Kooler Than Jesus
Kooler Than Jesus | |
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Released | 24 May 1990 |
Recorded | 1987–1989 |
Genre | Industrial dance |
Label | Wax Trax! |
Producer | Buzz McCoy |
Kooler Than Jesus is an EP released by electronic industrial rock band My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult in 1990. It contains the original "Kooler Than Jesus" 12" single along with two other previously release 12" singles, "My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult" and "Some Have to Dance...Some Have to Kill".[1]
Content
The lead track, "Kooler Than Jesus", was later remixed in 1990 for the band's second album Confessions of a Knife.... In 1994, "Nervous Xians" was heavily reworked and then retitled to "After the Flesh" for the soundtrack to the film The Crow, and the band also performed the song during the film itself. All of the tracks on the EP was later included on the 2004 compilation My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Sputnik Music | [2] |
Kooler Than Jesus received positive reviews. Vincent Jeffries of AllMusic called it "one of the industrial genre's significant early-‘90s releases".[1] Raul Stanciu of Sputnik Music called it "a huge achievement for the band".[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Kooler Than Jesus" | 6:17 |
2. | "Devil Bunnies" | 6:13 |
3. | "Nervous Xians" | 9:49 |
4. | "The Devil Does Drugs" | 7:03 |
5. | "First Cut" | 5:04 |
6. | "Shock of Point 6" | 5:09 |
7. | "Resisting the Spirit" | 6:26 |
Total length: | 46:01 |
References
- ^ a b c Jeffries, Vincent. "Kooler Than Jesus AllMusic Review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ a b Stanciu, Raul (January 27, 2012). "Kooler Than Jesus Sputnik Music Review". Sputnik Music. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
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