Destiny Street is the second and final studio album by the American punk band Richard Hell and the Voidoids. It was originally released in 1982 on Red Star Records and was reissued in 1995 by Razor & Tie.
In 2008–2009, frontman Richard Hell re-recorded the lead guitars, using guitarists Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell, and Ivan Julian, and re-recorded his own lead vocals. The result in was reissued as Destiny Street Repaired in 2009. This "repaired" ver...
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Destiny Street is the second and final studio album by the American punk band Richard Hell and the Voidoids. It was originally released in 1982 on Red Star Records and was reissued in 1995 by Razor & Tie.
In 2008–2009, frontman Richard Hell re-recorded the lead guitars, using guitarists Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell, and Ivan Julian, and re-recorded his own lead vocals. The result in was reissued as Destiny Street Repaired in 2009. This "repaired" version is available only from its online label Insound and from Hell's own website.
All songs written and composed by Richard Hell, except as indicated.
Allmusic called it "looser and more spontaneous than Hell's debut, but it's just as smart and every bit as powerful, and it's a more than worthy follow-up", and noted, "though Blank Generation made it clear Hell was among the brainiest members of punk's first graduating class, the handful of new originals here show he'd actually grown since his debut". Robert Christgau called it "fuller and...
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