The Southern Comfort

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The Southern Comfort
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20, 2005
Recorded2005 at 40HM Music, Munich
Genre Hard rock, Alternative metal
Length52:08
Label Pirate Records
Producer Klaus Scheuermann and Emil Bulls
Emil Bulls chronology
Porcelain
(2003)
The Southern Comfort
(2005)
The Life Acoustic
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Laut.de Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Plattentests.de  [ de ]6/10 [2]
Rock Hard 8.5/10 [3]
Visions  [ de ]7/12 [4]

The Southern Comfort is the fifth album by Emil Bulls, released on June 20, 2005. Singles from this album were "Newborn" then "Revenge". It is their first release with Fabian Fuess playing the drums. DJ Zamzoe (Paul Rzyttka) is featured on the record but not as part of the band as he had previously left the band to pursue other projects.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics by Christoph von Freydorf.
All songs were written by Emil Bulls and DJ Zamzoe, except where noted.

  1. "The Southern Comfort" - 0:44
  2. "Revenge" - 3:53
  3. "Ignorance Is Bliss" (Christoph von Freydorf) - 4:24
  4. "Newborn" (von Freydorf) - 3:59
  5. "A Southern Lullaby" (James Richardson) - 1:02
  6. "These Are The Days" - 3:45
  7. "Wolves" (von Freydorf) - 3:43
  8. "At Fleischberg's" - 3:43
  9. "Magnificent Lies" (Richardson) - 3:39
  10. "Mongoose" (von Freydorf) - 4:51
  11. "Bachham" - 4:20
  12. "Friday Night" - 4:11
  13. "Underground" - 5:52
  14. "Swoin-Soo" (Hidden Bonus Track) - 4:02

Digitally Purchasable Bonus Songs

These songs are only available through online stores and do not appear on any cd version of the album.

  1. "No Chucks" - 4:34
  2. "Dog Days" - 3:33

Personnel

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