Haunted Cities

Haunted Cities
Studio album by Transplants
Released	June 21, 2005
Recorded	2004-2005
Genre	Rap rock, punk rock
Length	40:06
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Tim Armstrong, Dave Carlock, Louis Plichet
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Transplants chronology
Transplants (2002) Haunted Cities (2005)
Screwed and chopped version cover

Haunted Cities is the second album and major label debut by the Transplants. It was released on June 21, 2005 and includes the radio hit "Gangsters & Thugs". The album sold close to 34,000 copies in its first week and came in at #28 on the Billboard 200. This album was screwed and chopped by Paul Wall.

Track listing

All songs by Tim Armstrong, Rob Aston and Travis Barker unless otherwise noted.

1. "Not Today" (Armstrong, Aston, Sen "Sen Dog" Reyes, Barker) – 2:41
2. "Apocalypse Now" – 3:16
3. "Gangsters and Thugs" – 3:54
4. "What I Can't Describe" (Armstrong, Aston, Paul Devoux, Barker) – 4:02
5. "Doomsday" – 3:49
6. "Killafornia" (Armstrong, Aston, Louis "B-Real" Freese, Barker) – 3:47
7. "American Guns" – 2:38
8. "Madness" (Armstrong, Aston, Dave Carlock, Barker, Brody Dalle) – 3:09
9. "Hit the Fence" – 2:12
10. "Pay Any Price" – 1:57
11. "I Want It All" – 3:56
12. "Crash and Burn" (Armstrong, Aston, Rakaa Taylor, Travis Barker) – 4:45
13. "Red Dawn" – 3:52 (bonus track on the Japanese version)
14. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7" - 3:58 (BestBuy bonus track)

Personnel

• Tim Armstrong - vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, keyboards, producer, engineer
• Rob "Skinhead Rob" Aston - vocals
• Travis Barker - drums, percussion, loops

• Sen Dog - guest vocals on track 1
• Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. - guest vocals on track 4
• B-Real - guest vocals on track 6
• Rakaa Iriscience (Dilated Peoples) - guest vocals on track 12
• Baby Down - vocals
• Richard Stites - backup vocals
• Dave Carlock - organ, synthesizer, guitar, bass, keyboards, theremin, backup vocals, producer, engineer
• Vic Ruggiero - farfisa, Wurlitzer
• Gemi Taylor - guitar
• Matt Freeman - bass
• Rich Graiko - trumpet
• Dave Holden - saxophone
• Brett Reed - percussion
• Scott Abels - percussion
• Nicky C. - drum programming
• Billy Jam - sound effects
• Neal H. Pogue - mixing
• Fredrik Sarhagen - engineer
• John Morrical - engineer, assistant engineer
• Nick Ferrero - assistant engineer
• Chris Rakestraw - assistant engineer
• Rob Abeyta, Jr. - art direction, design