Cherry Knowle

Cherry Knowle
Studio album by
Leatherface
Released1989
StudioBeamont Street
GenreHardcore punk
Length35:07
LabelMeantime
Leatherface chronology
Cherry Knowle
(1989)		 Fill Your Boots
(1990)

Cherry Knowle is the first full-length album by the English punk band Leatherface. The album is named after Cherry Knowle Hospital in Ryhope, Sunderland, and the album's cover reflects the hospital's Victorian origins. It was recorded at Beaumont Street Studios.

Critical reception

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Trouser Press called the album a "fine hardcore" record, writing that the "seeds of Leatherface’s later work are there in the debut’s 'Colorado Joe/Leningrad Vlad,' 'Discipline' and 'Cabbage Case.'"

Track listing

  1. "Colorado Joe/Leningrad Vlad" - 3:07
  2. "Animal Day" - 2:11
  3. "This Land" - 2:39
  4. "Ghetto" - 1:57
  5. "Discipline" - 3:10
  6. "Postwar Product of a Fat Man's Wallet" - 3:15
  7. "Cabbage Case" - 3:04
  8. "Right Reverend" - 2:08
  9. "Alright Jack" - 2:31
  10. "Sublime" - 4:20
  11. "Smile (You're in a Free and Pleasant Land)" - 2:59
  12. "Goulash" - 1:44
  13. "Heaven" - 2:02

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Leatherface". Trouser Press.
  2. ↑ "Razor Blades and Aspirin: 1990-1993". Record Collector.
  3. ↑ McMahon, James (6 November 2015). "Melancholia and raw pain: the sad end of Leatherface". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ "Live at the Wharf". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 25 January 1990. p. 3.
  5. ↑ Cherry Knowle at AllMusic
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 135.