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| Name = Keep on Your Mean Side |
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| name = Keep on Your Mean Side |
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| artist = [[The Kills]] |
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| cover = The_Kills_-_Mean_Side.jpg |
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| Genre = [[Indie rock]], [[garage rock]], [[post-punk revival]] |
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| recorded = November 2002 |
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⚫ | | studio = [[Toe Rag Studios]] (London)<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Domino Recording Company|Domino USA]] |title=The Kills ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' (reissue + bonus tracks) > promotional copy |url=http://dominorecordco.us/usa/albums/06-08-09/keep-on-your-mean-side-reissue--bonus-tracks/ |accessdate=29 April 2010 }}</ref> |
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| genre = [[Garage rock]] |
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| This album = '''''Keep on Your Mean Side'''''<br />(2003) |
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| label = [[Domino Recording Company|Domino]] |
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| Next album = ''[[No Wow]]''<br />(2005) |
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| producer = The Kills |
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| prev_title = [[Black Rooster EP]] |
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| prev_year = 2002 |
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| Name = Keep on Your Mean Side |
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| next_title = [[No Wow]] |
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| Single 1 = Fuck the People |
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| next_year = 2005 |
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| misc = {{Singles |
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| single1 = Fuck the People |
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| single1date = 2003 |
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| single2 = [[Fried My Little Brains]] |
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| single2date = 14 April 2003 |
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| single3 = Pull A U |
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| single3date = 20 October 2003 |
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'''''Keep on Your Mean Side''''' is the debut [[album]] by UK based [[indie rock]] band [[The Kills]]. Originally released on |
'''''Keep on Your Mean Side''''' is the debut [[album]] by UK based [[indie rock]] band [[The Kills]]. Originally released on March 10, 2003, through [[Domino Recording Company]], it was later reissued on May 4, 2009, with five additional bonus tracks. |
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The song "Wait" was featured in the film ''[[Children of Men]]'' (2006), while |
The song "Wait" was featured in the film ''[[Children of Men]]'' (2006), while "Monkey 23" was featured in the film ''[[The Beat That My Heart Skipped]]'' (2005) and in Adam Curtis' BBC documentary ''[[All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (TV series)|All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace]]'' Part 1 (2011); "Cat Claw" and "Wait" were both overheard in the Criminal Minds Season 3 episode, "Doubt," and "[[Fried My Little Brains]]" was used in the ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' Series 3 episode, "[[The Sign of Three]]", and in the game ''Gran Turismo 6''. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Following international touring, they entered [[Toe Rag Studios]], where [[The White Stripes]] had recorded their album ''[[Elephant (album)|Elephant]]'', to record ''Keep on Your Mean Side'', mostly on [[Multitrack recording|8-track]], in just 2 weeks. Distributed in the US and [[United Kingdom|UK]] by [[Rough Trade Records]], the album was similar in style to the EP, veering from the Velvets-esque stomp of "Wait" to the noisy, dirty garage punk blues of "Fuck the People" and dark [[psychedelia]] of "Kissy Kissy". The record was well received by the music press, though the White Stripes comparisons would not go away. |
Following international touring, they entered [[Toe Rag Studios]], where [[The White Stripes]] had recorded their album ''[[Elephant (album)|Elephant]]'', to record ''Keep on Your Mean Side'', mostly on [[Multitrack recording|8-track]], in just 2 weeks. Distributed in the US and [[United Kingdom|UK]] by [[Rough Trade Records]], the album was similar in style to the EP, veering from the Velvets-esque stomp of "Wait" to the noisy, dirty garage punk blues of "Fuck the People" and dark [[psychedelia]] of "Kissy Kissy". The record was well received by the music press, though the White Stripes comparisons would not go away. |
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== Reception == |
== Reception == |
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| MC = 70/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/keep-on-your-mean-side/the-kills |title=Reviews for ''Keep On Your Mean Side'' by The Kills |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=June 17, 2011}}</ref> |
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/keep-on-your-mean-side-mw0000023789 |title=''Keep on Your Mean Side'' – The Kills |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 12, 2019 |last=Phares |first=Heather}}</ref> |
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| rev1 = [[Allmusic]] |
