The Holocaust (album)

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The Holocaust
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2006 (2006-09-05)
Genre Hip hop
Length57:55
Label Babygrande Records
Producer Blue Sky Black Death
Blue Sky Black Death chronology
A Heap of Broken Images
(2006)
The Holocaust
(2006)
Razah's Ladder
(2007)
The Holocaust chronology
Smuggling Booze in the Graveyard
(2002)
The Holocaust
(2006)
Theatre of Pain
(2009)
Alternative cover
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The Holocaust Instrumentals cover
Singles from The Holocaust
  1. "The Ocean / No Image"
    Released: 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic favorable [1]

The Holocaust is a collaborative studio album by American hip hop production duo Blue Sky Black Death and American rapper The Holocaust. It was released by Babygrande Records in 2006. Due to a fan petition to Babygrande Records, the album's instrumentals were released on June 24, 2008. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Plunder"3:08
2."Twilight Zone"4:10
3."We Are All Well Known"4:52
4."What Can the Matter Be"3:22
5."God Be with You"3:52
6."Monarchs"3:05
7."No Image"6:02
8."The Ocean"3:39
9."Sinister"4:27
10."Smoking Room"3:07
11."Lady of the Birds"1:21
12."The Worst"3:23
13."Killer Moth"2:48
14."Wing to Wingfeather"3:43
15."Crash"6:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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References

  1. "Blue Sky Black Death Presents the Holocaust - Blue Sky Black Death". AllMusic . Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. Babygrande Records