Punish Me with Kisses
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| Single by The Glove | ||||
| from the album Blue Sunshine | ||||
| Released | 18 November 1983 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:12 | |||
| Label | Polydor Records | |||
| Producer(s) | Robert Smith Steve Severin Mike Hedges |
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Punish Me with Kisses is the second single by The Glove from their album Blue Sunshine.[1][2] The Glove were a side-project band for Robert Smith of the Cure and Steve Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees. This record was recorded and released in 1983 while Smith was also a member of the Banshees.[3] The band performed the song on the British TV show Riverside.[4][5]
The release of this single went largely unnoticed at the time, because both the Cure and the Banshees had just released their most successful singles to date.[5]
The song was co-written by Smith and Severin.[6]
Contents
Reception
Writing 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.[7] In a review for the Toronto Star, critic Ben Rayner described the song as a "more straightforward post-punk cut".[8] In a review of the 2006 reissue of the Blue Sunshine album, which included a remix of the song, PopMatters Associate Music Editor Adam Besenyodi said, "The depth of the “Punish Me with Kisses” album version is lost on the Mike Hedges mix, where the full orchestration is supplanted with a tinnier sound."[9]
Track listing
7": Wonderland (UK)
- Punish Me with Kisses (Mike Hedges Mix) (3:30)
- The Tightrope (3:12)
Personnel
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- Steve Severin - bass
- Robert Smith - guitar
- Jeanette Landray - vocals
- Martin McCarrick - keyboards, real strings
- Ginny Heyes - real strings
- Anne Stephenson - real strings
- Andy Anderson - real drums
References
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- Riverside TV Performance on YouTube - from Steve Severin's YouTube channel
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