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Bloody Kisses is the third album by Type O Negative, released on August 17, 1993. This is the last album to feature the band's original line-up, as drummer Sal Abruscato would leave Type O Negative in late 1993 and was replaced by Johnny Kelly. The album established Type O Negative motifs, such as songs originally recorded by another band restylized into gloomy gothic metal, sample-heavy soundscapes in between songs, and dry, satirical humor. The album has three different release versions — the original version containing fourteen tracks, the re-release version containing nine tracks with six tracks removed from the original and added a new song, and the top shelf 2009 release containing two discs and twenty-two tracks in total.

Bloody Kisses was the first album on Roadrunner Records to achieve gold and platinum certification (not just Type O Negative).

Music and lyrics

Considered a goth metal album, Bloody Kisses is saturated with complex patterns of sound with content featuring sexual symbolism and humor. The album features a cover of Seals & Crofts' song "Summer Breeze"; originally it 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 magazine, 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."

Tracklist

Original release

"Machine Screw" – 0:39
"Christian Woman" – 8:58
"Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" – 11:14
"Fay Wray Come Out and Play" – 1:02
"Kill All the White People" – 3:23
"Summer Breeze" (Seals and Crofts cover) – 4:49
"Set Me on Fire" – 3:29
"Dark Side of the Womb" – 0:27
"We Hate Everyone" – 6:50
"Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)" – 10:56
"3.0.I.F." – 2:05
"Too Late: Frozen" – 7:50
"Blood & Fire" – 5:33
"Can't Lose You" – 6:05

Digipak re-release

A digipak version was later released that removed two tracks ("Kill All the White People" and "We Hate Everyone"), the intro and the interludes (those lasting up to 2:05) and added one new song ("Suspended in Dusk").

"Christian Woman" – 8:58
"Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)" – 10:56
"Too Late: Frozen" – 7:50
"Blood & Fire" – 5:33
"Can't Lose You" – 6:05
"Summer Breeze" (Seals and Crofts cover) – 4:49
"Set Me on Fire" – 3:29
"Suspended in Dusk" – 8:38
"Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" – 11:14

This version contains an amended booklet that reflects the reorder of the tracks. The lyric sheet prints parody lyrics for "Summer Breeze" such as "Kenny Hickey lying on the sidewalk, Devil music from the house next door". The recorded song is unchanged. This version of the song, originally titled "Summer Girl", was recorded but remains unreleased, though it has circulated on the Internet and appears on a promotional release for Bloody Kisses simply titled ?. This is reportedly due to Seals and Crofts finding the lyric change distasteful.

Top shelf edition (2009 re-release)

Roadrunner Records re-released Bloody Kisses on May 5, 2009, with a bonus CD of rarities and B-sides. Disc one has the same tracklist as the original release above.

Disc two

"Suspended in Dusk" – 8:38
"Black Sabbath" – 7:56
"Black Sabbath (From the Satanic Perspective)" – 7:53
"Christian Woman" (edit) – 4:33
"Christian Woman" (sell-out version) – 4:33
"Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" (edit) – 4:44
"Blood & Fire" (Out of the Ashes mix) – 4:42
"Summer Breeze" (Rick Rubin mix) – 5:02

Personnel

Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass
Josh Silver – keyboards, synthesizer, effects, programming, backing vocals
Kenny Hickey – guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" and "We Hate Everyone"
Sal Abruscato – drums, percussion

Links to other albums

Type O Negative albums
Studio albums	Slow, Deep and Hard • The Origin of the Feces • Bloody Kisses • October Rust • World Coming Down • Life Is Killing Me • Dead Again
Compilation albums	The Least Worst Of • The Best of Type O Negative • None More Negative • The Complete Roadrunner Collection 1991-2003 • Blood Moon: A Collection of Covers and Rarities (Part 1) • Harvest Moon: A Collection of Covers and Rarities (Part 2)
Live albums	Steel O Dick • Bizarre Types • Live Again
Video albums	For When It Rains • After Dark • Symphony for the Devil
Split albums	Live, Rare and Hard • Iced Earth - Type O Negative - Engel
Cancelled album	Double Crossed
Imaginary album	Christmas Is Dead
Related: Discography

