Kill Tunes | ||||
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Released | 1986 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Label | SST [1] | |||
Leaving Trains chronology | ||||
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Kill Tunes is the second album by the American indie rock band Leaving Trains. [2] [3] It was released in 1986 via SST Records. The band supported the album with a North American tour. [4]
"Private Affair" is a cover of a song by the Saints. [5] Kill Tunes is the last album on which the Hofer brothers played. [2] "10 Generations" addresses themes of authenticity and selling out. [6]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Robert Christgau | B+ [7] |
Lincoln Journal Star | [8] |
The Philadelphia Inquirer | [9] |
Record-Journal | B [6] |
Reno Gazette-Journal | [10] |
Trouser Press wrote that frontman Falling James Moreland "displays his boozehound-next-door humor for the first time on “A Drunker Version of You,” and it provides a welcome respite from the vitriol sprayed elsewhere." [11] The Los Angeles Times thought that "it's one narrow line between convoluted and eclectic, and Leaving Trains walks it, bends it and ties it into knots." [12] The Reno Gazette-Journal determined that "the guitar attack is reminiscent of the Clash in their heyday." [10]
Robert Palmer, in The New York Times, declared: "The album title is apt; Mr. Moreland writes the songs, then the band assaults them with well-placed jabs, hard riffing, chaotically celebratory vocals and sheer energy"; Palmer later listed Kill Tunes as the third best album of 1986. [13] [14] The Providence Journal opined that "Kill Tunes does smack of revival, but not of stale rehash." [15]
AllMusic wrote that "the album mixes soft ballads, high-octane rave-ups, and furious rock played with endearing jangle, roaring bar chords, and catchy pop hooks." [5] Spin listed the album as one of the 80 "excellent" underground rock albums of the 1980s. [16]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Light Rain" | 2:26 |
2. | "She's Looking at You" | 2:32 |
3. | "Private Affair" | 2:04 |
4. | "Cigarette Motel" | 1:22 |
5. | "10 Generations" | 3:39 |
6. | "Kinette" | 3:29 |
7. | "A Drunker Version of You" | 2:29 |
8. | "Black" | 1:54 |
9. | "Falling" | 2:11 |
10. | "Vicki" | 2:02 |
11. | "Terminal Island" | 2:22 |
12. | "Warning Track" | 2:26 |