| Strange Free World | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Kitchens of Distinction |
| Cover: | Strangefreeworld.jpg |
| Released: | 18 March 1991 |
| Recorded: | 1990 |
| Studio: | Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire |
| Genre: | Shoegaze, dream pop |
| Length: | 43:28 |
| Label: | One Little Indian |
| Producer: | Hugh Jones |
| Prev Title: | Love Is Hell |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | The Death of Cool |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
Strange Free World is the second album by British alternative rock band Kitchens of Distinction, released on 19 February 1991 in the US by A&M Records and on 18 March 1991 in the UK by One Little Indian Records. It is the follow-up to their 1989 debut Love Is Hell. Noted producer Hugh Jones, who worked with Echo & the Bunnymen (on their 1981 album Heaven Up Here), among many others, helped KOD to sound more at ease in the studio.
Reviewer Ned Raggett of AllMusic notes that "Musically, the tunes sound quite ambitious in many ways, often steering away from conventional verse-chorus-verse formulas," and calling the album an overall excellent effort. It is often considered one of the group's best works, as well as possibly its most popular and commercially successful, peaking at number 45 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] The album also includes their first UK charting single "Drive That Fast," which peaked at number 93 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]
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