Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying, and the Dead is the first studio album by American horror punk musician Wednesday 13. The album contains fourteen standard tracks, as well as a bonus track exclusive to Japan, titled "Thank You Satan". The album spawned two singles, "I Walked with a Zombie", inspired by the film of the same name, and "Bad Things", which was released only as a promo in the UK to promote the band's upcoming tour.
"Transylvania 90210" draws mostly from horror punk, with strong influence from heavy metal music. It shows how Wednesday 13 has progressed stylistically from his last album, "Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls" (with Murderdolls), incorporating less of an alternative metal approach in favour of a more 'straight' metal style.
Wednesday 13 has also stated: "Of the tracks on the new album, Wednesday adds “There are a few surprises that the fans won't expect... The title TRANSYLVANIA 90210 – SONGS OF DEATH, DYING AND THE DEAD comes from the idea of what I think a Wednesday 13 TV show would be like, it's like each song is an episode." Tune in in 2005! "
[edit] Track listing
- "Post Mortem Boredom" – 0:57
- "Look What the Bats Dragged in" – 2:32
- "I Walked with a Zombie" – 3:43
- "Bad Things" – 3:37
- "House by the Cemetery" – 3:20
- "God is a Lie" – 3:37
- "Haunt Me" – 4:35
- "Transylvania 90210" – 3:54
- "I Want You...Dead" – 4:08
- "Buried by Christmas" – 3:08
- "Elect Death for President" – 4:23
- "Rot for Me" – 4:03
- "The Ghost of Vincent Price" – 5:08
- "A Bullet Named Christ" – 4:00
[edit] Bonus track
- "Thank You Satan" (Japan bonus track) – 3:56
[edit] Personnel
- Wednesday 13 - vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, samples, producer, director, audio production
- Piggy D. - background vocals
- Kid Kid - background vocals
- Ghastly - drums
- Ziad - saxophone on "Elect Death for President"
- Monte Conner - A&R
- Jamie Hoover - engineer, audio engineer
- Colin Richardson - mixing
- Roger Lian - mastering
- Wil Bartle - assistant
- P. R. Brown - art direction, design, photography
[edit] References