Voices: WWE The Music, Vol. 9

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Voices: WWE The Music, Vol. 9
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Cover of the album. From left to right: Eve Torres, R-Truth, Vladimir Kozlov, Randy Orton, The Great Khali, Kelly Kelly, and Umaga.
Compilation album by
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2009
Length40:49 / 65:49
Label Columbia, WWE Music Group
Producer Jim Johnston
World Wrestling Entertainment chronology
WWE The Music, Vol. 8
(2008)
Voices: WWE The Music, Vol. 9
(2009)
WWE The Music: A New Day, Vol. 10
(2010)

Voices: WWE The Music, Vol. 9 [1] is a compilation album released by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in the United States and Canada on January 27, 2009, Australia on January 24 [2] and in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2009. [3] The album was originally announced to be a three-CD set featuring new music by Jim Johnston and alternate mixes of older material from the past 25 years to commemorate the WrestleMania 25th anniversary. [4] [5] However, the album is now a single disc of original theme music, with a bonus disc containing a selection of past theme music.

Contents

The working title for the album was WWE Anthology II and was originally set to be the sequel to WWE's 2002 album WWE Anthology . [5] The album reached a peak at number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart. [6]

It was re-released on iTunes [7] on January 26, 2014, with the original track list and a remixed version of Jake "The Snake" Roberts entrance theme.

Track listing

All songs are composed, written and produced by Jim Johnston except "What's Up?", written and composed by Ron Killings (R-Truth). [8] [9]

TrackSongSubjectLength
1"Voices" (Vocals by Rich Luzzi of Rev Theory) Randy Orton 3:24
2"Pourquoi?" Maryse 3:37
3"Man on Fire" Kane 2:57
4"Kung Fu San" (performed by Karl "Dice Raw" Jenkins) Kung Fu Naki 3:04
5"Holla" (performed by Desiree Jackson) Kelly Kelly 3:19
6"What's Up?" (performed by Ron Killings) R-Truth 3:15
7"Pain" Vladimir Kozlov 2:54
8"Land of Five Rivers" (Vocals by Kulvinder Singh Johal) & (Dhol by Panjabi MC) The Great Khali 2:58
9"She Looks Good" Eve 2:17
10"Get on Your Knees" (performed by Age Against the Machine – Rage tribute [10] ) Jack Swagger 3:10
11"If You Rock Like Me" SmackDown Theme 3:03
12"Tribal Trouble" Umaga 3:08
13"Priceless" Ted DiBiase/Cody Rhodes/Manu 3:44

The subject as seen in the official track listing. The subject of the song may differ from what is currently used in WWE.

A two-disc, deluxe edition of Vol. 9 is available exclusively at Best Buy stores which includes the Legends of WWE CD, featuring: [11]

TrackSongSubjectLength
1*"I Won't Do What You Tell Me" Stone Cold Steve Austin 3:02
2"Unstable" The Ultimate Warrior 1:45
3"Hot Rod" Roddy Piper 2:58
4"Hard Corps." Sgt. Slaughter 2:35
5"Blue Blood" Hunter Hearst Helmsley 3:29
6"Perfection" Mr. Perfect 2:49
7*"Rest in Peace" The Undertaker 3:18
8"Snake Bit" Jake Roberts 2:08
9*"If You Smell...?" The Rock 2:56

* These tracks are also included as bonus tracks on the regular CD release in the UK. Numbered 14, 15 and 16 respectively. [3]

iTunes re-release track listing

All songs are composed, written and produced by Jim Johnston except "What's Up?", written and composed by Ron Killings (R-Truth). [12]

TrackSongSubjectLength
1"Voices" (Vocals by Rich Luzzi of Rev Theory) Randy Orton 3:24
2"Pourquoi?" Maryse 3:37
3"Man on Fire" Kane 2:57
4"Kung Fu San" (performed by Karl "Dice Raw" Jenkins) Kung Fu Naki 3:04
5"Holla" (performed by Desiree Jackson) Kelly Kelly 3:19
6"What's Up?" (performed by Ron Killings) R-Truth 3:15
7"Pain" Vladimir Kozlov 2:54
8"Land of Five Rivers" (Vocals by Kulvinder Singh Johal) & (Dhol by Panjabi MC) The Great Khali 2:58
9"She Looks Good" Eve 2:17
10"Get on Your Knees" (performed by Age Against the Machine – Rage tribute [10] ) Jack Swagger 3:10
11"If You Rock Like Me" SmackDown Theme 3:03
12"Tribal Trouble" Umaga 3:08
13"Priceless" Ted DiBiase/Cody Rhodes/Manu 3:44
14"I Won't Do What You Tell Me" Steve Austin 3:02
15"Unstable" The Ultimate Warrior 1:45
16"Hot Rod" Roddy Piper 2:58
17"Hard Corps." Sgt. Slaughter 2:35
18"Blue Blood" Hunter Hearst Helmsley 3:29
19"Perfection" Mr. Perfect 2:49
20"Rest in Peace" The Undertaker 3:18
21"Snake Bit 2014" Jake Roberts 3:19
22"If You Smell...?" The Rock 2:56

Release history

CountryDate
AustraliaJanuary 24, 2009
United StatesJanuary 27, 2009
United KingdomApril 13, 2009

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