"Punish Me with Kisses" | ||||
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Single by the Glove | ||||
from the album Blue Sunshine | ||||
Released | 18 November 1983[1] | |||
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Length | 3:12 | |||
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The Glove singles chronology | ||||
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"Punish Me with Kisses" is the second single by the English post-punk band the Glove from their sole studio album Blue Sunshine. [2] [3] released in 1983 by Wonderland Records/ Polydor. The Glove were a side project for Robert Smith of the Cure and Steven Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees. The song was recorded in 1983 while Smith was also a member of the Banshees, [4] and also featured future Banshees keyboardist Martin McCarrick and new Cure drummer Andy Anderson.
The band performed the song on the British TV show Riverside. [5] [6]
The release of the single went largely unnoticed at the time, because both the Cure and the Banshees had just released their most successful singles to date. [6]
The song was co-written by Smith and Severin. [7]
In a review for the Blue Sunshine album for the Spanish-language magazine Muzikalia, critic Manuel Pinazo described this song and " Like an Animal" as having echoes of Syd Barrett., [8] while Toronto Star, critic Ben Rayner described the song as a "more straightforward post-punk cut". [9] In a review of the 2006 reissue of the Blue Sunshine album, which included a remix of the song, PopMatters editor Adam Besenyodi said that the depth of the album version "is lost on the Mike Hedges mix, where the full orchestration is supplanted with a tinnier sound". [10]
More straightforward post-punk cuts like "Punish Me With Kisses" and "This Green City"
"Punish Me with Kisses" | ||||
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Single by the Glove | ||||
from the album Blue Sunshine | ||||
Released | 18 November 1983[1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:12 | |||
Label |
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Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) |
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The Glove singles chronology | ||||
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"Punish Me with Kisses" is the second single by the English post-punk band the Glove from their sole studio album Blue Sunshine. [2] [3] released in 1983 by Wonderland Records/ Polydor. The Glove were a side project for Robert Smith of the Cure and Steven Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees. The song was recorded in 1983 while Smith was also a member of the Banshees, [4] and also featured future Banshees keyboardist Martin McCarrick and new Cure drummer Andy Anderson.
The band performed the song on the British TV show Riverside. [5] [6]
The release of the single went largely unnoticed at the time, because both the Cure and the Banshees had just released their most successful singles to date. [6]
The song was co-written by Smith and Severin. [7]
In a review for the Blue Sunshine album for the Spanish-language magazine Muzikalia, critic Manuel Pinazo described this song and " Like an Animal" as having echoes of Syd Barrett., [8] while Toronto Star, critic Ben Rayner described the song as a "more straightforward post-punk cut". [9] In a review of the 2006 reissue of the Blue Sunshine album, which included a remix of the song, PopMatters editor Adam Besenyodi said that the depth of the album version "is lost on the Mike Hedges mix, where the full orchestration is supplanted with a tinnier sound". [10]
More straightforward post-punk cuts like "Punish Me With Kisses" and "This Green City"