would join Life Of Agony, full-time, after performing on LOA's debut album, River Runs Red, recorded later that same year. River Runs Red was produced and mixed by Type O Negative keyboardist/producer Josh Silver, and was also released on Roadrunner Records in 1993. Both albums became very successful releases for the record label, and Life of Agony, with Abruscato, would open for Type O Negative during the initial Bloody Kisses tour of '93–'94. The album artwork depicts several locations of Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, photographed by John Wadsworth Critical reception Bloody Kisses received mostly positive reviews. Steve Huey of AllMusic gave the album a 4.5 out of 5 and wrote that "though it sounds like a funeral, Bloody Kisses' airy melodicism and '90s-style irony actually breathed new life into the flagging goth metal genre". Rock Hard gave the album a 10 out of 10 rating. Accolades In 2005, Bloody Kisses was ranked number 365 in Rock Hards book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. Loudwire called Bloody Kisses the best album of 1993, in addition to ranking it at number 42 on its Top 90 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Albums of the 90s. Rolling Stone placed Bloody Kisses at number 53 on its Top 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time list, citing memorable songs such as "Christian Woman", "Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)", their cover version of "Summer Breeze", and "Black No. 1". The latter was cited by the author J. D. Considine as the band's signature song. Track listing All music and lyrics written by Peter Steele unless otherwise noted. Bloody Kisses (1993 digipak re-release) Roadrunner Records issued an alternate version of the album in a digipak later in 1993. The digipak reissue featured alternate artwork and an alternate track listing. The running order was changed and two tracks, the intro and all of the soundscape interludes were removed and were replaced with a previously unreleased track from the recording sessions. This reissue and the associated changes were made at the request of songwriter Peter Steele. Shortly after the initial release of Bloody Kisses in 1993, Roadrunner Records reissued the album in a tri-fold digipak. This reissue featured an alternate track listing. The new track listing revised the running order and removed all of the soundscape interludes and the two "hardcore" songs ("Kill All The White People" and "We Hate