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).
| 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 | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| 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] |
Track listing
editAll songs written by the Melvins.
Love (Original Soundtrack)
edit| 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
edit| 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
editLove
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- Toshi Kasai – producer, engineer
- Steven McDonald – engineer
- John Golden – mastering
- Mackie Osborne – art
References
edit- ^ "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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