Hell's Kitchen (Maxim album)

Hell's Kitchen is the debut solo studio album by Maxim, a member of the Prodigy. It was released on XL Recordings on 2 October 2000.^[3] It features guest appearances from Diamond J, Skin, Divine Styler, Trina Allen, Tony Titanium, Blood of Abraham, Sneaker Pimps, and Too Poetic.^[3]

Hell's Kitchen
Studio album by Maxim
Released	2 October 2000 (2000-10-02)
Studio	The Red Room Terminal Studios
Genre	Electronic hip hop alternative rock trip hop
Length	47:34
Label	XL
Producer	Maxim Ollie J Liam Howlett Jim Abbiss Line of Flight Productions
Maxim chronology
Hell's Kitchen (2000) Fallen Angel (2005)
Singles from Hell's Kitchen
"My Web" Released: 1999 "Carmen Queasy" Released: 2000 "Scheming" Released: 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[1]
NME	[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Maxim, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hadrian's Wall"		1:18
2.	"Killing Culture"		4:17
3.	"Carmen Queasy"	Maxim Skin Alan Price	4:02
4.	"Spectral Wars"	Maxim Divine Styler	4:00
5.	"Hell's Kitchen"		4:30
6.	"Scheming"	Maxim Liam Howlett Trina Allen Ollie J Jim Davies	4:05
7.	"Worldwide Syndicates"	Maxim Tony Titanium	4:33
8.	"Soul Seller"	Maxim Trina Allen	3:33
9.	"Universal Scientist"	Maxim Blood of Abraham	3:44
10.	"My Web"		4:29
11.	"Dominant Genes"		3:33
12.	"Backward Bullet"	Maxim Chris Corner Liam Coverdale-Howe Ian Pickering Joe Wilson Dave Westlake	5:33
Total length:			47:34

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Hell's Kitchen" (vocal version)	4:31
14.	"Prism"	3:46
Total length:		55:51

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.^[4]

• Maxim – production (1–11), mixing (1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11), vocals (2, 3, 7, 8, 10–12), art direction, design
• Ollie J – production (2, 3, 5), mixing (2, 3, 5)
• Diamond J – turntables (2, 7)
• Skin – vocals (3)
• Kieron Pepper – guitar (3)
• Lalo Creme – guitar (3, 8)
• Divine Styler – vocals (4)
• Trina Allen – vocals (6, 8)
• Marianne Morgan – additional vocals (6)
• Jim Davies – guitar (6)
• Liam Howlett – production (6), bass line programming (6), drum programming (6), vocal mixing (10)
• Tony Titanium – vocals (7)
• Jim Abbiss – production (8), mixing (8)
• Emre Ramazanoglu – engineering (8)
• Blood of Abraham – vocals (9)
• Dan Ubick – guitar (9)
• Cyrus Melchor – additional programming (9)
• Chris Corner – vocals (12)
• Sneaker Pimps – guest appearance (12)
• Line of Flight Productions – production (12)
• Mike Marsh – mastering
• Phil Lee – art direction, design
• Hot Glass Design – cover models
• Dominic Davies – cover photography, booklet photography
• Dennis Morris – Maxim photography
• Jim Murray – illustration

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]	70
UK Albums (OCC)[6]	134