Hell's Kitchen (Maxim album)

Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen
Studio album by Maxim
Released	2 October 2000
Studio	The Red Room; Terminal Studios;
Genre	Electronic; hip hop; alternative rock; trip hop;
Length	47:34
Label	XL
Producer	Maxim; Ollie J; Liam Howlett; Jim Abbiss; Line of Flight Productions;
Maxim chronology
Singles from Hell's Kitchen
	"My Web"; Released: 1999; "Carmen Queasy"; Released: 2000; "Scheming"; Released: 2000;

Hell's Kitchen is the debut solo studio album by Maxim, a member of the Prodigy. It was released on XL Recordings on 2 October 2000.^[3] It features guest appearances from Diamond J, Skin, Divine Styler, Trina Allen, Tony Titanium, Blood of Abraham, Sneaker Pimps, and Too Poetic.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Maxim, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hadrian's Wall"		1:18
2.	"Killing Culture"		4:17
3.	"Carmen Queasy"	Maxim Skin Alan Price	4:02
4.	"Spectral Wars"	Maxim Divine Styler	4:00
5.	"Hell's Kitchen"		4:30
6.	"Scheming"	Maxim Liam Howlett Trina Allen Ollie J Jim Davies	4:05
7.	"Worldwide Syndicates"	Maxim Tony Titanium	4:33
8.	"Soul Seller"	Maxim Trina Allen	3:33
9.	"Universal Scientist"	Maxim Blood of Abraham	3:44
10.	"My Web"		4:29
11.	"Dominant Genes"		3:33
12.	"Backward Bullet"	Maxim Chris Corner Liam Coverdale-Howe Ian Pickering Joe Wilson Dave Westlake	5:33
Total length:			47:34

Credits adapted from liner notes.^[4]

Maxim – production (1–11), mixing (1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11), vocals (2, 3, 7, 8, 10–12), art direction, design
Ollie J – production (2, 3, 5), mixing (2, 3, 5)
Diamond J – turntables (2, 7)
Skin – vocals (3)
Kieron Pepper – guitar (3)
Lalo Creme – guitar (3, 8)
Divine Styler – vocals (4)
Trina Allen – vocals (6, 8)
Marianne Morgan – additional vocals (6)
Jim Davies – guitar (6)
Liam Howlett – production (6), bass line programming (6), drum programming (6), vocal mixing (10)
Tony Titanium – vocals (7)
Jim Abbiss – production (8), mixing (8)
Emre Ramazanoglu – engineering (8)
Blood of Abraham – vocals (9)
Dan Ubick – guitar (9)
Cyrus Melchor – additional programming (9)
Chris Corner – vocals (12)
Sneaker Pimps – guest appearance (12)
Line of Flight Productions – production (12)
Mike Marsh – mastering
Phil Lee – art direction, design
Hot Glass Design – cover models
Dominic Davies – cover photography, booklet photography
Dennis Morris – Maxim photography
Jim Murray – illustration

Chart (2000)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	70
UK Albums (OCC)^[6]	134

^ Costa, Maddy (29 September 2000). "Mourning glories". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ "Hell's Kitchen". NME. 12 September 2005. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Maxim Cookie' With Gas!". NME. 11 September 2000. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ Maxim (2000). Hell's Kitchen (booklet). XL Recordings. XLCD134.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Maxim – Hell's Kitchen" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "Chart Log UK (1994–2010): M – My Vitriol". zobbel.de. Retrieved 15 April 2019.