When in Rome, Kill Me is the debut album[2] by the Leeds-based[3] indie rock band Cud, released through Imaginary Records.

The album was recorded during March 1989 at the Woodhouse Studios in Leeds with Alaric Neville and Richard Formby handling production.

[4] Side 1 of the LP (first seven songs on CD) is linked by short narrative segments (narrated by Cud's drummer Steve Goodwin's landlord John Farrell and Elizabeth Cuthbertson as Bibi[4]) such that the first half of the album loosely forms a single story.

In this story, it is implied that the protagonist flees Whitby to Rome after committing some undisclosed crime.

[5] Side 1 - there are related comments to the narrative shown on the album and in brackets after each track) Side 2 An expanded CD version (without Bomba Boy) was released through Cherry Red Records in 2007 and included previously unreleased bonus tracks