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref name=Allmusic>{{Allmusic |class=album |tab=review |id=r632979 |first=Heather |last=Phares |accessdate={{date|2006-06-28}} }}</ref> |
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⚫ | | rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_760.html |title=The Kills: ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' |journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=16 |date=May 2003 |accessdate=June 12, 2019 |last=True |first=Everett |author-link=Everett True |page=121 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040817235338/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_760.html |archivedate=August 17, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| rev3 = ''[[The Boston Phoenix]]'' |
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| rev2Score = (9/10) <ref>{{cite web |work=[[drownedinsound.com]] |date=March 9, 2003 |first=Michael |last=Irvine |title=The Kills ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' > Staff Review |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3258/reviews/6312- |accessdate={{date|2007-12-11}} }}</ref> |
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| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/otr/documents/02793370.htm |title=The Kills: ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' (Rough Trade) |newspaper=[[The Boston Phoenix]] |date=April 3–10, 2003 |accessdate=June 12, 2019 |last=Carioli |first=Carly |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031224231250/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/otr/documents/02793370.htm |archivedate=December 24, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{cite journal |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=May 2003 |page=89}} Cited at {{cite web |publisher=[[metacritic]] |title=''Keep on Your Mean Side'' - The Kills > Critic Reviews |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/keep-on-your-mean-side/critic-reviews |accessdate={{date|2008-02-28}} }}</ref> |
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| rev4Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3258/reviews/6312- |title=Album Review: The Kills – ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=March 9, 2003 |accessdate=December 11, 2007 |last=Irvine |first=Michael |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017104203/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3258/reviews/6312- |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/mar/07/popandrock.artsfeatures1 |title=The Kills: ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=March 7, 2003 |accessdate=June 12, 2019 |last=Clarke |first=Betty}}</ref> |
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| rev5Score = (negative) <ref>{{cite web |work=[[Playlouder|playlouder.com]] |date=4 March 2003 |first=Elizabeth |last=Harrison |title=''Keep on Your Mean Side'' The Kills > Review |url=http://www.playlouder.com/review/+712thekills/ |accessdate={{date|2006-06-28}} |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20061119084005/http://www.playlouder.com/review/+712thekills/ |archivedate={{date|2006-11-19}} }}</ref> |
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| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Kills: ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=114 |date=May 2003 |page=89}}</ref> |
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| rev6 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' |
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| rev6Score = (negative) <ref name=PopMatters>{{cite web |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=23 May 2003 |first=Robert |last=Horning |title=The Kills: ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' > Album Review |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/kills-keep |accessdate={{date|2011-09-22}} }}</ref> |
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| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref name=RSreview>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=922 |date=May 15, 2003 |page=130 |first=Peter |last=Relic |title=The Kills ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' > Album Review |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekills/albums/album/316482/review/5942575/keep_on_your_mean_side |accessdate={{date|2007-08-12}} |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071002063514/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekills/albums/album/316482/review/5942575/keep_on_your_mean_side |archivedate={{date|2007-10-02}} }} Posted on April 22, 2003.</ref> |
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| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Kills: ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=201 |date=April 2003 |page=108}}</ref> |
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| rev8Score = {{Rating-Christgau|C+}}<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]] |date=2003-09-04 |first=Kilian |last=Murphy |title=The Kills ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' > Album Review |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1287 |accessdate={{date|2006-06-28}} }}</ref> |
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| rev9Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSreview>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekills/albums/album/316482/review/5942575/keep_on_your_mean_side |title=The Kills: ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=922 |date=May 15, 2003 |accessdate=August 12, 2007 |last=Relic |first=Peter |page=130 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002063514/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekills/albums/album/316482/review/5942575/keep_on_your_mean_side |archivedate=October 2, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' |
