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Violet is an album by The Birthday Massacre. It was first released as an extended play (EP) in October 25, 2004, then commercially released in August 9, 2005 as a long play (LP) through Metropolis Records (North America/UK), Repo Records [4] (Europe) and Hellion Records (Brazil). The LP version included four re-recorded and slightly reworked tracks from their Nothing and Nowhere album: "Happy Birthday", "Horror Show", "Video Kid" and "The Dream".

Track listing

EP version
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Prologue" Rainbow, M. Falcore0:37
2."Lovers End"Rainbow, ChibiRainbow, M. Falcore4:18
3."Violet"RainbowRainbow, M. Falcore3:37
4."Red" J. Aslan1:17
5."Play Dead"Rainbow, ChibiRainbow, M. Falcore4:47
6."Blue"RainbowRainbow4:29
7."Black" J. Aslan1:34
8."Holiday"Rainbow, ChibiRainbow5:15
9."Nevermind"RainbowRainbow, M. Falcore4:45
LP version[5][6]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Prologue" Rainbow, M. Falcore0:38
2."Lovers End"Chibi, RainbowRainbow, M. Falcore4:14
3."Happy Birthday"RainbowRainbow3:39
4."Horror Show"RainbowM. Falcore, Rainbow4:06
5."Violet"RainbowM. Falcore, Rainbow3:37
6."Red" J. Aslan1:11
7."Play Dead"Chibi, RainbowM. Falcore, Rainbow4:47
8."Blue"RainbowRainbow4:30
9."Video Kid"RainbowRainbow4:34
10."The Dream"Chibi, RainbowRainbow, M. Falcore3:51
11."Black" J. Aslan1:29
12."Holiday"Chibi, RainbowRainbow5:14
13."Nevermind"RainbowRainbow, M. Falcore4:35
Total length:44:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from Violet album liner notes.[1]

  • Chibi - vocals
  • Rainbow - guitar
  • M. Falcore - lead guitar
  • Aslan - bass
  • Rhim - drums

Release history

Region Date
Germany[7] October 25, 2004
Canada August 9, 2005[8]
United Kingdom September 12, 2005
France November 28, 2005[9]
Italy December 12, 2005[10]
Netherlands March 1, 2007[11][12]

Notes

  • The LP version was originally released in Europe on Repo Records in 2004.
  • Tracks "Happy Birthday", "Horror Show", "Video Kid" and "The Dream" are all somewhat reworked versions of their equivalents on the band's previous album Nothing and Nowhere.
  • Videos for both "Blue" and "Nevermind" were produced. "Blue" is an elaborate story-based video while "Nevermind" is a straightforward performance video, both of which were released on the "Blue DVD".
  • Although the track list on the CD labels the final track as "Nevermind", if burned on iTunes, the track will be titled "Neverland".
  • The band recorded a cover of The NeverEnding Story theme for the album, but left it off after not being pleased with the final result. The only existing version of the song is a low quality mp3 that can be found on P2P file sharing systems, or on their original EP under the name Imagica.
  • On the 2004 release of Violet, Adm is pictured in the booklet as the keyboardist. On the 2005 re-release, he is removed from the booklet picture because he had left the band by that time.
  • The track "Happy Birthday" was featured in the eighth episode of the first season of The Vampire Diaries, "162 Candles.",[13]

References

  1. ^ a b Violet (liner notes). The Birthday Massacre. Metropolis Records. 2004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b "The Birthday Massacre: Violet - Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.com".
  3. ^ "The Birthday Massacre on Apple Music".
  4. ^ "Repo Records".
  5. ^ "Violet" – via Amazon.
  6. ^ "Violet" – via Amazon.
  7. ^ "Violet" – via Amazon.
  8. ^ "VIOLET by BIRTHDAY MASSACRE". HMV Canada. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  9. ^ "Violet - Digipack : The Birthday Massacre" (in French). Fnac. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  10. ^ "Birthday Massacre - Violet" (in Italian). Internet Bookshop Italia. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  11. ^ "Violet, Birthday Massacre" (in Dutch). bol.com. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  12. ^ "Violet; The Birthday Massacre" (in Dutch). Free Record Shop. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  13. ^ TheVampireDiariesOne (28 May 2011). "TVD Music Scene - Happy Birthday - The Birthday Massacre - 1x08" – via YouTube.
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