| A Walk with Love & Death | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 7, 2017 | |||
| Studio | Sound of Sirens Studio | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, sound collage | |||
| Label | Ipecac | |||
| Producer | Melvins, Toshi Kasai | |||
| Melvins chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.6/10 [1] |
| Metacritic | 69/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   
[6] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 9/10 [3] |
| musicOMH |
[4] |
| The Skinny |
[5] |
A Walk with Love & Death is a double album and the 22nd album by American rock band Melvins, released on July 7, 2017, through Ipecac Recordings. [7] It includes two distinct albums: Love, a fourteen-song soundtrack to a short film by Jesse Nieminen, also known as A Walk with Love & Death, and Death, made up of nine standard songs. This is the first full-length Melvins album to feature bassist Steven McDonald, who only appeared on four of the songs on their previous album, Basses Loaded. Guest musicians include Joey Santiago ( Pixies), Anna Waronker ( that dog.) and Teri Gender Bender ( Le Butcherettes).
Track listing
All songs written by the Melvins.
Love (Original Soundtrack)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aim High" | 2:01 |
| 2. | "Queen Powder Party" | 2:14 |
| 3. | "Street Level St. Paul" | 2:18 |
| 4. | "The Hidden Joice" | 1:11 |
| 5. | "Give It to Me" | 2:49 |
| 6. | "Chicken Butt" | 1:49 |
| 7. | "Eat Yourself Out" | 5:03 |
| 8. | "Scooba" | 1:09 |
| 9. | "Halfway to the Bakersfield Mall" | 4:17 |
| 10. | "Pacoima Normal" | 2:33 |
| 11. | "Park Head" | 3:39 |
| 12. | "T-Burg" | 4:10 |
| 13. | "Track Star" | 5:02 |
| 14. | "The Asshole Bastard" | 4:55 |
Death
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Black Heath" | 6:41 |
| 2. | "Sober-delic (Acid Only)" | 6:03 |
| 3. | "Euthanasia" | 4:36 |
| 4. | "What's Wrong with You?" | 2:36 |
| 5. | "Edgar the Elephant" | 3:36 |
| 6. | "Flaming Creature" | 4:22 |
| 7. | "Christ Hammer" | 3:51 |
| 8. | "Cactus Party" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Cardboa Negro" | 2:56 |
Personnel
Love
- King Buzzo – guitar, vocals, theremin, modular synth, assorted noise
- Dale Crover – drums, vocals, assorted noise
- Steven McDonald – bass, vocals, assorted noise
with
- Toshi Kasai – assorted recordings, noise
- Joey Santiago – special guest guitar
- Anna Waronker – special guest backing vocals
- James Bartlett – special guest keyboards
- Tom Hazelmyer – special guest guitar
Death
- King Buzzo – guitar, vocals
- Dale Crover – drums, vocals
- Steven McDonald – bass, vocals
with
- Joey Santiago – extra guitar
- Anna Waronker – backing vocals
- Teri Gender Bender – backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Toshi Kasai – producer, engineer
- Steven McDonald – engineer
- John Golden – mastering
- Mackie Osborne – art
References
- ^ "Any Decent Music Review". Anydecentmusic.com. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ Coney, Brian (June 27, 2017). "The Melvins sound reinvigorated on A Walk With Love and Death". Thelineofbestfit.com. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ Shepherd, Sam (July 3, 2018). "MusicOMH Review". Musicomh.com. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ Wild, Pete (July 4, 2017). "The Skinny Review". Theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ allmusic
- ^ "A Walk With Love & Death". Bandcamp. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
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