Kiss Each Other Clean

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{{Infobox album

| name = Kiss Each Other Clean

| type = Album

| artist = Iron & Wine

| cover = Kiss Each Other Clean.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 25, 2011

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Indie folk
• indie pop
• blues
• dream pop

}}

| length = 44:05

| label = Warner Bros.(US)
4AD (international)

| producer = Brian Deck

| prev_title = Around the Well

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = Ghost on Ghost

| next_year = 2013

| misc = {{Singles

| name =

| type = studio

| single1 = Walking Far from Home

| single1date = November 26, 2010

| single2 = Me and Lazarus

| single2date = 2011

| single3 = Tree by the River

| single3date = 2011

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kiss-each-other-clean-r2054298|title=Allmusic Review|website=AllMusic }}

| rev2 = BBC

| rev2Score = (favourable){{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/2z3q/|title=BBC - Music - Review of Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean|first=Louis|last=Pattison|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=January 25, 2025}}

| rev3 = BLARE

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://blaremagazine.com/2011/01/25/review-iron-and-wine-kiss-each-other-clean/|title=REVIEW: Iron & Wine – "Kiss Each Other Clean" | BLARE|website=Blaremagazine.com|access-date=January 25, 2025}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/20/iron-and-wine-kiss-review|title=The Guardian Review | location=London | first=Maddy|last=Costa|date=January 21, 2011}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5Score = (9/10){{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/iron-and-wine/11815|title=NME Review|website=NME |date=24 January 2011 }}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6Score = (7.7/10) [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15033-kiss-each-other-clean/ link] {{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15033-kiss-each-other-clean/|title=Pitchfork Review|website=Pitchfork }}

| rev7 = Sputnikmusic

| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/41390/Iron-&-Wine-Kiss-Each-Other-Clean/|title=Iron And Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean (album review 3)|website=Sputnikmusic.com|access-date=January 25, 2025}}

| rev8 = Slant Magazine

| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/iron-and-wine-kiss-each-other-clean/2373|title=Slant Review|website=Slant Magazine |date=24 January 2011 }}

| rev9 = SPIN

| rev9Score = (9/10){{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/01/iron-and-wine-kiss-each-other-clean-warner-bros/|title=Review: Iron and Wine, 'Kiss Each Other Clean'|first=Josh|last=Modell|date=Jan 25, 2011|website=Spin.com|access-date=January 25, 2025}}

| rev10 = The Independent

| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-iron-and-wine-kiss-each-other-clean-4ad-2190064.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125221517/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-iron-and-wine-kiss-each-other-clean-4ad-2190064.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2011|title=The Independent review | location=London | first=Andy|last=Gill|date=January 21, 2011}}

}}

Kiss Each Other Clean is the fourth studio album by Iron & Wine, released January 25, 2011 via 4AD (worldwide) and Warner Bros. in the US. The album's title is taken from the lyrics of "Your Fake Name Is Good Enough for Me".

The first track from the album, "Walking Far from Home," was released on November 26 in CD single and 12" vinyl versions as part of a special Record Store Day Black Friday event. The digital download version was released on November 30.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ironandwine.com/CustomContentRetrieve.aspx?ID=3576763 |title=Iron and Wine |access-date=2010-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125075347/http://ironandwine.com/CustomContentRetrieve.aspx?ID=3576763 |archive-date=2010-11-25 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.hitfix.com/articles/iron-wine-firm-up-release-date-tracklist-for-kiss-each-other-clean |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 16, 2010 |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005005414/http://www.hitfix.com/articles/iron-wine-firm-up-release-date-tracklist-for-kiss-each-other-clean |url-status=dead }} The song "Tree by the River" has also been released, for free download, on Iron & Wine's website. On January 5, Iron & Wine performed all but one song from Kiss Each Other Clean live at the Greene Space in New York City for a live broadcast on NPR's website.{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132443474/first-listen-live-iron-and-wine-introduces-kiss-each-other-clean |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217063234/http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132443474/first-listen-live-iron-and-wine-introduces-kiss-each-other-clean |url-status=dead }}

The album marks a further change in style – in an interview with Spin, Beam said “It’s more of a focused pop record. It sounds like the music people heard in their parent’s car growing up… that early-to-mid-’70s AM, radio-friendly music."{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2010/10/iron-wine-focused-pop-record-due-january/|title=Iron & Wine: "Focused Pop Record" Due in January|first=William|last=Goodman|date=Oct 21, 2010|website=Spin.com|access-date=January 25, 2025}}

In 2017 it was ranked number 65 in Paste magazine's "The 100 Best Indie Folk Albums" list.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/04/the-best-indie-folk-albums-1.html?p=2 | title= The 100 Best Indie Folk Albums | access-date=11 October 2018 |magazine=Paste}}