Rock & Roll Is Dead
Rock & Roll Is Dead is the sixth studio album released by the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters. The first edition of the CD came with a 25-minute bonus DVD entitled Poking at the Stiff and chronicled the second of the two weeks of recording the album. The vinyl release had seven different colors of the vinyl: brown, green, white, clear, orange, red and black. There was also picture disc from Sacred Heart Recordings available in a limited run of 200 units with the inner sleeve artwork printed on the vinyl and the songs "It Might Mean Something To You" and "Positively So Naive" as bonus tracks.
| Rock & Roll Is Dead | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 6 June 2005 | |||
| Recorded | February 2005 | |||
| Genre | Garage rock, punk rock, garage punk | |||
| Length | 40:22 | |||
| Label | Universal AB, Universal International, Wild Kingdom, Liquor and Poker Music, Sacred Heart Recordings | |||
| Producer | Chips K. | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Pitchfork | |
| The Aquarian | Positive[2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
The song "I'm in the Band" is available as a bonus song in the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and "Bring It on Home" can be heard in the game NHL 07.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Before the Fall" | Nicke Andersson, Kenny Håkansson | 2:11 |
| 2. | "Everything's on T.V." | Andersson | 3:14 |
| 3. | "Monkey Boy" | Andersson | 2:38 |
| 4. | "No Angel to Lay Me Away" | Andersson, Robert Dahlqvist, Håkansson, Anders Lindström | 3:55 |
| 5. | "Bring It On Home" | Andersson | 2:11 |
| 6. | "Leave It Alone" | Andersson | 4:00 |
| 7. | "Murder on My Mind" | Andersson, Håkansson | 3:10 |
| 8. | "I'm in the Band" | Andersson, Dahlqvist | 3:19 |
| 9. | "Put out the Fire" | Andersson, Håkansson | 3:08 |
| 10. | "I Might Come See You Tonight" | Andersson | 3:24 |
| 11. | "Nothing Terribly New" | Andersson | 2:59 |
| 12. | "Make It Tonight" | Andersson | 2:44 |
| 13. | "Time Got No Time to Wait for Me" | Andersson | 3:28 |
Personnel
The Hellacopters
- Nicke Andersson – Vocals guitars, piano, percussion
- Robert Dahlqvist – Guitars, vocals
- Kenny Håkansson – Bass guitar
- Anders Lindström – Organ, piano, guitar, backing vocals
- Robert Eriksson – Drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Pelle Almqvist – Howl
- Linn Segolsson – Backing vocals
- Clarisse Muvemba – Backing vocals
- Mattias Bärjed – Acoustic guitar
- Johan Bååth – Hand claps
Production
- Chips Kiesbye – Producer, engineer
- Michael Ibert – Engineer
- Janne hansson – Engineer
- Henrik Johnsson – Mastering
References
- Prato, Greg. "Rock & Roll Is Dead Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- Koczank, JJ. "CD Reviews". The Aquarian. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Hoard, Christian (15 February 2006). "The Hellacopters – Rock & Roll Is Dead". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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