Destination: Love – Live! at Cold Rice

Destination: Love - Live! At Cold Rice is the debut album by the American band the Make-Up.[1][2]

Destination: Love - Live! At Cold Rice
Studio album by
Released1996
RecordedSeptember 1995, Black Cat, Washington, D.C.
Length37:25
LabelDischord
ProducerGuy Picciotto
The Make-Up chronology
Destination: Love - Live! At Cold Rice
(1996)
After Dark
(1997)

On the LP version of the album, the A-Side is called the "Gospel Yeh-Yeh Side," and the B-Side the "Liberation Theology Side".[3] On the CD version these sides were combined, but labeled separately in the liner notes.

A photograph of bassist Michelle Mae appears on the cover.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music     [5]

Rolling Stone called the album "an exultant mess o' high-tension twang and evangelistic howling that the Make-Up cheekily call 'gospel yeh-yeh'."[6]

Track listing (LP)

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Gospel Yeh-Yeh Side (Side A)

  1. "Intro: Hold It" − 1:38
  2. "Here Comes the Judge" − 3:05
  3. "You + I vs. the World" − 2:58
  4. "They Live by Night" − 2:00
  5. "Bring the Birds Down" − 2:25
  6. "Don't Mind the Mind" − 2:06
  7. "Evidence Is Everywhere" − 2:11
  8. "We Can't Be Contained" − 3:22

Liberation Theology Side (Side B)

  1. "Introductions" − 1:23
  2. "Don't Step on the Children" − 2:00
  3. "How Pretty Can U Get?" − 2:02
  4. "R U a Believer Pt. II" − 2:04
  5. "International Airport" − 2:29
  6. "We Gotta Get Off This Rock" − 1:46
  7. "So ... Chocolatey/Destination: Love" − 4:38
  8. "Outro: Hold It" − 1:18

References

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  1. ^ True, Everett (Mar 23, 1996). "'That gospel yeh-yeh sound'". Melody Maker. Vol. 73, no. 12. p. 36.
  2. ^ Jenkins, Mark (10 May 1996). "The punk-soul of Make-up". The Washington Post. p. WW14.
  3. ^ "mAKE-UP Destination: Love Live!". Southern Records. Archived from the original on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  4. ^ AllMusic review
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. Virgin Books. p. 247.
  6. ^ Fricke, David (Aug 8, 1996). "On the edge". Rolling Stone. No. 740. p. 62.