Kill or Be Kind

Kill or Be Kind is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Samantha Fish. It was released on September 20, 2019 under Rounder Records.^{[2] [3]}

Kill or Be Kind
Studio album by Samantha Fish
Released	September 20, 2019 (2019-09-20)
Studio	Royal Studios
Length	45:32
Label	Rounder
Producer	Scott Billington[1]
Samantha Fish chronology
Belle of the West (2017) Kill or Be Kind (2019) Faster (2021)

The album was produced by Scott Billington at Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
American Songwriter	[1]

Kill or Be Kind was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 5 reviews.^[5]

Track listing

Kill or Be Kind track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bulletproof"	Samantha Fish	5:19
2.	"Kill or Be Kind"	Jim McCormick, Fish	3:45
3.	"Love Letters"	McCormick, Fish	3:38
4.	"Watch It Die"	Patrick Sweany, Fish	5:00
5.	"Try Not to Fall in Love with You"	Fish	4:04
6.	"Fair-Weather"	Kate L. Pearlman, Fish	4:12
7.	"Love Your Lies"	McCormick, Fish	2:47
8.	"Dream Girl"	McCormick, Fish	4:14
9.	"She Don't Live Around Here"	Parker Millsap, Fish	5:45
10.	"Dirty"	Pearlman, Fish	3:27
11.	"You Got It Bad"	Eric McFadden, Fish	3:21
Total length:			45:32

Personnel

Adapted from Rock and Blues Muse.^[7]

• Samantha Fish – vocals, guitar
• Austin Clements – bass
• Rick Steff – Hammond B3 and synthesizer
• Andriu Yanovski – Moog synthesizer
• Doug Belote – drums
• Jim Spake – saxophone
• Tom Clary – trumpet
• Anjelika "Jelly" Joseph – vocals
• Kayla Jasmine – vocals

Charts

Chart performance for Kill or Be Kind

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	189
US Americana/Folk Albums (Billboard)[9]	8
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10]	1
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[11]	1