Dreamin' in a Casket

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Dreamin' in a Casket
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Studio album by
Released12 November 2007
RecordedJuly 2007 at IF Studios
Genre Glam metal, heavy metal, hard rock [1]
Length50:38
Label Gain Records
Producer Adde, Martin Sandvik [2]
Hardcore Superstar chronology
Hardcore Superstar
(2005)
Dreamin' in a Casket
(2007)
Beg For It
(2009)
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Dreamin' in a Casket is the sixth full-length album by Swedish hard rock band Hardcore Superstar. It is the band's last release with guitarist Thomas Silver, and their last on Gain Records before switching to Nuclear Blast.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Need No Company"5:21
2."Medicate Me"3:30
3."Dreamin' in a Casket"4:15
4."Silence for the Peacefully"4;18
5."Sophisticated Ladies"3:25
6."Wake Up Dead in a Garbage Can"4:04
7."Spreadin' the News"4:33
8."This Is for the Mentally Damaged"3:43
9."Sensitive To the Light"4:20
10."Lesson in Violence"4:20
11."Sorry for the Shape I'm In"3:36
12."No Resistance"5:13
13."Bastards" (Single)4:30
Total length:46:08

Personnel

[2]

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References

  1. Dave Donnelly (2007-11-12). "Dreamin' in a Casket - Hardcore Superstar | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  2. 1 2 Archived January 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine