Heartbroken & Homicidal

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Heartbroken & Homicidal
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2010
Recorded2010
Length45:19
Label Psychopathic Records
Producer Monoxide Child, Eric Davie, Brian Kuma
Twiztid chronology
W.I.C.K.E.D.
(2009)
Heartbroken & Homicidal
(2010)
Abominationz
(2012)

Heartbroken & Homicidal is the eighth studio album by American hip hop duo Twiztid. Released on September 21, 2010, the album features guest drums and vocals by Stefanie Eulinberg, drummer for Kid Rock's backing band Twisted Brown Trucker. The album focuses on the connection between love and loss, and the darkside of an individual's hurt feelings. It debuted number 29 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 3 on the Top Independent Albums and Top Rap Albums charts.

Contents

Production

Eric Davie produced the song "Cyanide," "I'm Stuck", "What Ya Really Want" while Monoxide served as producer for the rest of the album . Additional musical production was done on 'Circles,' 'Set by Example' and 'All the Rest' by Brian Kuma. [1] Stefanie Eulinberg, drummer for Kid Rock's backing band Twisted Brown Trucker, provided live drums and female vocals on the songs "Circles," "Set By Example," and "All the Rest." [1] [2]

Musical style

Heartbroken & Homicidal has a strongly rock-oriented sound. [2] "Spiderwebs" contains "an ominous set of strings that recall some vintage Hitchcock horror a la PSYCHO", [2] music sampled from the score to the film Death Wish II . "Apple" has a 1970s funk sound and "porn-style wah-wah". [2] Kik Axe Music reviewer James Zahn compares "Circles" to Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People" and "Cyanide" to music by Mr. Bungle and White Zombie, while describing "P.S.A." as having a world music-based beat. [2]

Release

The album's 28-page booklet is packaged to look like a notebook, with the liner notes written in invisible ink. [2] Included in the casing is a black pencil which could be used to reveal the album's liner notes, which can also be seen with a black light. [2] In addition to the album's credits, the booklet features fictional entries written by a mentally unstable person. Through the advice of a therapist, the man writes of his breakup and heartbreak, which leads him to begin showing homicidal tendencies.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic reviewer David Jeffries gave the album 3.5 out of 5, saying that "'Heartbroken & Homicidal is not rap-rock duo Twiztid's entry into the emo craze ... [but rather] just straight-up mayhem and disgust." [3] Jeffries noted that the album's deeper lyrics are an example of the group's ever growing strength and evolution, and that the album's producer, Monoxide, packaged the "mature, bummer messages in grinding beats and dark soundscapes that recall the group's early work." [3] Kik Axe Music reviewer James Zahn gave the album a four and a half out of five rating, writing that "the duo has recaptured the feeling of their earlier work" with the "thump and boom [that fans have] been craving." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Spiderwebs"Eric Davie, Paul Robert Methric, Jamie Spaniolo Monoxide, Eric Davie4:12
2."I'm Just Sayin" (Skit) Monoxide, Eric Davie1:17
3."What I'm Feelin"Davie, Methric, SpanioloMonoxide, Eric Davie3:46
4."Apple"Methric, SpanioloMonoxide2:32
5."Circles"Brian Kuma, Methric, SpanioloMonoxide, Brian Kuma2:56
6."P.S.A."Methric, SpanioloMonoxide2:49
7."It Don't Matta" Joseph Bruce, Joseph Utsler, Methric, SpanioloMonoxide3:59
8."I'm Stuck"Methric, SpanioloMonoxide3:21
9."Heard Enough"Bruce, Methric, Spaniolo, UtslerMonoxide4:01
10."Please" (Skit) Monoxide0:50
11."Cyanide"Davie, Methric, SpanioloEric Davie2:26
12."Set By Example"Brian Kuma, Methric, SpanioloMonoxide, Brian Kuma3:02
13."What Ya Really Want"Davie, Methric, Spaniolo, UtslerEric Davie2:40
14."Keys To My Mind"Methric, SpanioloMonoxide2:58
15."All The Rest"Bruce, Kuma, Methric, SpanioloMonoxide, Brian Kuma5:14

Personnel

Information taken from the album booklet.

Musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 29
US Top Independent Albums [4] 3
US Top Rap Albums [4] 3

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