Amorine Queen Explained

Amorine Queen
Type:	Album
Artist:	18th Dye
Cover:	Amorine Queen.jpg
Released:	May 6, 2008
Recorded:	2008
Genre:	Noise rock
Label:	Crunchy Frog Records
Prev Title:	Tribute to a Bus
Prev Year:	1995

Amorine Queen is the third and final album by the German/Danish noise rock band 18th Dye, released on May 6, 2008 on Crunchy Frog Records.^[1]

The band had broken up in 1995 following their 2nd album, "Tribute to a Bus", but reformed in 2005, playing tours around Europe, during which the wrote the tracks for the album. They disbanded again 2009.^[2]

According to Kenneth Herzog of Allmusic, the album contains influences ranging from Sonic Youth, to late-period The Clash to late-70s Fleetwood Mac, and described the sound as "both violent and sweet, delicate and abrasive – thanks in large part to a seductive female-vocal presence".^[3]

Track listing

All songs by 18th Dye.^[4]

1. "Island vs. Island" – 4:26
2. "Soft the Hard Way" – 2:41
3. "Chinese Spoon" – 3:03
4. "Go 'N' Go" – 2:30
5. "Big Sky" – 2:21
6. "Amorines" – 4:17
7. "On Waking Up" – 1:25
8. "Is" – 3:07
9. "Backdoor" – 3:40
10. "Text Is My Killer" – 2:54
11. "Song for Helen" – 3:32
12. "Air" – 4:46

Personnel

• Sebastian Büttrich – vocals / guitar
• Heike Rädeker – bass / vocals
• Piet Bendtsen – drums

External links

• Web site: Official Website . 18 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313035242/http://18thdye.com/ . 13 March 2014 . bot: unknown . dmy-all .

Notes and References

1. Case, Ted. "8TH DYE : AMORINE QUEEN". QRO. Retrieved 8 August 2016
2. "18th Dye". Crunchy Frog Records. Retrieved 8 August 2016
3. Herzog, Kenneth. "Amorine Queen". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 August 2016
4. Hage, Erik. "18th Dye – Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 August 2016