Music for the Recently Deceased

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Music for the Recently Deceased
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Studio album by
Released14 November 2006
RecordedSeptember 2005, January–February 2006
Studio Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre
Length42:03
Label Metal Blade
Producer Fredrik Nordström, Patrik J. Sten
I Killed the Prom Queen chronology
Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You
(2005)
Music for the Recently Deceased
(2006)
Sleepless Nights and City Lights
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Loud Magazine(55%) [2]
Punknews.orgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Scenepointblank(4.7/10) [4]

Music for the Recently Deceased is the second studio album by Australian metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen that was released on 14 November 2006.

Contents

In August 2005, I Killed the Prom Queen flew to Sweden to record their follow-up album, Music for the Recently Deceased. By late 2005, they had completed recording the album but in January 2006 vocalist Michael Crafter was fired. Instead of releasing the album as it was, they decided to hire a new vocalist and replace Crafter's tracks. Ed Butcher, from United Kingdom band The Hunt for Ida Wave was recruited. New lyrics were written by Cameron and Butcher, while some lyrics that the whole band had contributed during the Crafter sessions were retained. Music for the Recently Deceased was produced by Fredrik Nordström, whose other credits included Dimmu Borgir, Darkest Hour, At the Gates and In Flames, and by Patrik J. Sten. The album was released on 31 July 2006 by Stomp Entertainment and peaked at #27 on the Australian ARIA Charts. [5] In the first month of its release in the United States the album sold 1,238 copies. [6] A video was produced for the song "Say Goodbye"

Re-releases

On 19 May 2008 a Tour Edition of the album was released with the additions of 2 live songs recorded at the Sydney Deadfest, 4 songs featuring Michael Crafter on vocals and the music video for Say Goodbye. The tour edition was limited to 5,000 individually hand-numbered copies. Recently the limited edition was released additionally to the 5000 original copies.[ citation needed ]

On 20 May 2011 a 2-CD version of the album was released to coincide with the band's reformation and 2011 Australian tour. The first disc contained the previously official release version with Ed Butcher's vocals, and the second disc featured the original version with Michael Crafter singing. The Crafter version was previously unreleased, with a few tracks leaking in the past. This version was released on a new label, We Are Unified, because the band's previous label, Stomp Entertainment, had gone bankrupt and stopped production and distribution on all its releases. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Sharks in Your Mouth"ButcherWeinhofen4:04
2."Say Goodbye"Butcher, CameronWeinhofen4:14
3."€666"CameronCameron3:39
4."Your Shirt Would Look Better with a Columbian Neck-tie"Butcher, CameronWeinhofen, Cameron3:50
5."The Deepest Sleep"Butcher, CameronWeinhofen3:38
6."Bet It All on Black"Butcher, CameronCameron4:15
7."Headfirst from a Hangman's Noose"ButcherCameron4:05
8."Sleepless Nights and City Lights"ButcherCameron, Weinhofen3:34
9."Slain Upon My Faithful Sword"ButcherWeinhofen4:08
10."Like Nails to a Casket"CameronCameron4:06
11."There Will Be No Violins When You Die"instrumentalWeinhofen2:27
Tour Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Sharks in Your Mouth" (live)4:46
13."Your Shirt Would Look Better with a Columbian Neck-tie" (live)3:43
14."Sharks in Your Mouth" (feat. Michael Crafter on vocals)4:04
15."Say Goodbye" (feat. Michael Crafter on vocals)4:14
16."€666" (feat. Michael Crafter on vocals)3:39
17."Like Nails to a Casket" (feat. Michael Crafter on vocals)4:06
18."Say Goodbye" (music video)4:17

Personnel

I Killed the Prom Queen
Additional personnel

Trivia

Charts

Chart (2006–08)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [8] 27

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