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| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |work=uncut.co.uk |publisher=[[IPC Media]] |title=The Kills - ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' > Album Review |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/the_kills/reviews/5134 |accessdate={{date|2011-09-22}} }}</ref> |
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| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/the_kills/reviews/5134 |title=The Kills – ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=71 |date=April 2003 |accessdate=September 22, 2011 |page=110 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519200436/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/the_kills/reviews/5134 |archivedate=May 19, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| rev10 = [[Yahoo! Music]] |
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Reviews for ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' were wide-ranging but mostly positive with a few exceptions. It has a normalized rating of 70 out of 100 on [[ |
Reviews for ''Keep on Your Mean Side'' were wide-ranging but mostly positive with a few exceptions. It has a normalized rating of 70 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]] based on 18 professional reviews.<ref name=metacritic/> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' was complimentary, saying the music was "dark, kick-ass garage rock" and the album was "a bruising disc of post-modern blues".<ref name=RSreview/> [[AllMusic]] described it as "sneering, sexy blues-punk" that is "relatively fresh and distinctive".<ref name=Allmusic/> |
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==Track listing== |
==Track listing== |
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| title5 = Fried My Little Brains |
| title5 = Fried My Little Brains |
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| length5 = 2:08 |
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| title6 = Hitched |
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| note6 = incorrectly labeled as "Gypsy Death & You" on original album sleeve |
| note6 = incorrectly labeled as "Gypsy Death & You" on original album sleeve |
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| title7 = Black Rooster |
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| length7 = 4:24 |
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| title8 = Wait |
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| title9 = Fuck the People |
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| title10 = Monkey 23 |
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| title11 = Gypsy Death & You |
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| title12 = Hand |
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| note12 = incorrectly placed as title7 on original album sleeve |
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| title15 = Sugar Baby |
| title15 = Sugar Baby |
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| length15 = 4:20 |
| length15 = 4:20 |
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| note15 = Dock Boggs cover |
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| title16 = The Search for Cherry Red |
| title16 = The Search for Cherry Red |
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| note17 = Captain Beefheart cover |
| note17 = Captain Beefheart cover |
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==Personnel== |
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*[[Jamie Hince|Jamie "Hotel" Hince]] - vocals, guitars, dictaphone, organ, harmonica, electric viola, drum machine, production |
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*[[Alison Mosshart|Alison "VV" Mosshart]] – vocals, guitars, dictaphone, production |
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== Chart performance == |
== Chart performance == |
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Keep on Your Mean Side | ||||
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Released | March 10, 2003 | |||
Recorded | November 2002 | |||
Studio | Toe Rag Studios (London)[1] | |||
Genre | Garage rock | |||
Length | 42:23 | |||
Label | Domino | |||
Producer | The Kills | |||
The Kills chronology | ||||
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Singles from Keep on Your Mean Side | ||||
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Keep on Your Mean Side is the debut album by UK based indie rock band The Kills. Originally released on March 10, 2003, through Domino Recording Company, it was later reissued on May 4, 2009, with five additional bonus tracks.
The song "Wait" was featured in the film Children of Men (2006), while "Monkey 23" was featured in the film The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) and in Adam Curtis' BBC documentary All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Part 1 (2011); "Cat Claw" and "Wait" were both overheard in the Criminal Minds Season 3 episode, "Doubt," and "Fried My Little Brains" was used in the Sherlock Series 3 episode, "The Sign of Three", and in the game Gran Turismo 6.
Background
[edit]Following international touring, they entered Toe Rag Studios, where The White Stripes had recorded their album Elephant, to record Keep on Your Mean Side, mostly on 8-track, in just 2 weeks. Distributed in the US and UK by Rough Trade Records, the album was similar in style to the EP, veering from the Velvets-esque stomp of "Wait" to the noisy, dirty garage punk blues of "Fuck the People" and dark psychedelia of "Kissy Kissy". The record was well received by the music press, though the White Stripes comparisons would not go away.
