"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.
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| Released | 18 November 1983[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:12 | |||
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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]
Critical reception
editIn 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]
Track listing
edit7"
edit- "Punish Me with Kisses" (Mike Hedges Mix) – 3:30
- "The Tightrope" – 3:12
Personnel
edit- Steven Severin – bass
- Robert Smith – guitar
- Jeanette Landray – vocals
- Martin McCarrick – keyboards, strings
- Ginny Hewes – strings
- Anne Stephenson – strings
- Andy Anderson – drums
References
edit- ^ "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. 12 November 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (October 2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate Books. p. 82. ISBN 978-1841953359. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. New England Publishing Associates. p. 984. ISBN 978-1882267026. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Spencer, Lauren (December 1990). "Paint it Black". Spin. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (Nov 1, 2002). The Dark Reign of Gothic Rock. Helter Skelter Publishing. p. 261. ISBN 978-1900924481. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ a b Thompson, Dave. "The Glove". Allmusic. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ "Punish Me With Kisses (Images)". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Pinazo, Manuel (September 26, 2006). "The Glove - Blue Sunshine (Deluxe Edition)" (in Spanish). Muzikalia. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Rayner, Ben (September 30, 2006). "Cure for '80s cravings". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
More straightforward post-punk cuts like "Punish Me With Kisses" and "This Green City"
- ^ Besenyodi, Adam (August 22, 2006). "Trippin': The Cure 1983-1987". PopMatters. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
External links
edit- Riverside TV Performance on YouTube - from Steve Severin's YouTube channel
- "Punish Me with Kisses" at Discogs (list of releases)