Amorine Queen

Amorine Queen
Studio album by 18th Dye
Released	May 6, 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Noise Rock
Label	Crunchy Frog Records
18th Dye chronology
Tribute to a Bus (1995) Amorine Queen (2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Amorine Queen is the third and final album by the German/Danish noise rock band 18th Dye, released in May 6, 2008 on Crunchy Frog Records.^[2]

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 current album. They disbanded again 2009.^[3]

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".^[4]

Songs and listing

All songs by 18th Dye.^[5]

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

References

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