Undead Unplugged

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Undead Unplugged
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 7, 2014 (2014-07-07)
Genre Horror punk, acoustic
Length38:20
Label Wednesday 13 LLC
Wednesday 13 chronology
The Dixie Dead
(2013)
Undead Unplugged
(2014)
Dead Meat: 10 Years of Blood, Feathers & Lipstick
(2014)

Undead Unplugged is the first acoustic album by horror punk musician Wednesday 13. It features mainly acoustic versions of songs from his solo career, with one original track entitled "Undead". The album also features acoustic versions of Murderdolls and Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 songs, both being bands Wednesday had fronted in the past.

Contents

Background

Before the release of the album, Wednesday 13 released a few acoustic versions of songs from Bloodwork and Spook and Destroy EPs with an acoustic version of "Curse of Me" first appearing on Spook and Destroy. The album was released shortly after "The Undead Unplugged UK Tour" in May 2014. The tour featured only 3 musicians with Wednesday on vocals and guitar and Roman Surman and Jack Tankersley on guitar. [1] Despite Roman's involvement in the tour only Wednesday and Jack performed on the album.

Track listing

  1. "Undead" - 1:58
  2. "Dead Carolina" - 2.55 (Originally from Skeletons )
  3. "Haunt Me" - 4:06 (Originally from Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying, and the Dead )
  4. "Nowhere" - 4:28 (Murderdolls cover)
  5. "Morgue Than Words" - 2:58 (Originally from Fang Bang )
  6. "Curse of Me" - 3:41 (Originally from Fang Bang )
  7. "Welcome To The Strange" - 4:06 (Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 cover)
  8. "Scary Song" - 2:50 (Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 cover)
  9. "We All Die" - 2:59 (Originally from Calling All Corpses )
  10. "Ghosts Stories" - 4:07 (Originally from The Dixie Dead )
  11. "Transylvania 90210" - 3:52 (Originally from Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying, and the Dead ) [2]

Personnel

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References

  1. "Wednesday 13 Brings Undead, Unplugged Acoustic Tour To UK - Kerrang!". www.kerrang.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-11.
  2. "Undead Unplugged - Wednesday 13 | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  3. Album liner notes