Maintaining an anti-careerist, anti-music industry attitude, the band rarely granted interviews. Rather, they got the music press to come to them with their minimalist yet powerful live shows (which also included the drum machine), the pair maintaining an air of tension by subverting the expected role of stage performer. Mosshart chain-smoked while singing, rarely speaking to the audience, whilst Hince violently ripped blues riffs from his instrument. At a New York City show following the ban on public smoking, Mosshart went on stage with three bottles of water, lit up a cigarette and proceeded to smoke constantly from the first song to the last note of the set.
Reception
[edit]Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 70/100[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Blender | [4] |
The Boston Phoenix | [5] |
Drowned in Sound | 9/10[6] |
The Guardian | [7] |
Mojo | [8] |
Pitchfork | 7.8/10[9] |
Q | [10] |
Rolling Stone | [11] |
Uncut | [12] |
Reviews for Keep on Your Mean Side were wide-ranging but mostly positive with a few exceptions. It has a normalized rating of 70 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 18 professional reviews.[2] Rolling Stone was complimentary, saying the music was "dark, kick-ass garage rock" and the album was "a bruising disc of post-modern blues".[11] AllMusic described it as "sneering, sexy blues-punk" that is "relatively fresh and distinctive".[3]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Superstition" | 4:40 |
2. | "Cat Claw" | 3:32 |
3. | "Pull a U" | 3:23 |
4. | "Kissy Kissy" | 5:02 |
5. | "Fried My Little Brains" | 2:08 |
6. | "Hitched" (incorrectly labeled as "Gypsy Death & You" on original album sleeve) | 4:01 |
7. | "Black Rooster" | 4:24 |
8. | "Wait" | 4:47 |
9. | "Fuck the People" | 4:17 |
10. | "Monkey 23" | 3:06 |
11. | "Gypsy Death & You" | 2:11 |
12. | "Hand" (incorrectly placed as title7 on original album sleeve) | :50 |
- 2009 Reissue Bonus Tracks
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Gum" | 1:21 |
14. | "Jewel Thief" | 2:47 |
15. | "Sugar Baby" (Dock Boggs cover) | 4:20 |
16. | "The Search for Cherry Red" (Jonathan Fire Eater cover) | 2:58 |
17. | "Dropout Boogie" (Captain Beefheart cover) | 4:07 |
Personnel
[edit]- The Kills
- Jamie "Hotel" Hince - vocals, guitars, dictaphone, organ, harmonica, electric viola, drum machine, production
- Alison "VV" Mosshart – vocals, guitars, dictaphone, production
Chart performance
[edit]Charts (2003) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart | 47 |
French Albums Chart | 75 |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Kills Keep on Your Mean Side (reissue + bonus tracks) > promotional copy". Domino USA. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Reviews for Keep On Your Mean Side by The Kills". Metacritic. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Keep on Your Mean Side – The Kills". AllMusic. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ True, Everett (May 2003). "The Kills: Keep on Your Mean Side". Blender (16): 121. Archived from the original on August 17, 2004. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ Carioli, Carly (April 3–10, 2003). "The Kills: Keep on Your Mean Side (Rough Trade)". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on December 24, 2003. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ Irvine, Michael (March 9, 2003). "Album Review: The Kills – Keep on Your Mean Side". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
- ^ Clarke, Betty (March 7, 2003). "The Kills: Keep on Your Mean Side". The Guardian. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ "The Kills: Keep on Your Mean Side". Mojo (114): 89. May 2003.
- ^ Reid, Brendan (March 31, 2003). "The Kills: Keep On Your Mean Side". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ "The Kills: Keep on Your Mean Side". Q (201): 108. April 2003.
- ^ a b Relic, Peter (May 15, 2003). "The Kills: Keep on Your Mean Side". Rolling Stone. No. 922. p. 130. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
- ^ "The Kills – Keep on Your Mean Side". Uncut (71): 110. April 2003. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2011.