First Love Last Rites
First Love Last Rites is the third album by Cock Robin and was released in 1989 in Europe and 1990 in the USA.
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| Released | 1989 (Europe); 1990 (USA) | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | CBS 465943 2 (Europe) | |||
| Producer | Rhett Davies | |||
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Track listing
- Stumble and Fall
- Straighter Line
- Win or Lose
- One Joy Bang
- For Experience Sake
- Hunting Down a Killer
- Any More Than I Could Understand
- My First Confession
- Manzanar
- Worlds Apart
All songs by Peter Kingsbery except "For Experience Sake" (Peter Kingsbery/Anna LaCazio)
The US version includes a cover of Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe", added as track #6 (after "For Experience Sake" and before "Hunting Down a Killer").
It was the band's final album before their (temporary) split, which lasted from 1990 to 2006. It proved to be their least successful album of the first half of their career.
Musicians
Cock Robin
- Peter Kingsbery: vocals, keyboards
- Anna LaCazio: vocals
Additional musicians
- Pat Mastelotto: drums
- Luis Conte: percussion
- Corky James: guitar
- John Pierce: bass
- Ramon Flores, Samuel Nolasco and Xavier Serrano: mariachi horns
- David Faragher: bass on Stumble And Fall, Any More Than I Could Understand and Manzanar
- Paul Mitchell: additional drumming on Manzanar
Misc
Produced by Rhett Davies
Singles:
- Worlds Apart
- Straighter Line
- Manzanar. It's the name of a Japanese American internment camp located in California during World War II.
- It's Only Make Believe (US)
The CD sleeve features the poem It's Ours by Charles Bukowski, an excerpt from You Get So Alone at Times It Just Makes Sense (1986).
Charts
- #11 France (2x Gold album)
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