Cuisine (With Piscatorial)

Cuisine (With Piscatorial)
Cuisine (With Piscatorial)
Studio album by Severed Heads
Released	1991
Recorded	1988–1991
Genre	Electronic dance music, synth-pop
Length	42:52
Label	Nettwerk, Volition Records
Producer	Tom Ellard, Stephen Jones
Severed Heads chronology
Singles from Cuisine (With Piscatorial)
	"Twister"; Released: 1992;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Brainwashed	Positive ^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]

Cuisine (With Piscatorial) is the ninth studio album released by Australian electronic music group Severed Heads, issued in 1991. The album's lead single, "Twister", was released a year later.

Background

The compact disc edition of the album includes five extra tracks that the cassette edition lacked. Grouped as Piscatorial on the CD packaging, these five songs were recorded between 1988 and 1989 at a studio called dB Productions. The rest of the album (Cuisine, the first 13 tracks) was recorded between 1989 and 1991 at Terse Tapes in Sydney, Australia, except "Twister", which was recorded live in Riverdale, California.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Ellard

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pilot in Hell"	3:14
2.	"Seven of Oceans"	3:16
3.	"Finder"	2:46
4.	"Estrogen"	4:34
5.	"King of the Sea"	2:53
6.	"Host of Quadrille"	2:42
7.	"Life in the Whale"	3:38

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Twister"	3:27
9.	"Ugly Twenties"	3:21
10.	"Piggy Smack"	2:47
11.	"Golden Height/I'm Your Antidote"	3:44
12.	"The Tingler (They Shine Within)"	3:13
13.	"Goodbye"	3:17

CD Edition Bonus Tracks (*Piscatorial*)
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Her Teeth the Ally"	4:49
15.	"Skippy Roo Kangaroo"	4:14
16.	"Ottoman"	3:59
17.	"Quest for Oom Pa Pa"	6:07
18.	"Wonder of All the World"	5:27
Total length:		67:31

2003 Sevcom CD-R/Bandcamp reissue
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cry"	3:02
2.	"Twister"	3:28
3.	"Pilot in Hell"	3:16
4.	"King of the Sea"	2:55
5.	"Rainy Valley"	2:32
6.	"Care is Dead"	2:49
7.	"Host of Quadrille"	2:44
8.	"Goodbye"	3:20
9.	"Ugly Twenties"	3:16
10.	"Piggy Smack"	2:49
11.	"Golden Height/I'm Your Antidote"	3:45
12.	"The Tingler (They Shine Within)"	3:15
13.	"Estrogen (Demo)"	2:53
14.	"Life in the Whale"	3:40
15.	"Hemet"	0:54
16.	"Her Teeth the Ally"	4:50
17.	"Skippy Roo Kangaroo"	4:15
18.	"Ottoman"	3:58
19.	"Quest for Oom Pa Pa Part 1"	6:06
20.	"Quest for Oom Pa Pa Part 2"	2:07
21.	"Quest for Oom Pa Pa Part 3"	5:22
22.	"Wonder of All the World"	5:25
Total length:		76:41

1, 5, 6 and 15 were originally released in 1993 by Ellard's side band Co Kla Coma (with Lucy CyberVuva and Karen Eliot), appearing under the pseudonym Fußßßball, as part of a German split CD with the band Juniper Hill entitled Können Tiere Denken/Jedermann Sein Eigner Fußball.
13, 20 and 21 are exclusive to this reissue.
"Seven of Oceans," "Finder," and the final version of "Estrogen" have been removed.

Personnel

Tom Ellard – vocals, synthesizers, production, artwork
Stephen Jones – video synthesizers, production
Robert Racic – editing
Woolford Higgins – design, artwork
Jason G – artwork
Andrew Dunstall – artwork

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	171

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Release Notes
Australia	1991	Volition Records	CD	VOLTCD040	First CD pressing, includes tracks not included on the cassette edition. Released with the title Cuisine (With Piscatorial).
Europe		Nettwerk		W2-30062
North America				W2-30062
North America			CS	W4-30062	Cassette edition, released under the title Cuisine.
Australia	2003	Sevcom	CD-R	N/A	Sevcom reissue, includes completely new track listing, also includes material Ellard previously recorded under the alias of Fußßßball.

References

^ Carruthers, Sean. "Rotund For Success review". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^ D'Amico, Anthony. "Severed Heads, Since The Accident". Brainwashed. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
^ Danielsen, Shane. "Rolling Stone Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 March 2016 – via Sevcom.com.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Severed Heads ARIA Chart History (albums) 1991-1995, received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

External links

Cuisine (With Piscatorial) at Discogs (list of releases)
Bandcamp page

[AllMusic_review_of_Cuisine-1] Carruthers, Sean. "Rotund For Success review". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

[2] D'Amico, Anthony. "Severed Heads, Since The Accident". Brainwashed. Retrieved 18 April 2010.

[Rolling_Stone_Review-3] Danielsen, Shane. "Rolling Stone Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 March 2016 – via Sevcom.com.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Severed Heads ARIA Chart History (albums) 1991-1995, received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

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