First Love / Last Rites
First Love / Last Rites is the third album by Cock Robin and was released in 1989 in Europe. It was released on July 31, 1990 in the US.
Track listing
- Stumble and Fall
- Straighter Line
- Win or Lose
- One Joy Bang
- For Experience Sake
- Hunting Down a Killer
- Any More Than I Could Understand
- My First Confession
- Manzanar
- Worlds Apart
The US version includes a cover of Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe", added as track #6.
It was the band's final album before their split, which lasted from 1990 to 2006. It proved to be their least successful album of the first half of their career.
Musicians
Cock Robin
- Peter Kingsbery: vocals, keyboards
- Anna LaCazio: vocals
Additional musicians
- Pat Mastelotto: drums
- Luis Conte: percussion
- Corky James: guitar
- John Pierce: bass
- Ramon Flores, Samuel Nolasco and Xavier Serrano: mariachi horns
- David Faragher: bass on Stumble And Fall, Any More Than I Could Understand and Manzanar
- Paul Mitchell: additional drumming on ''Manzanar''
Miscellaneous
Produced by Rhett DaviesSingles:
- Worlds Apart
- Straighter Line
- Manzanar. It's the name of a Japanese American internment camp located in California during World War II.
- It's Only Make Believe
Charts
- #11 France