Danzig II: Lucifuge
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| Studio album by Danzig | ||||
| Released | June 26, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989-90 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 49:26 | |||
| Label | Def American Recordings | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |||
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Danzig II: Lucifuge is the second album by Danzig. It was released in 1990 on Def American Recordings and was reissued in the USA and UK in 1998 by Def American's successor, American Recordings.
The title "Lucifuge" is the imperative form of the Latin compound verb lucifugere, from 'lux' (light) + 'fugere' (to flee), which means "to flee or shun the light". If it is to be taken literally, lucifuge is thus a command: "shun the light" or "flee from the light" (or logically, "seek darkness"). Before its release the album had been tentatively titled "777".[1]
Glenn Danzig said that the song "Killer Wolf" is "[his] version of an old blues song about a guy who wolfs around the door of every girl in town". It is unknown whether any such previous song existed, or whether Danzig merely meant that he composed an original song in the style of old blues. Despite its title, the 1954 song "I'm the Wolf" ("Killer Wolf" begins with the words "I'm the wolf...") bears little resemblance to the 1990 Danzig song, although Danzig has often credited its composer and singer, Howlin' Wolf, as a major influence.
In a 1997 interview in Seconds magazine, Glenn Danzig mentions the blatant similarity of the main riff of the Stone Temple Pilots song "Sex Type Thing" and the Danzig song "Snakes of Christ".
Early pressings of the CD include a booklet that unfolds into an inverted cross. The booklet features the passage "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do", which is taken from the book of St. John. Most formats feature the original full-color "faces" album cover: these include the 12" vinyl LP, the audio cassette, and the original pressings of the European and Japanese CD. The most widely distributed format, the North American CD, features the alternate "chest/cross" album cover, a cropped black-and-white closeup of the photograph found on the back of the LP sleeve and on the interior of all formats. All CD releases feature the "faces" picture on the rear of the CD tray.
Newer American Recordings pressings have a "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" label printed on the booklet artwork; previously this had been a sticker on the outer cellophane wrapping. Oddly enough, like Danzig, this album was issued a Parental Advisory label despite the only instances of profanity being mild and infrequent (in this case, one use each of the word "bastard" in "Long Way Back From Hell" and "Pain in the World").
Music videos were released for the songs "Her Black Wings", "Killer Wolf", "I'm the One" and "Devil's Plaything".
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[edit] Track listing
- "Long Way Back from Hell" - 4:27
- "Snakes of Christ" - 3:59
- "Killer Wolf" - 4:14
- "Tired of Being Alive" - 4:03
- "I'm the One" - 4:09
- "Her Black Wings" - 4:47
- "Devil's Plaything" - 3:58
- "777" - 5:40
- "Blood and Tears" - 4:20
- "Girl" - 4:18
- "Pain in the World" - 5:46
All songs written by Glenn Danzig.
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Production
- Producer: Rick Rubin
- Engineers: Dave Bianco, Sylvia Massy, Brendon O'Brien, Martin Schmelze, Jim Scott
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1990 | The Billboard 200 | 45 |
[edit] References
- ^ Zogbi, Marina (May 1990). "DANZIG: A Helluva Guy". Metal Maniacs. http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=maniacs.90. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
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