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  | ordinal       = 3rd
  | released      = August 17, 1993
- | tracks        = Original release: 14<br>Re-release: 9
+ | tracks        = Original release: 14<br>Re-release: 9<br>Top shelf edition: 22
- | duration      = Original release: 73:27<br>Re-release: 67:35
+ | duration      = Original release: 73:27<br>Re-release: 67:35<br>Top shelf edition: 121:33
  | singles       = 3
 }}
-{{Album intro}} This is the last album to feature the band's original line-up, as drummer [[Sal Abruscato]] would leave Type O Negative in late 1993 and was replaced by [[Johnny Kelly]]. The album further established Type O Negative motifs, such as including cover songs restylized into gloomy {{wp|gothic metal}}, sample-heavy soundscapes in between songs, and dry, satirical humor. The album has three different release versions — the original version containing fourteen tracks, the re-release version containing nine tracks with six tracks removed from the original and added a new song, and the top shelf release containing two discs and twenty-two tracks total.
+{{Album intro}} This is the last album to feature the band's original line-up, as drummer [[Sal Abruscato]] would leave Type O Negative in late 1993 and was replaced by [[Johnny Kelly]]. The album established Type O Negative motifs, such as songs originally recorded by another band restylized into gloomy {{wp|gothic metal}}, sample-heavy soundscapes in between songs, and dry, satirical humor. The album has three different release versions — the original version containing fourteen tracks, the re-release version containing nine tracks with six tracks removed from the original and added a new song, and the top shelf 2009 release containing two discs and twenty-two tracks in total.
 ''Bloody Kisses'' was the first album on {{wp|Roadrunner Records}} to achieve gold and platinum certification (not just Type O Negative).
 == Music and lyrics ==
-Considered a goth metal album, ''Bloody Kisses'' is "saturated with complex patterns of sound" with content featuring sexual symbolism and humor. The album features a cover of {{wp|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'' magazine, ''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]]".
+Considered a goth metal album, ''Bloody Kisses'' is saturated with complex patterns of sound with content featuring sexual symbolism and humor. The album features a cover of {{wp|Seals & Crofts}}' song "[[Summer Breeze]]"; originally it 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'' magazine, ''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]]."
 == Tracklist ==
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 ;Digipak re-release
-A digipak version was later released that removed two tracks, the intro and the interludes (at the band's request) and added one new song.
+A digipak version was later released that removed two tracks ("[[Kill All the White People]]" and "[[We Hate Everyone]]"), the intro and the interludes (those lasting up to 2:05) and added one new song ("[[Suspended in Dusk]]").
 # "[[Christian Woman]]" – 8:58
 # "[[Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)]]" – 10:56
@@ Line 44: / Line 44: @@
 # "[[Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All)]]" – 11:14
-This version contains an amended booklet that reflects the reorder of the tracks. The lyric sheet prints parody lyrics for "Summer Breeze" such as "Kenny Hickey lying on the sidewalk, Devil music from the house next door". The recorded song is unchanged.
+This version contains an amended booklet that reflects the reorder of the tracks. The lyric sheet prints parody lyrics for "Summer Breeze" such as "[[Kenny Hickey]] lying on the sidewalk, Devil music from the house next door". The recorded song is unchanged.
-This version of the song, originally titled "Summer Girl", was recorded but remains unreleased, though it has circulated on the Internet and appears on a promotional release for Bloody Kisses simply titled ''?''. This is reportedly due to Seals and Crofts finding the lyric change distasteful.
+This version of the song, originally titled "Summer Girl", was recorded but remains unreleased, though it has circulated on the Internet and appears on a promotional release for ''Bloody Kisses'' simply titled ''?''. This is reportedly due to Seals and Crofts finding the lyric change distasteful.
-;"Top Shelf" edition (2009 re-release)
+;Top shelf edition (2009 re-release)
 Roadrunner Records re-released ''Bloody Kisses'' on May 5, 2009, with a bonus CD of rarities and B-sides.
 Disc one has the same tracklist as the original release above.
 Disc two
-# "[[Suspended in Dusk]]" – 8:45
+# "[[Suspended in Dusk]]" – 8:38
 # "[[Black Sabbath]]" – 7:56
 # "[[Black Sabbath (From the Satanic Perspective)]]" – 7:53
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 * [[Kenny Hickey]] – guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "[[Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All)]]" and "[[We Hate Everyone]]"
 * [[Sal Abruscato]] – drums, percussion
+{{Albums}}
 [[Category:Albums]]
 [[Category:Bloody Kisses| ]]