Hell Songs

Hell Songs
Studio album by Daughters
Released	August 8, 2006
Recorded	March 2006 at Mad Oak Studios in Allston, MA and Translator Audio in Brooklyn, NY
Genre	Mathcore [1] [2] noise rock [3]
Length	23:08
Label	Hydra Head
Producer	Andrew Schneider, Daughters
Daughters chronology
Canada Songs (2003) Hell Songs (2006) Daughters (2010)

Hell Songs is the second studio album by American rock band Daughters, released on August 8, 2006, through Hydra Head Records. Despite keeping the band's earlier mathcore sound, there is virtually none of Marshall's screaming vocals featured on the album that were prominent on Daughters' previous two releases.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Alt Press	[4]
LAS Magazine	[5]
Ox-Fanzine	(7/10) [6]
Pitchfork	(6.7/10) [7]
PopMatters	[8]
Sputnikmusic	[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[10]

Track listing

All music composed by Jon Syverson, Nicholas Sadler and Samuel Walker, all lyrics written by Alexis Marshall

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Daughters Spelled Wrong"	1:41
2.	"Fiery"	1:27
3.	"Recorded Inside a Pyramid"	3:26
4.	"X-Ray" (originally titled "Boner X-Ray" on advance copies of the CD)	0:49
5.	"Feisty Snake-Woman" (originally titled "First Snake-Woman" on advance copies of the CD)	2:13
6.	"Providence by Gaslight"	1:53
7.	"Hyperventilationsystem"	2:45
8.	"Crotch Buffet"	1:07
9.	"Cheers Pricks"	6:00
10.	"The Fuck Whisperer"	1:47
Total length:		23:08

Japanese Version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"And Then the C.H.U.D.S. Came / Mike Morowitz, the Fantasy Fuck"	2:34
2.	"Hello Assholes"	0:43
3.	"X-Ray"	1:16
4.	"Jones from Indiana"	1:05
5.	"Nurse, Would You Please Prep the Patient for Sexual Doctor"	1:23
6.	"Damn Those Blood Suckers and Their Good Qualities"	1:24
7.	"Fur Beach"	1:05
8.	"Flattery is a Bunch of Fucking Bullshit / Room Full of Hard-Ons and Nowhere to Sit Down"	1:36
9.	"I Slept With Daughters and All I Got Was This Lousy Song Written About Me"	1:02
10.	"Pants, Meet Shit"	1:01
11.	"The Ghost with the Most"	2:28
12.	"I Don't Give a Shit About Wood, I'm Not a Chemist / My Stereo Has Mono and So Does My Girlfriend"	2:43

The Japanese imported edition features twelve live bonus tracks under the sub-title "Live at CBGB"

Personnel

Daughters Alexis Marshall – vocals Nicholas Andrew Sadler – guitar Brent Frattini – guitar (credited but didn't play on the album) Samuel M. Walker – bass Jon Syverson – drums Additional musicians Ryan McGuire – double bass on "Providence by Gaslight" Forbes Graham – trumpet, euphonium on "Providence by Gaslight" Mia Matsumiya – violin on "Providence by Gaslight"

Production and recording Andrew Schneider – production, mixing Daughters – production Nick Zampiello – mastering Devin Charette – additional engineering, assistance Ethan Dussalt – help Bob Maloney – help Bo Dixon – help Artwork and design Alexis Marshall – art direction Steven Vallot – album art Aaron Turner – album construction

References

1. "Music Review: Daughters - Hell Songs". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
2. "Daughters: Hell Songs Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
3. "Daughters - Hell Songs". Punknews.org. March 27, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
4. "// AP: REVIEWS - Spazmo art-punk with a psychobilly edge". Alternative Press . Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
5. "LAS magazine | music, media, art, culture, life, everything. - Reviews - -". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
6. "Reviews : DAUGHTERS / Hell Songs MCD". Ox-fanzine.de.
7. "Daughters: Hell Songs: Pitchfork Record Review". Archived from the original on December 29, 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2007.
8. "Daughters: Hell Songs - PopMatters Music Review". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
9. "Daughters - Hell Songs (album review)". Sputnikmusic.com.
10. "Tiny Mix Tapes Reviews: Daughters - Hell Songs". Archived from the original on November 3, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2007.