Made Me Do It

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The Haunted Made Me Do It
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Studio album by
Released30 June 2000
RecordedDecember 1999 – February 2000
(Berno Studio, Malmö) [1]
Genre Thrash metal, melodic death metal
Length35:57
Label Earache
Producer Berno Paulsson
The Haunted
The Haunted chronology
The Haunted
(1998)
The Haunted Made Me Do It
(2000)
Live Rounds in Tokyo
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Rock Hard 9.5/10 [3]

Made Me Do It [4] (also known as The Haunted Made Me Do It) is the second studio album by Swedish metal band The Haunted, released on 30 June 2000. It was re-released in 2001 with the live album Live Rounds in Tokyo [5] as a bonus CD.

Contents

Interview with EvilG of Metal Rules [6]

Album cover

When asked about why the cover is a collage of serial killers, part of the band replied:

First of all we wanted artwork that was matching the first album. The idea about the serial killers came in last, and was partly put there to emphasize the title. Since a couple of the songs on the album is about serial-killers and other funny characters it all made sense to include some on the cover. I'd say, they're rather a part of an overall concept, than the actual concept of the album.

Per Möller Jensen

I think we wanted to portray a sort of "we are guilty before we even release the album" in regards to all the censorship and musicians blamed for violent crime....

Anders Bjöler

When asked about who were on the Cover, part of the band replied again:

Let's see...We put Jeffrey Dahmer there, we have Charles Manson (even though not being a serial killer), and Henry Lee Lucas...to name a few. These are all fascinating characters in their own ways.

Per Möller Jensen

The person that describes it all is definitely RICHARD RAMIREZ. I don't know if he's on the cover or not, but the whole concept is about "an individual is responsible for his/ her own actions in life", it's always easy to blame something else, and not noticing the real problems in society. Taking the easy way out in the RAMIREZ case would be: "we have to ban AC/DC because he wore an AC/DC T-shirt".

Anders Björler

Other notable mentions on the cover are Ted Kaczynski, Albert Fish.

Title

When asked about Title, part of the band replied again:

Ha, we used "The Haunted Made Me Do It" as a cynical statement to all the censorship discussions in the US, to sloppy cunts like Tipper Gore and the PMRC. People are gonna do what they do regardless.

Per Möller Jensen

Writing

When asked about Writing, Per replied:

Some songs were already written before I joined, but when we came back from the US tour with Testament last year, we started writing the last songs, which became "Bury Your Dead", "Leech", "Trespass" and "Revelation". Jonas, Anders or Jensen will bring in riffs, or a verse and chorus, and all the members can then have their input on the way the song will go.

Per Möller Jensen

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Dark Intentions"(instrumental) Patrik Jensen 1:30
2."Bury Your Dead" Anders Björler, Jonas Björler, Marco AroA. Björler, J.Björler, Jensen3:07
3."Trespass"J.BjörlerA. Björler, J.Björler3:40
4."Leech"AroA. Björler, Jensen4:37
5."Hollow Ground"Per Möller JensenA. Björler, J.Björler4:10
6."Revelation"J. BjörlerA. Björler1:34
7."The World Burns"J. Björler, AroA. Björler, J. Björler4:08
8."Human Debris"AroA. Björler, Jensen2:59
9."Silencer"JensenJensen3:03
10."Under the Surface"J. Björler, AroJ. Björler4:13
11."Victim Iced"J. Björler, AroA. Björler, J.Björler, Jensen2:55
Total length:35:57
Limited edition bonus CD
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Eclipse [7] "2:52
Bonus disc
Live Rounds in Tokyo
No.TitleLength
1."Intro"1:30
2."Dark Intentions"3:07
3."Bury Your Dead"3:40
4."Chasm"4:37
5."Trespass"4:10
6."Shattered"1:34
7."Hollow Ground"4:08
8."Chokehold"2:59
9."Leech"3:03
10."In Vein"4:13
11."Revelation"2:55
12."Bullethole"4:10
13."Silencer"1:34
14."Three Times"4:08
15."Undead"2:59
16."Hate Song"3:03
17."Eclipse"4:13

Reception

In 2005, Made Me Do It was ranked number 461 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. [8]

Credits

The Haunted

Additional personnel

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  2. AllMusic review
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