Transplants (album)

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Transplants
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2002 (2002-10-21)(EU)
October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22)(US)
RecordedJanuary 2000–June 2002
StudioTim Armstrong's Basement (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre
Length45:21
Label Hellcat
Producer
Transplants chronology
Transplants
(2002)
Haunted Cities
(2005)
Singles from Transplants
  1. "Diamonds and Guns"/"Tall Cans in the Air"
    Released: October 15, 2002
  2. "D.J. D.J."
    Released: March 10, 2003
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Transplants is the debut studio album by the American punk rock/hip hop band Transplants. It was released on October 22, 2002, via Hellcat Records. Audio production of the twelve-track record was handled by Tim Armstrong and Dave Carlock. Rancid's Matt Freeman and Lars Frederiksen, The Slackers' Vic Ruggiero, The Distillers' Brody Dalle, AFI's Davey Havok, Funkdoobiest's Son Doobie, The Nerve Agents' Eric Ozenne, and Skarhead's Danny Diablo made their appearances on the album as additional musicians and vocalists.

Contents

The album peaked at No. 96 on the Billboard 200 [6] and No. 1 on the Independent Albums chart. [7] Its lead single, "Diamonds and Guns", peaked at No. 19 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, [8] No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart, [9] and was most played as background music in older Garnier Fructis TV commercials. [10] The second single of the album, "D.J. D.J." peaked at #49 on the UK Singles Chart. [11] Both its singles are featured in Paul Hunter's 2003 film Bulletproof Monk . The song "California Babylon" is included in the 2003 video game Tony Hawk's Underground . [12]

Track listing

All music is composed by Tim Armstrong, Rob Aston and Travis Barker

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Romper Stomper"3:18
2."Tall Cans in the Air"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
3:43
3."D.J. D.J."
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:01
4."Diamonds and Guns"
4:01
5."Quick Death"
3:36
6."Sad But True"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:26
7."Weigh on My Mind"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
3:22
8."One Seventeen"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
2:01
9."California Babylon"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:05
10."We Trusted You"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:35
11."D.R.E.A.M. (Drugs Rule Everything Around Me)"
4:42
12."Down in Oakland"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
3:22
Total length:48:55

Personnel

Charts

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