First Love / Last Rites

This article is about the Cock Robin album. For the Ian McEwan book, seeFirst Love, Last Rites.For other uses, seeFirst Love, Last Rites (disambiguation).

First Love / Last Ritesis the third album byCock Robinand was released in 1989 in Europe and 1990 in the USA.

First Love / Last Rites
Studio albumby Cock Robin
Released	October 30, 1989
Recorded	1989
Genre	Rock
Label	CBS465943 2 (Europe)
Producer	Rhett Davies
Cock Robinchronology
After Here Through Midland (1987) First Love / Last Rites (1989) I Don't Want to Save the World (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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Track listing

1. Stumble and Fall
2. Straighter Line
3. Win or Lose
4. One Joy Bang
5. For Experience Sake
6. Hunting Down a Killer
7. Any More Than I Could Understand
8. My First Confession
9. Manzanar
10. Worlds Apart

All songs byPeter Kingsberyexcept "For Experience Sake" (Peter Kingsbery/Anna LaCazio)

The US version includes a cover of Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe",added as track #6 (after" For Experience Sake "and before" Hunting Down a Killer ").

It was the band's final album before their (temporary) 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:mariachihorns
• David Faragher: bass onStumble And Fall,Any More Than I Could UnderstandandManzanar
• Paul Mitchell: additional drumming onManzanar

Miscellaneous

Produced byRhett Davies

Singles:

• Worlds Apart
• Straighter Line
• Manzanar.It's the name of a Japanese American internment camp located in California duringWorld War II.
• It's Only Make Believe (US)

The CD sleeve features the poemIt's OursbyCharles Bukowski,an excerpt fromYou Get So Alone at Times It Just Makes Sense(1986).

Charts

• #11France(2xGold album)