Strange Free World

Kitchens Of Distinction | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 19, 1991)
• Original Release Date: 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000008HDL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,847 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Railwayed

2. Quick as Rainbows

3. Hypnogogic

4. He Holds Her, He Needs Her

5. Polaroids

6. Gorgeous Love

7. Aspray

8. Drive That Fast

9. Within the Daze of Passion

10. Under the Sky, Inside the Sea

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the lost classic, April 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Strange Free World (Audio CD)

As all the hipsters clamor for the past, the new thing seems to be (after the exhaustion of the television/iggy/voidoids shtick by the strokes) early '90's "shoegazer" rock. After recently seeing a review of Interpol, I noticed a reviewer compared them with KOD. Hmm... thats really weird...
KOD was a great pop band, with a unique sound. Singer/bassist Patrick Fitzgerald's lyrics were pointed, yet utterly heartwrenching, while Julian Swales work with effects-laden guitars has yet to be matched (or imitated). The production on this record is a bit too glossy at times, but it works to good effect on the opener "Railwayed", the dreamy (literally) "Hypnogogic" and the astounding "Drive That Fast". The band achieved a sound quite beyond anything at the time (or since really...). Mark my words, in 3-5 years time, those strokes boys will be trading in their white belts for delay pedals for their guitars, at will be citing Echo and the Bunnymen instead of the Velvets. I could only hope...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 14 Years Later, still listening to this!, January 6, 2005

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Mad Dash (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strange Free World (Audio CD)

I remember hearing Drive that Fast and thinking, got to get this. Then I heard the whole album and listened to it regularly for years. Recently, my brother bought me an album by a band called Interpol. Damn if this is not the same vocalist, or a darn good admirer. So what did I do? pulled KOD cd's out and listened all over again! How good is this album? When my wife and I went back to Hawaii for our 5th (5 years ago)anniversary, this was one of my 12 cds to come with (I have over 800 cds). Why are they gone! Come back! Please more of this!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still Gives Me Chills, August 31, 2004

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W. T. Cook (Alexandria VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strange Free World (Audio CD)

I can't believe it's been 13 years since I first heard this CD. Funny thing is I listened for 3 or 4 years before I actually listened to the lyrics too.

Another KOD reviewer on Amazon had problem with some of the gay-themed lyrics. If you can't get over that, then frankly you don't deserve to hear it. The guitar effects will put you in a trance, and the songs flow together seamlessly. One of the reasons KOD didn't have mainstream success is their songs are some heavy duty songs about LOVE, both gutwrentching, and glorious.

One of the top 10 CD's that changed my life.

Just buy it.