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Life is Killing Me is the sixth album by Type O Negative. The title was originally going to be The Dream is Dead, but was supposedly changed because it suggested that the band may finally be ending their union[citation needed].
[edit] Overview
There are no "soundscape" tracks on Life is Killing Me, but there is a brief instrumental track titled "Drunk in Paris." There are two tracks featured on the album about Steele's parents. "Todd's Ship Gods (Above All Things)" is named after the shipyard his father worked in[citation needed], while "Nettie" is named after his mother[citation needed]. The band covers the song "Angry Inch" from the off Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The album also contains a cover of the interstitial music from television's The Munsters, titled "Thir13teen." Track 11 of the album is titled "IYDKMIGTHTKY (Gimme That)." The acronym IYDKMIGTHTKY stands for "If You Don't Kill Me I'm Going To Have To Kill You," which is the most repeated phrase in the song, other than "Gimme That."[2]
The album leaked onto the internet before release, upsetting keyboardist Josh Silver to the point where he released a message online complaining that the leak essentially takes revenue from the band.[citation needed].
Bassist/vocalist Peter Steele used a custom Fernandes Tremor 4-string bass for the recording of the album, an instrument which was built to his exacting specifications per his sponsorship with the company. Although Fernandes granted his design wishes regarding the exclusive electonics and hardware, the unique color of green mixed specifically for Mr. Steele was, in Peter's words after he received two of the three duplicate basses made for him, "completely wrong" compared to his requested shade of "Vinland Green" he had asked for and had described to the builders. It is also the last album by the band to make use of an electronic drum kit, which had also been played previously by Johnny Kelly on the October Rust and World Coming Down albums. Studio drums would not reappear until 2007's Dead Again.[3]
The inside spine under the CD tray has the message "Type O Negative is a non-prophet organization". The opening two seconds of "I Don't Wanna be Me" (featuring Kenny's feedback on guitar, while the drums start up) are heard as a frequent sample in Grand Theft Auto IV on the Liberty Rock Radio Station.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Peter Steele, except where noted.
- "Thir13teen" (Jack Marshall) – 1:07
- "I Don't Wanna be Me" – 5:08
- "Less than Zero (<0)" – 5:25
- "Todd's Ship Gods (Above All Things)" – 4:10
- "I Like Goils" – 2:35
- "...A Dish Best Served Coldly" – 7:13
- "How Could She?" – 7:35
- "Life is Killing Me" – 6:35
- "Nettie" – 4:46
- "(We Were) Electrocute" – 6:38
- "IYDKMIGTHTKY (Gimme That)" – 6:20
- "Angry Inch" (Stephen Trask) – 3:39
- "Anesthesia" – 6:41
- "Drunk in Paris" – 1:27
- "The Dream is Dead" – 5:07
[edit] Bonus CD
In Europe, the album was released with a bonus CD. This bonus CD compliments The Least Worst Of.
- "Out of the Fire (Kane's Theme)" (James A. Johnston) – 3:24
- "Christian Woman" – 4:27
- Butt Kissing Sell Out Version
- "Suspended in Dusk" – 8:39
- "Blood & Fire" – 4:36
- "Black Sabbath" (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward) – 7:47
- "Cinnamon Girl" (Neil Young) – 3:53
- "Haunted" – 11:47
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r645521
- ^ http://www.ink19.com/issues/october2003/interviews/peterSteele.html
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- ^ "Finnish TOP40 chart: Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me" (in Finnish). http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/type+o+negative/life+is+killing+me.
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