''Kill or Be Kind'' is the sixth

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by American singer-songwriter

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. It was released on September 20, 2019 under

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. The album was produced by Scott Billington at

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Critical reception

''Kill or Be Kind'' was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 5 reviews.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from ''Rock and Blues Muse''. *

– vocals, guitar * Austin Clements – bass * Rick Steff – Hammond B3 and synthesizer * Andriu Yanovski – Moog synthesizer * Doug Belote – drums * Jim Spake – saxophone * Tom Clary – trumpet * Anjelika "Jelly" Joseph – vocals * Kayla Jasmine – vocals

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2019 albums Samantha Fish albums Rounder Records albums Albums recorded at Royal Studios