Taxidermy (Queenadreena album)

Taxidermy is the debut album by English alternative rock band Queenadreena, released in 2000. The enhanced-CD release includes a short film by Martina Hoogland-Ivanow involving time-lapse photography and dream-like visuals.

Taxidermy
Studio album by Queenadreena
Released	17 April 2000 (2000-04-17)[1]
Recorded	1999
Studio	Orinoco, London, England
Genre	Alternative rock noise rock gothic rock
Length	47:41
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Ken Thomas Queenadreena
Queenadreena chronology
Taxidermy (2000) Drink Me (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Kerrang!	[2]
NME	7/10[3]

Release

Taxidermy was released in the United Kingdom on compact disc which features a short film by Martina Hoogland-Ivanow, and as a 12" vinyl LP.^[4]

Critical reception

NME wrote of the album: "while carrying on Daisy Chainsaw's predilection for rock as infantile nightmare, here the scope is much wider than a one-track take on banshee pop. There are some obvious precedents, notably Björk and PJ Harvey, but much more than either of those two reference points, this debut album is frequently akin to eavesdropping on psychotherapy."^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cold Fish"	KatieJane Garside Crispin Gray	2:08
2.	"Soda Dreamer"	Garside Gray	3:39
3.	"I Adore You"	Garside Gray	3:24
4.	"Yesterday's Hymn"	Garside Gray	3:04
5.	"Pretty Polly" (traditional)		5:10
6.	"Yemaya"	Garside Gray	2:48
7.	"Madraykin"	Garside	3:58
8.	"X-ing Off the Days"	Gray	4:21
9.	"Hide from Time"	Garside Carter	4:39
10.	"Friday's Child"	Garside Gray	3:09
11.	"Sleepwalking"	Garside Gray	4:22
12.	"Are the Songs My Disease?"	Garside Gray	3:23
13.	"Weeds"	Garside Gray	3:29

Taxidermy – Japanese deluxe edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"A Heavenly Surrender"	Garside	3:33
15.	"Pray for Me"	Garside	1:35

Singles

• "X-ing Off the Days" (1999)
• "Cold Fish" (1999)
• "Jolene" (2000)
• "I Adore You" (2000)

Personnel

Queenadreena

• KatieJane Garside – vocals, arrangement (5)
• Crispin Gray – guitar, glockenspiel, harmonica, backing vocals, arrangement (5)
• Dizzy Q – bass
• Steve Drew – drums

Technical personnel

• Ken Thomas – production
• Queenadreena – production

References

1. "Queen Adreena: Taxidermy". Amazon. ASIN B00004S2AI. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
2. Fortnam, Ian (25 March 2000). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 794. EMAP. p. 47.
3. "Taxidermy". NME. 12 September 2005. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
4. Queenadreena. Taxidermy (Vinyl record). Blanco y Negro / Warner Music UK. WE391.

External links

• Taxidermy at AllMusic
• Cover art and liner notes at the Internet Archive