Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

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Free Music Notes for Bloody Kisses

Free Music Review: My favourite album of all time, of any genre
Hit: 5 Stars

Category: Goth heavy metal

Artist Name: Type O Negative (TON)
CD Title: Bloody Kisses
Description: Wow. I still cannot believe how good this album is. The songs on here blew me away the first time I've heard them, and I still, on occasion, pause to listen in disbelief at how beautiful, and powerful, the tracks are. TON isn't for everyone, however. Peter Steele, the lead guy in TON, has a frighteningly sensual, dark, and, some might say, Satanic voice. (My parents hate TON!) After listening to all this other crap on the radio, music videos, and everything else, Peter's voice has a firm, soothing effect on me, that makes me really feel the music.

Songs:

1. Machine Screw

My Comments: Ok, this isn't actually a song. It's more like an intro, but it's incredibly amazing nonetheless. Considering how debauched and disgusting the idea of the track is, TON created it flawlessly, and, in my mind, it borders on being a work of art. I won't say exactly "what" it is. Listen to it yourself, and find out.

Rating: 10/10

2. Christian Woman

My Comments: Possibly TON's most popular and famous, or infamous, song. The lyrics are meaningful, but, as a whole, quite sarcastic and humorous. I guess the way to describe this song is Peter making fun of religion in a poetic, even beautiful, way. Indeed, the chorus of this song is wondrous to listen to, so melodic it is. Even the second part of the song is great, with sounds of nature in the background. I can't give this song enough credit, it is so good.

Rating: 10/10

3. Black No. 1

My Comments: This song, along with Christian Woman, are Type O Negative's most well known songs. Black No. 1 is the ultimate goth anthem ever, even though the concept of the song is making fun of goth chicks. Something I don't understand, though, is that TON are goth themselves. More or less. I mean, just look at them! Anyhow, I personally like Christian Woman more than this song, but both are flawless works of art.

Rating: 10/10

4. Fay Wray Come Out and Play

My Comments: Personally, I find this song mildly offensive, even to one such as myself. Like the first track, it's not an actual song. Not really. What I find disturbing is a voodoo sort of chant that the guys are singing in it (what exactly they are saying, I find indistinguishable!) and the pitiful cries of a woman in the background. Although the point of the track and the name of the track is unclear, my imagination conjures a mental image of the song well enough, and that mental image, is not something I would care to dwell on. Nonetheless, I can't, in my right mind, take off any points of the score just for disturbing me, and, in all other aspects, it's flawlessly made.

Rating: 9/10

5. Kill All the White People

My Comments: I was not happy to hear this song. Not that it offends me, or anything. Using well concealed irony, the song is supposed to make fun of racists, and it does so succesfully. Not that I enjoy the song at all. It's just plain annoying, and has no meaning. At least it is pretty short. (3 and a half minutes). Still, it's somewhat tolerable to listen to, although I don't see how anyone could really enjoy it.

Rating: 9/10

6. Summer Breeze

My Comments: Without a doubt my favourite song on the Bloody Kisses album, quite possibly my favourite TON song of all time. Apparently, this song is a remake of an old song, which my parents told me of, but not that that matters to me. I listened to the original version by (I forget the name), and I found some bitter irony in this song: the original song is supposed to be happy, and joyful, and, judging by the lyrics, so is this one, but that is not true. I've actually come close to tears listening to this amazing, but somewhat short (by TON standards) track. The only way I can really describe this song is being bittersweet. The listener, when hearing this, has a perfect mental image of the song, so clear and blissfullly peaceful, it is unreal.

Rating: 10/10

7. Set Me on Fire

My Comments: Painfully short, but beautifully glorious. It continues where Summer Breeze leaves off. Unlike Summer Breeze, this song is really supposed to be happy and joyful. And it is. It sounds really good, though. Really good. This song is like nothing TON has ever done, and they made it flawless. The whole song may be short, there may be only two lines of lyrics, but this is still one of the standout tracks on the cd.

Rating: 10/10

8. Dark Side of the Womb

My Comments: Like "Fay Wray Come Out and Play", I found this "intro" sort of thing somewhat disturbing. But keep in mind, "disturbing" is the kind of feeling TON were trying to portray when making this album. Nonetheless, I still see no value in it. Unlike World Coming Down, the "skits" or "interludes" on Bloody Kisses don't form together as a whole "experience." These skits are all independent and confusing.

Rating: 9/10

9. We Hate Everyone

My Comments: Considering the dark, foreboding name of the song, this track is actually quiet joyful and happy. No, I'm not kidding. One must listen to it to understand. The lyrics aren't hateful, as the name suggests, either. Well, they sort of are. But the song is actually very good, I must say. It's nothing outstanding, though.

Rating: 9.5/10

10. Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)

My Comments: The cd was named after this song, and with good reason. It is a very sad song, that makes you shed tears in sympathy for how pitiful and painful Peter's life seems to be. This song is very powerful, and flawless, in all ways. There is actually very little to say about this track, despite such an uncanny quality of perfection, a trait that TON is very well known for in their songs.

Rating: 10/10

11. 30 I.F.

My Comments: The last skit on the cd, and this is no better than the others. It technically should not offend anyone, since I observed no offensive content in it, but it doesn't seem to mean anything, either. I see no significance between the name of the skit and the actual track itself. Aside from that tedious complaint, I am unable to give it anything less than a 9/10, and so that is what I shall give it.

Rating: 9/10

12. Too Late: Frozen

My Comments: 'eh, it's ok. Nothing spectacular, but still a very good song. That's about all I can say about it. Between this song and the next one (Blood and Fire and this one, both quite similar tracks) I prefer Blood and Fire. I'm afraid to admit that this song just doesn't ahve the power that other TON songs have, and the song seems unnecasarily long, too.

Rating: 9/10

13. Blood and Fire

My Comments: Great stuff. Very good solo guitar licks, too, I must say. Although it doesn't really compare to giants like Christian Woman and Bloody Kisses, this is still an exceptional song, and a personal favourite of many TON fans.

Rating: 9.5/10

14. Can't Lose You

My Comments: Oh God, the last song on the cd. What can I say? It's not too long (for a TON song, at least), there are only two different lines of lyrics, but, even with that in consideration, it's one of the most different yet good TON songs ever. It is very sad, and, out of all the songs on the cd, the best track to end it with. What's different about it, is the cool middle-eastern sort of guitar strings in it, giving it an exotic, exhilarating feel. Hands down it is one of my favourite songs of all time, next with Summer Breeze.

Rating: 10/10

Overall/average rating: 9.5 (I don't agree with that rating, though: it gets a 10/10, without a doubt, crappy skits put aside.)

The Best Songs: Christian Woman, Black No. 1, Summer Breeze, Bloody Kisses, Can't Lose You
The Worst Songs: All the skits except for Machine Screw

Best Song: Well, all I can say is that my favourite is Summer Breeze
The Worst Song: probably one of the skits, but for an actual song, it would have to be Too Late: Frozen.

Highest Score: 10/10
Lowest Score: 9/10

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