Transylvania (Creature with the Atom Brain album)

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Transylvania
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Studio album by
Released10 April 2009
Recorded2009
StudioStudio Jezus, Hoboken, Antwerp, Belgium
Genre Psychedelic rock, alternative rock, indie rock
Length46:50
Label Munich Records/Sacred Love (Belgium)
The End (US)
Creature with the Atom Brain chronology
I Am The Golden Gate Bridge
(2007)
Transylvania
(2009)
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Review scores
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Drowned in Sound 5/10 [3]
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Transylvania is a studio album released in 2009 by the Belgian alternative rock band Creature with the Atom Brain. It was described by Drowned in Sound as "a bit like Alien: Resurrection ." [3]

Contents

Track listing

All music by Creature with the Atom Brain, all lyrics by Aldo Struyf

  1. "I Rise the Moon" – 3:20
  2. "The Color of Sundown" – 4:32
  3. "Something Is Wrong" – 4:21
  4. "Transylvania" – 6:01
  5. "Lonely Light" – 5:25
  6. "Spinnin' the Black Hole" – 3:37
  7. "Darker Than a Dungeon" – 7:15
  8. "Sound of Confusion" – 3:06
  9. "Make Noise" – 3:01
  10. "The Lonesome Whistle" – 6:12

Personnel

Creature with the Atom Brain
Additional musicians
Production

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