Kill Tunes
Studio album by
Leaving Trains
Released1986
GenreIndie rock
LabelSST Records[1]
Leaving Trains chronology
Well Down Blue Highway
(1984)		 Kill Tunes
(1986)		 Fuck
(1987)

Kill Tunes is the second album by the American indie rock band Leaving Trains.[2][3] It was released in 1986 via SST Records.

Production

"Private Affair" is a cover of the Saints' song.[4] Kill Tunes is the last album on which the Hofer brothers played.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Robert ChristgauB+[5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[6]

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."[7] 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."[8]

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.[9][10] The Providence Journal opined that "Kill Tunes does smack of revival, but not of stale rehash."[11]

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."[4] Spin listed the album as one of the 80 "excellent" underground rock albums of the 1980s.[12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Dave (August 29, 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 "The Leaving Trains | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 110.
  4. 1 2 3 "Kill Tunes - The Leaving Trains | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: The Leaving Trains". www.robertchristgau.com.
  6. ↑ Tucker, Ken (20 July 1986). "LEAVING TRAINS Kill Tunes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. H7.
  7. ↑ "Leaving Trains". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. ↑ de la Vina, Mark (31 Aug 1986). "TRAINS ROLL". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 63.
  9. ↑ Palmer, Robert (15 Aug 1986). "POP AND JAZZ GUIDE". The New York Times. p. C19.
  10. ↑ Palmer, Robert (7 Jan 1987). "THE POP LIFE; PETER CASE HEADS A LIST OF THE TOP ALBUMS OF 1986". The New York Times. p. C20.
  11. ↑ Boehm, Mike (January 25, 1987). "MUSIC Rock: Has every stone been turned?". The Providence Journal. p. H3.
  12. ↑ "Underground". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. January 29, 1990 – via Google Books.
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