Kiss + Swallow is the debut album by IAMX and was released on 13 July 2004. A one track promo CD single was released in 2004 by Belgian label Anorak Supersport. Only 500 copies were made available for distribution.
Another single, "Missile", was released in 2005 as a promo single with another track "This Will Make You Love Again". The latter appeared on his 2006 album The Alternative. Two music videos were released for "Missile." One consists almost entirely of an upside down, overhead shot of Corner in a bathtub, with his head underwater and a strip of tape over his mouth. Over the course of the video, the message written on the tape changes from 'LOVE ME' to 'HATE ME' to 'HELP ME' as a hand appears in shot and forces his head to stay under. The second features Corner's girlfriend at the time, Sue Denim of the band Robots in Disguise and, in keeping with IAMX's music, is highly erotic, featuring S&M and bondage, with Denim as a dominatrix of sorts, with Corner at her mercy. The video ends with her giving him a glowing capsule and forcing him to swallow it, at the same time as the lyric "You're taking my life away" is sung.
During live concerts, Chris Corner has introduced "Sailor" with the preface, "This is for all you bi-curious people out there".
In 2006, the album was reissued with two additional tracks: "I-Polaroids" and the Moonbootica remix of "Kiss and Swallow". Both "IAMX" and "Kiss and Swallow" are listed as a single track on the reissue. "Kiss and Swallow (Moonbootica Remix)" was previously released on the "Kiss & Swallow" single.
On 17 June 2008 Kiss + Swallow was re-released in the US. This release carries an alternative cover.
Track listing
Original 2004 release:
Charts
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