Mafia (Black Label Society album)

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Mafia
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 8, 2005
Genre
Length53:58
Label Artemis
Producer Zakk Wylde
Black Label Society chronology
Hangover Music Vol. VI
(2004)
Mafia
(2005)
Kings of Damnation 98–04
(2005)
Singles from Mafia
  1. "Suicide Messiah"
    Released: February 15, 2005
  2. "Fire It Up"
    Released: 2005
  3. "In This River"
    Released: September 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Mafia is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Black Label Society, released on March 8, 2005, by Artemis Records. It is one of the band's most commercially successful releases, selling over 250,000 copies in the United States. The track "In This River" was written before the death of Zakk Wylde's friend and fellow guitarist Dimebag Darrell, but it has since been dedicated to him. [1] In 2005, the album was ranked number 15 on Billboard Album Chart. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Zakk Wylde, except where noted

Mafia track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Fire It Up"4:59
2."What's In You"3:00
3."Suicide Messiah"5:47
4."Forever Down"3:39
5."In This River"3:52
6."You Must Be Blind"3:27
7."Death March"3:05
8."Dr. Octavia" (instrumental)0:50
9."Say What You Will"3:46
10."Too Tough to Die"2:50
11."Electric Hellfire"2:28
12."Spread Your Wings"4:09
13."Been a Long Time"3:07
14."Dirt on the Grave"2:51
15."I Never Dreamed" (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover, bonus track)6:08
Total length:53:58

The track "Fire It Up" was featured in the 2005 video game Guitar Hero . The end of "Death March" quotes the intro to "Fire It Up".

Personnel

Black Label Society

Additional performances

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Mafia
Chart (2005)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [3] 33
French Albums (SNEP) [4] 170
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [5] 17
US Billboard 200 [6] 15
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [7] 1

Album

Billboard (United States)

YearChartPosition
2005 Top Internet Albums 15

Singles

Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
2005"Suicide Messiah" Mainstream Rock Tracks 24
2005"Fire It Up"Mainstream Rock Tracks35
2005"In This River"Mainstream Rock Tracks32 [8]

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