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Danzig is the 1988 debut album of the American heavy metal band Danzig, led by Glenn Danzig who was formerly the songwriter and vocalist of The Misfits and Samhain.

The album was also the first release on producer Rick Rubin's new label Def American Recordings. Def American's successor, American Recordings reissued the album in the USA and UK in 1998.

Danzig is the band's best-selling full length album and was certified Gold in the U.S. in 1994.

Music and recording

Danzig was recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios and Chung King Metal, and mixed at Smoke Tree and Village.

The song "Mother", retitled as "Mother '93" and with live audience overdubs, became a hit on radio and MTV in 1993-94 after a new video-single with live footage was created to mark its inclusion on Thrall: Demonsweatlive; the song was also later included on various hard-rock/heavy metal/alternative music compilations, including the video games Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Guitar Hero II (to which a final solo was added, in this case) and True Crime: New York City.

Glenn Danzig originally wrote the songs "Twist of Cain" and "Possession" for his previous band, Samhain.[1] Lars Ulrich of Metallica performed backup vocals on "Twist of Cain" and "Possession", but due to contractual reasons could not be credited in the album insert.

While the album's liner notes expressly state "All songs written by Glenn Danzig", one song "The Hunter" was written by Booker T. Jones, Carl Wells, Al Jackson, Steve Cropper and Donald Dunn. Originally performed by Booker T. & The M.G.s, the Danzig version of the song only features slightly-modified lyrics.

Artwork and packaging

Original LP, CD, and cassette versions of the album cover had no writing or identifying text whatsoever, only a white skull on a black background. Later pressings of the compact disc added the Danzig band name logo in the lower right. While 1990-1998 pressings of the CD had the Parental Advisory label in the form of a sticker on the cellophane wrap, pressings since 1998 have the label printed on the artwork. Danzig is one of few albums labeled as "explicit" despite the virtual absence of profanity, save for one use of "whore".

Music videos

Music videos were released for the songs "Twist of Cain", "Am I Demon", "Mother" and "She Rides". Upon its release the music video for "Mother" was banned by MTV for containing controversial imagery.[2] All four music videos later appeared on the Danzig Home Video.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Twist of Cain" – 4:17
  2. "Not of This World" – 3:42
  3. "She Rides" – 5:10
  4. "Soul On Fire" – 4:36
  5. "Am I Demon" – 4:57
  6. "Mother" – 3:24
  7. "Possession" – 3:56
  8. "End of Time" – 4:02
  9. "The Hunter" – 3:31
  10. "Evil Thing" – 3:16

Credits

Production

  • Producer: Rick Rubin
  • Engineers: Dave Bianco, Steve Ett, Jim Scott
  • Mastering: Howie Weinberg
  • CD Mastering: Barry Diament
  • Photography: Mark Weiss

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1988 The Billboard 200 125
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Position
1993 "Mother" Mainstream Rock Tracks 17
1994 The Billboard Hot 100 43

References

  1. ^ Cipollini, Christian. "Glenn Danzig - Horror Business". Penny Blood. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
  2. ^ Zogbi, Mariana (Spring 1989). "Danzig on Thin Ice". Metal Mania. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  3. ^ "Danzig - Home Video". Danzig-Verotik.com. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
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