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| Studio album by Type O Negative | ||||
| Released | August 17, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Systems Two, Brooklyn | |||
| Genre | Gothic metal, doom metal | |||
| Length | 73:17 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Peter Steele, Josh Silver | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
| Metal Hammer | (9/10) |
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| Rock Hard (de) | 10/10 |
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Bloody Kisses is the third album by the American band Type O Negative. It is also the last recording to feature the band's original line-up, as drummer Sal Abruscato would leave Type O Negative in late 1993. The album further established Type O Negative motifs, such as including cover songs restylized into gloomy gothic metal, sample-heavy soundscapes in between songs, and dry, satirical humor. This album includes a cover of the Seals and Crofts song "Summer Breeze".
Bloody Kisses was the first album on Roadrunner Records to achieve gold and platinum certification.
Considered a goth metal album,Bloody Kisses is "saturated with complex patterns of sound" with content featuring sexual symbolism and humor.
Bloody Kisses features a cover of Seals & Crofts' song "Summer Breeze". Originally, Type O Negative's version was going to be called "Summer Girl" with different lyrics, but made a normal cover after Seals & Crofts found the lyrics to "Summer Girl" distasteful. According to Decibel, Bloody Kisses "featured infectious doom-pop epics ('Black No. 1,' 'Christian Woman'), sarcastic hardcore screeds ('Kill All the White People,' 'We Hate Everyone')," and "bizarre noise interludes ('Fay Wray Come Out and Play,' 'Dark Side of the Womb,' '3.0.I.F')". "Black No. 1" is "a sarcastic ode to goth girls based on a narcissistic ex-girlfriend of singer Peter Steele".
Bloody Kisses received mostly positive reviews. Steve Huey of AllMusic gave the album a 4.5 out of 5 and wrote that "though it sounds like a funeral, Bloody Kisses' airy melodicism and '90s-style irony actually breathed new life into the flagging goth metal genre".Rock Hard gave the album a 10 out of 10 rating.
In 2005, Bloody Kisses was ranked number 365 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
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