Desperate Measures (Hollywood Undead album)

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Desperate Measures
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Live album by
ReleasedNovember 10, 2009
RecordedEarly to Mid 2009
Genre
Length44:52
Label A&M/Octone
Producer Chief the Dog
Hollywood Undead non-studio album chronology
Swan Songs B-Sides
(2009)
Desperate Measures
(2009)
Swan Songs Rarities
(2010)
Singles from Desperate Measures
  1. "Dove and Grenade"
    Released: July 2009

Desperate Measures is the first live album by American rap rock band Hollywood Undead. The album was released on November 10, 2009, through A&M Records and Octone Records. [1] [2] The album includes three new songs, three cover songs, a remix of "Everywhere I Go", and six live versions of previously released tracks from a concert in Albuquerque, New Mexico along with a 60-minute DVD of live performances. [3] The album debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200, No. 10 on Top Rock Albums, and No. 15 on Top Digital Albums. [4]

Contents

Track listing

Disc One (CD)

Standard Edition
No.TitleLength
1."Dove and Grenade"2:54
2."Tear It Up"3:14
3."Shout at the Devil" (Mötley Crüe cover)3:20
4."Immigrant Song" (Led Zeppelin cover)2:40
5."Bad Town" (Operation Ivy cover)2:44
6."El Urgencia"3:44
7."Everywhere I Go" (Castle Renholdër mix)3:30
8."Undead" (live [note 1] )4:48
9."Sell Your Soul" (live [note 2] )3:23
10."California" (live [note 1] )3:20
11."Black Dahlia" (live [note 2] )3:55
12."Everywhere I Go" (live [note 1] )3:44
13."No. 5" (live [note 2] )3:29
Total length:44:52
iTunes Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
14."City" (live [note 2] )3:34
15."Bottle and a Gun" (live [note 3] )4:54
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Same audio as live video recording on the Disc 2 DVD.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Different live recording than DVD.
  3. Available with iTunes pre-orders only. Same audio as DVD.

Disc Two (DVD)

Live at the Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, New Mexico and the Marquee Theater, Tempe, Arizona. The concert footage is bracketed by "interlude" segments of audience interaction, as well as interview and behind-the-scenes footage, much of it black-and-white, between many of the songs.

No.TitleLength
1."Intro/Undead"4:25
2."Sell Your Soul"3:14
3."Faking the Folk" 
4."Bottle and a Gun"3:22
5."What's in a Name" 
6."California"3:16
7."First Time" 
8."No Other Place"3:16
9."City"3:33
10."Favorite" 
11."Paradise Lost"3:10
12."Black Dahlia"3:45
13."Young"3:16
14."I Think I Just Puked My Soul Out" 
15."Everywhere I Go"3:30
16."Lovin' Da Kurlzz" 
17."No. 5"3:05

Personnel

Additional musicians

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 29
US Top Digital Albums [4] 15
US Top Hard Rock Albums [4] 5
US Top Alternative Albums [4] 8
US Top Rock Albums [4] 10

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