Hardcore Superstar (album)

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Hardcore Superstar
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Studio album by
Released2 November 2005 [1]
RecordedJune–July 2005
Genre Hard rock
Length48:47
Label Gain (SE) [2]
Producer Adde, Johan Reivén, Risza, Martin Sandvik [1] [3]
Hardcore Superstar chronology
No Regrets
(2003)
Hardcore Superstar
(2005)
Dreamin' in a Casket
(2007)
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Hardcore Superstar is the fifth studio album released in November 2005 by Swedish hard rock band Hardcore Superstar on the record label Gain. [4] [2] It placed #12 on the Swedish album chart and, in 2011, Sweden Rock Magazine name Hardcore Superstar the 3rd best album of the 2000s. [5] [6] The album was re-released in October 2009 with Nuclear Blast and included "Kick On The Upper Class (Rehearsal Take)," "We Don't Celebrate Sundays (Rehearsal Take)," and "Wild Boys (demo)" as bonus tracks.. [6] [7]

Contents

Track listing

TitleLengthNotesRef
"Kick On the Upper Class"5:34 [5] [8]
"Bag On Your Head"3:59 [1] [5]
"Last Forever"4:13 [5]
"She's Offbeat"3:15 [5]
"We Don't Celebrate Sundays"3:49 [8] [4] [1] [5]
"Hateful"4:13 [5]
"Wild Boys"3:55Released as a single in June 2005; reached #11 on Swedish singles charts [9] [5]
"My Good Reputation"4:03 [1] [5]
"Cry Your Eyes Out"4:09 [5]
"Simple Man"3:28 [5]
"Blood On Me"3:15 [5]
"Standin' On The Verge"4:47 [10] [5]
"GTO (Girls Together Outrageously"5:14Japanese bonus track [11]
"We Don't Celebrate Sundays (Rehearsal Take)"4:26 [11]

Personnel

Principal band members

Additional musicians and production

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