Undress Your Madness

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Undress Your Madness
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Studio album by
Released8 November 2019 (2019-11-08)
RecordedFebruary 2019
StudioHansen Studios, Ribe, Denmark; LaneyLand Studio and Palma Music Studios
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Label Frontiers
Producer Jacob Hansen
Pretty Maids chronology
Kingmaker
(2016)
Undress Your Madness
(2019)
Singles from Undress Your Madness
  1. "Serpentine"
    Released: 6 September 2019
  2. "Firesoul Fly"
    Released: 14 October 2019

Undress Your Madness is the sixteenth studio album by Danish hard rock/heavy metal Pretty Maids. The album was released on 8 November 2019 by Frontiers Records. [1]

Contents

The album was written and recorded from January to February 2019. [2]

In October 2019, lead singer Ronnie Atkins announced that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. [3] As a result, the band had to postpone and eventually cancel the concert tour for the album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer; except "Undress Your Madness" and "Shadowlands" written by Atkins, Hammer and Chris Laney.

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:33
2."Serpentine"4:16
3."Firesoul Fly"4:16
4."Undress Your Madness"4:20
5."Will You Still Kiss Me (If I See You in Heaven)"3:59
6."Runaway World"4:26
7."If You Want Peace (Prepare for War)"4:16
8."Slavedriver"4:49
9."Shadowlands"3:54
10."Black Thunder"3:46
11."Strength of a Rose"4:40
Japanese version (bonus track)
No.TitleLength
12."Serpentine" (orchestral version) 

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [4] 131
French Albums (SNEP) [5] 172
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 36
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 13
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [9] 15

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