Violet (The Birthday Massacre album)

Violet
Studio album by The Birthday Massacre
Released	July 20, 2004 (independent) October 25, 2004 (Europe) August 9, 2005 (reissue)
Studio	Dire Studios, Desolation Studios, Phase One Studios [1]
Genre	Electronic rock, [2] gothic rock, [2] new wave, [3] dream pop
Length	30:42
Label	Metropolis
Producer	The Birthday Massacre
The Birthday Massacre chronology
Nothing and Nowhere (2002) Violet (2004) Blue (2005)

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Violet is the second studio album by The Birthday Massacre. Originally released July 20, 2004 in Canada, ^{[4] [5] [6]} it was later reissued October 25, 2004 in Europe through Repo Records, commercially released on August 9, 2005 through Metropolis Records (North America/UK), ^[7] and Hellion Records (Brazil). The Metropolis reissue version includes four re-recorded and slightly reworked tracks from their Nothing and Nowhere album: "Happy Birthday", "Horror Show", "Video Kid" and "The Dream". The band's 2005 Blue DVD features a live performance of the title track Violet performed at the album release show in Toronto.

Track listing

Original

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Prologue"		Rainbow, M. Falcore	0:37
2.	"Lovers End"	Rainbow, Chibi	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:18
3.	"Violet"	Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	3:37
4.	"Red"		J. Aslan	1:17
5.	"Play Dead"	Rainbow, Chibi	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:47
6.	"Blue"	Rainbow	Rainbow	4:29
7.	"Black"		J. Aslan	1:34
8.	"Holiday"	Rainbow, Chibi	Rainbow	5:15
9.	"Nevermind"	Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:45

Reissue version ^{[8] [9]}

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Prologue"		Rainbow, M. Falcore	0:38
2.	"Lovers End"	Chibi, Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:14
3.	"Happy Birthday"	Rainbow	Rainbow	3:39
4.	"Horror Show"	Rainbow	M. Falcore, Rainbow	4:06
5.	"Violet"	Rainbow	M. Falcore, Rainbow	3:37
6.	"Red"		J. Aslan	1:11
7.	"Play Dead"	Chibi, Rainbow	M. Falcore, Rainbow	4:47
8.	"Blue"	Rainbow	Rainbow	4:30
9.	"Video Kid"	Rainbow	Rainbow	4:34
10.	"The Dream"	Chibi, Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	3:51
11.	"Black"		J. Aslan	1:29
12.	"Holiday"	Chibi, Rainbow	Rainbow	5:14
13.	"Nevermind"	Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:35
Total length:				44:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from Violet album liner notes. ^[1]

• Chibi - vocals
• Rainbow - rhythm guitar
• M. Falcore - lead guitar
• Aslan - bass
• Rhim - drums

Release history

Region	Date
Canada	July 20, 2004
Germany [10]	October 25, 2004
United Kingdom	September 12, 2005
France	November 28, 2005 [11]
Italy	December 12, 2005 [12]
Netherlands	March 1, 2007 [13] [14]

Notes

• Videos for both "Blue" and "Nevermind" were produced. "Blue" is an elaborate story-based video while "Nevermind" is a straightforward performance video, both of which were released on the "Blue DVD".
• Although the track list on the CD labels the final track as "Nevermind", if burned on iTunes, the track will be titled "Neverland".
• The band recorded a cover of The NeverEnding Story theme for the album, but left it off after not being pleased with the final result. The only existing version of the song is a low quality mp3 that can be found on P2P file sharing systems, or on their original EP under the name Imagica. However, on March 19, 2021, they released a newly recorded version as a single. ^[15]
• On the 2004 release of Violet, Adm is pictured in the booklet as the keyboardist. On the 2005 re-release, he is removed from the booklet picture because he had left the band by that time.
• The track "Happy Birthday" was featured in the eighth episode of the first season of The Vampire Diaries , "162 Candles.", ^[16]

References

1. Violet (liner notes). The Birthday Massacre. Metropolis Records. 2004.
2. "The Birthday Massacre: Violet - Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.com". Archived from the original on 2014-03-26.
3. "The Birthday Massacre on Apple Music". iTunes . Archived from the original on 2014-06-19.
4. The Birthday Massacre - Violet, 2004, retrieved 2025-04-11
5. Bromstein, Elizabeth (2004-07-29). "The Birthday Massacre - NOW Magazine". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
6. "The Birthday Massacre". Elevation 27 -The Official Site. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
7. "Repo Records". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19.
8. "Violet" – via Amazon.
9. "Violet" – via Amazon.
10. "Violet" – via Amazon.
11. "Violet - Digipack : The Birthday Massacre" (in French). Fnac. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
12. "Birthday Massacre - Violet" (in Italian). Internet Bookshop Italia. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
13. "Violet, Birthday Massacre" (in Dutch). bol.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
14. "Violet; The Birthday Massacre" (in Dutch). Free Record Shop . Retrieved October 6, 2013.
15. "The NeverEnding Story, by the Birthday Massacre".
16. TheVampireDiariesOne (28 May 2011). "TVD Music Scene - Happy Birthday - The Birthday Massacre - 1x08". Archived from the original on 5 September 2017 – via YouTube.