Cuisine (With Piscatorial)

1991 studio album by Severed Heads

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
| Rotund for Success
(1989)  | Cuisine (With Piscatorial)
(1991)  | Gigapus
(1994)

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Singles from  Cuisine (With Piscatorial)

1. "Twister"
Released: 1992

Professional ratingsReview 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

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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

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All tracks are written by Tom Ellard.

Side OneNo.| Title| Length

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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 TwoNo.| Title| Length

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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

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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 reissueNo.| Title| Length

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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

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* 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

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Chart (1991)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 171

## Release history

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Region  | Date  | Label  | Format  | Catalog  | Release Notes

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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
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

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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.
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.

## External links

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

* v
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Severed Heads

* Tom Ellard
* Stewart Lawler

* Stephen Jones
* Paul Deering
* Garry Bradbury
* Richard Fielding
* Andrew Wright

Albums|

| Studio albums|

* Clean (1981)
* Blubberknife (1982)
* Since the Accident (1984)
* City Slab Horror (1985)
* Come Visit the Big Bigot (1986)
* Bad Mood Guy (1987)
* Rotund for Success (1989)
* Cuisine (With Piscatorial) (1991)
* Gigapus (1994)
* Haul Ass (1998)
* Under Gail Succubus (2006)

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Split albums|

* Ear Bitten / No Vowels, No Bowels (1980)

Singles|

* "Dead Eyes Opened"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Nettwerk
* Volition Records
* The Illustrated Family Doctor
* 80's Cheesecake

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