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Destination: Love – Live! at Cold Rice

1996 debut studio album by The Make-Up

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 27, 2025
Entity authorityQ5265108 ↗
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Destination: Love - Live! At Cold Rice is the debut album by the American band the Make-Up.

On the LP version of the album, the A-Side is called the "Gospel Yeh-Yeh Side," and the B-Side the "Liberation Theology Side". On the CD version these sides were combined, but labeled separately in the liner notes.

A photograph of bassist Michelle Mae appears on the cover.

Critical reception

Rolling Stone called the album "an exultant mess o' high-tension twang and evangelistic howling that the Make-Up cheekily call 'gospel yeh-yeh'."

Track listing (LP)

Gospel Yeh-Yeh Side (Side A)

"Intro: Hold It" − 1:38

"Here Comes the Judge" − 3:05

"You + I vs. the World" − 2:58

"They Live by Night" − 2:00

"Bring the Birds Down" − 2:25

"Don't Mind the Mind" − 2:06

"Evidence Is Everywhere" − 2:11

"We Can't Be Contained" − 3:22

Liberation Theology Side (Side B)

"Introductions" − 1:23

"Don't Step on the Children" − 2:00

"How Pretty Can U Get?" − 2:02

"R U a Believer Pt. II" − 2:04

"International Airport" − 2:29

"We Gotta Get Off This Rock" − 1:46

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The public source identifies “Destination: Love – Live! at Cold Rice” as 1996 debut studio album by The Make-Up. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Destination, Love and Live.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current 187-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1996-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Destination, Love and Live providing the first useful test.
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