Deadache

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Deadache
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Studio album by
Lordi
Released24 October 2008 (2008-10-24)
Recorded7 May – June 2008
StudioSonic Pump Studios, Finnvox
Genre
Length47:07
Label Sony Music
GUN (Germany)
The End (Canada, United States)
Producer Nino Laurenne
Lordi chronology
The Arockalypse
(2006)		Deadache
(2008)		 Babez for Breakfast
(2010)
Singles from Deadache
  1. "Bite It Like a Bulldog"
    Released: 13 August 2008
  2. "Deadache"
    Released: 20 December 2008 [1]
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Deadache is the fourth studio album by Finnish rock band Lordi, released in Finland on 29 October 2008. For the release of the album the band renewed their monster outfits. Deadache was released during the same week in about thirty countries. The official album release party was held at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki on 31 October 2008 (Hallowe'en). [2]

Contents

The first single from the album, "Bite It Like a Bulldog", was released on 3 September 2008. By November 2008, Deadache had sold 1,700 copies in the United States.

Recording

Lordi started the recording of Deadache on 7 May 2008. [3] For the album, the group had sixty demos to choose from; fourteen of them were chosen by the band and record company to be recorded. All members of the group contributed songs to the album. [2]

The recordings were finished in June, the group then went on tour in Europe. [2]

Press

Band members Kita and Amen said the following about the Deadache:

[Kita] "It's an old title. We had that song back in the '90s already, a song called 'Deadache', and our singer, Mr. Lordi, thought that he made that up, that whole word. Like, headache and deadache, but he heard it actually means something." [Mr. Amen] "It actually, the title, it means something. Actually we had sixty songs to choose from and we picked out fifteen songs. We didn't think any (musical) directions or anything, we just did what we have." [Kita] "Usually we don't think (laughs)" [Amen] "We do what feels good with it."

Music

Deadache is a melodic hard rock album, but has a heavier sound and includes more horror-themes than Lordi's previous albums. The album has more keyboard parts than The Arockalypse , and the song "The Rebirth Of The Countess", composed by the keyboard player Awa, includes a spoken part in French. "Missing Miss Charlene" includes singing by a children's choir, with the outro being already recorded in 1986 by a 12-year-old Mr. Lordi and some of his friends from his hometown of Rovaniemi. [2]

The organ in the intro and between the verses in the song "The Devil Hides Behind Her Smile" is taken from "The Phantom of the Opera".

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."SCG IV"Mr LordiMr Lordi0:42
2."Girls Go Chopping"Mr Lordi, LippMr Lordi4:02
3."Bite It Like a Bulldog"Mr LordiMr Lordi, OX3:29
4."Monsters Keep Me Company"Mr LordiMr Lordi, Amen, Kita5:28
5."Man Skin Boots"Mr Lordi, LippMr Lordi3:42
6."Dr. Sin Is In"Mr LordiAmen, Kita3:37
7."The Ghosts of the Heceta Head"Mr Lordi, LippMr Lordi, Amen3:48
8."Evilyn"Mr LordiMr Lordi4:00
9."The Rebirth of the Countess"Mr Lordi, AwaAwa1:59
10."Raise Hell in Heaven"Mr Lordi, LippMr Lordi3:32
11."Deadache"Mr Lordi, LippMr Lordi3:28
12."Devil Hides Behind Her Smile"Mr Lordi, LippMr Lordi4:12
13."Missing Miss Charlene"Mr Lordi, LippMr Lordi, Pete Kangas5:10
Total length:46:07

Bonus tracks

There are five different versions of the album, four of which have different bonus tracks. Each version was released by a different record company, hence the differing tracks.

iTunes version
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
14."Dead Bugs Bite"Mr Lordi, LippMr Lordi3:48
Total length:49:55
Digipak version
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
14."Hate at First Sight"Mr Lordi, LippAmen, Kita3:33
Total length:49:40
Finnish version
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
14."The House" (Dingo cover)Mr Lordi, LippNeumann4:15
Total length:50:22
Japanese version
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
14."Where's the Dragon"Mr Lordi, LippKita, OX, Lipp3:01
15."Beast Loose in Paradise"Mr LordiMr Lordi3:10
Total length:52:18

Personnel

Lordi

Additional musicians

Production

Chart

Chart (2008)Peak
position [4]
Austria Albums Chart51
Finland Albums Chart [5] 5
Sweden Albums Chart [6] 42
Switzerland Albums Chart73
German Albums Chart33
UK Rock Albums Chart [7] 38
US Top Heatseekers Chart [8] 13
European Top 100 Albums71
Top Heatseekers (Northeast)6
Billboard Top Independent Albums37

Release history

CountryRelease date
Germany24 October 2008
United Kingdom27 October 2008
Worldwide on iTunes
United StatesOctober 28, 2008
Japan29 October 2008
Finland

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