Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (Dig)
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Artist: Type O NegativeEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-05-17
Music Label: Roadrunner Records
Soundtracks:
- Christian Woman
- Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)
- Too Late: Frozen
- Blood & Fire
- Can't Lose You
- Summer Breeze
- Set Me on Fire
- Suspended in Dusk [#]
- Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)
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Free Music Review: BLOODY KISSES = Bloody Fantastic
Hit: 5 Stars
I have to agree with a vast majority of the other reviews here, when they sing the praises of this album. BLOODY KISSES was my first introduction to Type O Negative (courtesy of a friend - thanks Jim!), and of course became my first TON album added to my music library. The instant sellers on this album (for me, anyway) were (and still are) CHRISTIAN WOMAN, BLACK No 1, SUMMER BREEZE, and the title track BLOODY KISS (A DEATH IN THE FAMILY).
With the exception of SUMMER BREEZE, all these songs are epic classics running anywhere from just under 9 minutes to a little over 11 minutes each. What made these songs such instant gems (aside form the excellent musical arrangements), was the unique, unmatched vocal styling of Peter Steele. His deep, baritone vocals stand alone in a class all their own, and in effect, make the songs that much more unique as well. I have yet to meet a woman who was not "affected" by his voice. Aside from other, um, "attributes" that Peter Steele possess, his voice is something that many men would envy (I sure do, anyway).
An almost 180 contrast to their debut album (SLOW, DEEP, AND HARD) where the tracks were more typical metal, with the speed & thrash elements one would expect from such a genere, BLOODY KISSES slows things down, but not in a boring way, rather in a deeper, more emotionally connective sort of way. You can almost "feel" the despair, sadness, and melancholy in some of these songs, just from the music alone, before even a single lyric is uttered. It almost makes one wonder if these two albums could actually come from the same band. But they do.
Where I feel SLOW DEEP AND HARD was an experimental album for Pete & Co to get themselves on the music map (amidst the thrash & speed of SDAH, there is a balance of slower, heavy riffing which would become more evident and refined in following albums), BLOODY KISSES is the album where I feel the band finds their perfect niche that firmly places them among other great bands of the goth metal genre.
Additionally, while a lot of the music can invoke feelings of melacholy, some the very same tracks can also simultaneously invoke more positive feelings as well. Not a lot of music can do that.
As mentioned in many of the other reviews, this album had two "versions". An original 14-track version, released in a standard jewel case, and a remastered 9-track version, released in a digipak. There is so much contention as to which is the "better" version - I say they're both good in their own right, and any true TON fan will make sure to have both in their collection/library, even if it's for 1 song.
While the original version boasts more tracks, those etxra tracks (which were omitted from the remastered release) are really not all that great, as they are mostly made up of these bizarre interludes (not the last to be seen/heard from TON however!), which seem to only serve to segue from one musical track to the next, and hardly warrant the fuss over the original version of the album being "better". These "interlude" tracks would be 3.0.I.F. (which sounds like some auto accident scenario), DARK SIDE OF THE WOMB (the crying infant and macabre sounds suggest to me some sort of "Rosemary's Baby" thing going on), MACHINE SCREW (mechanical eroticism, I guess you could say), and FAY WRAY COME OUT AND PLAY (the overall sounds and ambience here suggest to me like it's a tribute to the classic 1933 movie King Kong, when the tribe make their female sacrifice to Kong).
I find these tracks do serve rather well as intros to specific main musical tracks, but they're not anything you'd really miss, especially if you never heard them. In other words, you wouldn't miss much. Among these omitted tracks, however, only 2 are actual musical compositions (KILL ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE and WE HATE EVERYONE), and while these are not bad and pretty good, respectively, I have to strongly disagree with any reviews that say these (or any of the omitted tracks, for that matter) are better than SUSPENDED IN DUSK, which was the "bonus track" included on the remastered digipak version, in these other tracks' absence.
