Devil's Music

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Devil's Music
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Studio album by
Released24 March 2010
Genre Electropop, alternative dance
Length38:50
Label Sony Music
Teddybears chronology
Soft Machine
(2006)
Devil's Music
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club C+ [2]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Spin (6/10) [5]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Devil's Music is the sixth studio album by Swedish band Teddybears, released on 24 March 2010 on Sony Music. It was released in the United States on 21 June 2011 with a slightly altered track listing, Robyn replacing Maipei as the featured artist on "Cardiac Arrest", and B.o.B replacing Desmond Forster on "Get Mama a House". [7]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Rocket Scientist" (feat. Eve) - 3:07
  2. "Get Mama a House" (feat. Desmond Foster) - 3:22
  3. "Cardiac Arrest" (feat. Mapei) -3:00
  4. "Glow in the Dark" - 3:33
  5. "Get Fresh with You" (feat. Laza Morgan) - 3:14
  6. "Cho Cha" (feat. Cee-Lo Green & The B-52s) - 3:21
  7. "Crystal Meth Christian" (feat. The Flaming Lips) - 3:44
  8. "Cisum Slived" - 4:19
  9. "Devil's Music" (feat. ADL) - 3:26
  10. "Tek It Down" (feat. Rigo) - 3:05
  11. "Wolfman" - 4:17
  12. "Bukowski" - 0:22

Charts

Chart (2010-2011)Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart [8] 10
US Top Heatseekers Albums [9] 40

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