A Walk with Love & Death

For the John Huston film, see A Walk with Love and Death.

A Walk with Love & Death is a double album and the 22nd album by American rock band Melvins, released on July 7, 2017, through Ipecac Recordings.^[7] It includes two distinct albums: Love, a fourteen-song soundtrack to a short film by Jesse Nieminen, also known as A Walk with Love & Death, and Death, made up of nine standard songs. This is the first full-length Melvins album to feature bassist Steven McDonald, who only appeared on four of the songs on their previous album, Basses Loaded. Guest musicians include Joey Santiago (Pixies), Anna Waronker (that dog.) and Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes).

A Walk with Love & Death
Studio album by Melvins
Released	July 7, 2017
Studio	Sound of Sirens Studio
Genre	Experimental rock, sound collage
Label	Ipecac
Producer	Melvins, Toshi Kasai
Melvins chronology
Basses Loaded (2016) A Walk with Love & Death (2017) Pinkus Abortion Technician (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.6/10[1]
Metacritic	69/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Line of Best Fit	9/10[4]
musicOMH	[5]
The Skinny	[6]

Track listing

All songs written by the Melvins.

Love (Original Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Aim High"	2:01
2.	"Queen Powder Party"	2:14
3.	"Street Level St. Paul"	2:18
4.	"The Hidden Joice"	1:11
5.	"Give It to Me"	2:49
6.	"Chicken Butt"	1:49
7.	"Eat Yourself Out"	5:03
8.	"Scooba"	1:09
9.	"Halfway to the Bakersfield Mall"	4:17
10.	"Pacoima Normal"	2:33
11.	"Park Head"	3:39
12.	"T-Burg"	4:10
13.	"Track Star"	5:02
14.	"The Asshole Bastard"	4:55

Death

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Heath"	6:41
2.	"Sober-delic (Acid Only)"	6:03
3.	"Euthanasia"	4:36
4.	"What's Wrong with You?"	2:36
5.	"Edgar the Elephant"	3:36
6.	"Flaming Creature"	4:22
7.	"Christ Hammer"	3:51
8.	"Cactus Party"	3:37
9.	"Cardboa Negro"	2:56

Personnel

Love

• King Buzzo – guitar, vocals, theremin, modular synth, assorted noise
• Dale Crover – drums, vocals, assorted noise
• Steven McDonald – bass, vocals, assorted noise

with

• Toshi Kasai – assorted recordings, noise
• Joey Santiago – special guest guitar
• Anna Waronker – special guest backing vocals
• James Bartlett – special guest keyboards
• Tom Hazelmyer – special guest guitar

Death

• King Buzzo – guitar, vocals
• Dale Crover – drums, vocals
• Steven McDonald – bass, vocals

with

• Joey Santiago – extra guitar
• Anna Waronker – backing vocals
• Teri Gender Bender – backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Toshi Kasai – producer, engineer
• Steven McDonald – engineer
• John Golden – mastering
• Mackie Osborne – art