Cullice

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1993	German Album Charts[24]	60
1995	US Billboard 200	166

References

External links

• Type O Negative's official website

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Bloody Kisses (с англ. — «Кровавые поцелуи») — третий студийный альбом американской готик-метал группы Type O Negative, вышедший в 1993 году. Это последний альбом, записанный в оригинальном составе — с ударником Солом Абрускато. Bloody Kisses считается прорывной работой группы, иногда его называют первым настоящим альбомом в жанре готик-метал[4]. «Christian Woman» и «Black No.1» попали в ротацию университетских радиостанций, а продажи альбома в 2003 году оценивались в 864 тыс. копий[5].

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