In fact, if there was any track that made buying a second copy of BLOODY KISSES worth while, it would be the digipak for SUSPENDED IN DUSK. If you have an avid interest in vampires, you will agree, this song makes it worth a second investment in the "same" album. But even if you're not a vampire enthusiast, this is one of those great songs that rank alongside CHRISTIAN WOMAN, et al.
Speaking of CHRISTIAN WOMAN, the one thing that DOES suck about the digipak (aside form the fact that it IS a digipak! grrr), is that Pete's spoken intro for the song ("Forgive her... for she knows not what she does") was also omitted (at least it was on MY copy!). That makes no sense to me.
Maybe because I got the digipak first, and then the original later on, (not knowing I got them in "backwards" order), perhaps this may have influenced my acceptance of the digipak version as being "just as good", cos in essence, my second purchase was like getting stuffed added on, rather than left off. Still, had I gotten them in their proper sequence, I think I would have been ok with paying a full CD price for one song (and not just cos I'm the kind of music junkie who wants ANYthing and EVERYthing released from whatever band I am into), cos SUSPENDED IN DUSK is actually THAT good. In fact, I recall thinking the original wasn't that great after all, since the "extra" tracks weren't even "real" tracks, and the 2 that were, were mediocre at best.
If you value quantity over quality, then the original BLOODY KISSES will suit you fine. If you prefer quality over quantity, you may prefer the digipak (except for that clipped CHRISTIAN WOMAN intro!) instead. However, if you are a true Type O Negative fan, then not only will you not be sorry to have both versions, but you will also make a point of doing so - for collector's item reasons if nothing else.
In closing, I would have to say that while all the albums that followed were very good (even excellent!) in their own right, there is just something about BLOODY KISSES that makes it stand alone as an unmatched classic. A must!
I give 5+ stars, in the context of both versions combined as one release.
Seperately, I'd give the original version 4 stars, and the digipak 3 stars (the only reason it did not get an equal 4-star rating, is for the omitted intro to CHRISTIAN WOMAN, and for being in a digipak - I HATE those things! So in essence, the 3-star rate goes to the one song not on the original : SUSPENDED IN DUSK).
WTW
Bloody Kisses (Dig) Poster
After burying Brooklyn under the dense power-dirge cacophony of 1991's Slow, Deep And Hard, Type O Negative decided to get almost serious. Or at least as almost-serious as Type O could ever be expected to get. Originally released on August 17th, 1993, at the tail end of New York City Mayor David Dinkins' 'gorgeous mosaic' of race riots and unemployment, Bloody Kisses offered both a response to the controversy that had enveloped Type O's debut and and enhanced pop sensibility. The album features infectious doom-pop epics ('Black No. 1', 'Christian Woman') sarcastic hardcore screends ('Kill All The White People,' 'We Hate Everyone'), bizarre noise interludes ('Fay Wray Come Out And Play,' 'Dark Side Of The Womb,' '3.0.I.F') and a cover of Seals & Crofts' 'Summer Breeze' that somehow managed to be both lush and beefy. The album went Platinum on the strength of 'Christian Woman' and 'Black No. 1.' Bloody Kisses remains the diamond in Type O's extensive back catalogue and one of the most eleaborate revenge records of all time. Here it is packaged with a bonus audio disc featuring 8 rare tracks from the Bloody Kisses sessions and in-depth liner notes featuring new interviews and insight into the world of Type O Negative - making this package the complete collector's piece.Fronted by eternal cynic Peter Steele (ex-Carnivore), Type O Negative have evolved from an atmospheric punk band to a melodic gothic metal outfit. The band's breakthrough disc Bloody Kisses blends gothic keyboards, dense guitars, and mournful vocals reminiscent of Sisters of Mercy with metal riffs and surging rhythms that sound like a cross between Black Sabbath and The Cult. The combination is compelling, and on "Christian Woman" and "Black No. 1" (which features the chorus "Loving you was like loving the dead"), Type O Negative's negativity shines through in a way that makes depressed teenage girls dressed in black swoon. --Jon Wiederhorn
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