The Kitchen Tapes (The Raincoats album)

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The Kitchen Tapes
Raincoats Kitchen Tapes.jpg
Live album by
The Raincoats
Released1983
Recorded12 December 1982
VenueThe Kitchen for the Performing Arts, New York City
GenrePost-punk
LabelROIR
ProducerJohn Hanti
The Raincoats chronology
Odyshape
(1981) 		The Kitchen Tapes
(1983) 		Moving
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
City Pages(favourable)[2]
PopMatters8/10 stars[3]

The Kitchen Tapes, released by ROIR in 1983, is the only live album by the Raincoats. The album features a recording of a December 1982 performance in New York City.[4] It was originally released on cassette only, but was reissued in 1995 and 1998 on CD.[4][5]

Track listing[]

All tracks composed by The Raincoats; except where indicated

  1. "No One's Little Girl"
  2. "Balloonacy"
  3. "Oh Oh La La La"
  4. "Only Loved at Night"
  5. "I Saw a Hill"
  6. "Mouth of a Story"
  7. "The Body"
  8. "Shouting Out Loud"
  9. "Rainstorm"
  10. "Dance of Hopping Mad"
  11. "Animal Rhapsody"
  12. "Puberty Song" (Traditional)
  13. "No Side to Fall In"
  14. "Honey Mad Woman"

Personnel[]

  • Vicki Aspinall - vocals, piano, violin
  • Gina Birch - vocals, bass, guitar
  • Ana da Silva - vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Richard Dudanski - drums, percussion
  • Paddy O'Connell - bass, guitar, saxophone
  • Derek Goddard - drums, percussion
Technical
  • Michael Whittaker - live mix/recording sound engineer
  • Greil Marcus - liner notes

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ City Pages review Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ PopMatters review
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Graham Flashner, Douglas Wolk, & Ira Robbins "Raincaots", Trouser Press
  5. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Raincoats", in The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0


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