Doppelgänger (The Fall of Troy album)

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Doppelgänger
Studio album by The Fall of Troy
Released	August 16, 2005
Recorded	March, 2005
Genre	Progressive Rock Experimental Rock
Length	44:33
Label	Equal Vision
Producer	Barett Jones
Professional reviews
AbsolutePunk.net (89%) link All Music Guide
The Fall of Troy chronology
The Fall of Troy (2003) Doppelgänger (2005) Manipulator (2007)

Doppelgänger is the second full-length album from Mukilteo, Washington's The Fall of Troy, which followed up the band's bootlegged Ghostship demos from 2004 as well as their self-titled LP from 2003. Four of the songs ("I Just Got This Symphony Goin'", "F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.", "Mouths Like Sidewinder Missiles", "Whacko Jacko Steals the Elephant Man's Bones") were re-recorded versions of tracks from the self-titled album, hence the name Doppelgänger. "Macaulay McCulkin" was taken from the Ghostship EP.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 References to popular culture 3 Personnel 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Just Got This Symphony Goin'" – 4:09
2. "Act One, Scene One" – 5:00
3. "F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X." – 3:57
4. ""You Got a Death Wish, Johnny Truant?"" – 2:12
5. "Mouths Like Sidewinder Missiles" – 3:44
6. "The Hol[ ]y Tape..." – 4:51
7. "Laces Out, Dan!" – 2:31
8. "We Better Learn to Hotwire a Uterus" – 2:10
9. "Whacko Jacko Steals the Elephant Man's Bones" – 4:50
10. "Tom Waits" – 3:03
11. "Macaulay McCulkin" – 8:06

[edit] References to popular culture

• "You Got a Death Wish, Johnny Truant?" and "The Hol[ ]y Tape..." are quotes taken from Mark Z. Danielewski's novel House of Leaves. "Hol[ ]y" being short for "Holloway"
• In live performances, Erak has been known to finish the song "The Hol[ ]y Tape..." with instrumentation from Disney movie Aladdin's song, "A Whole New World".
• The title "Laces Out, Dan!" is taken from a quote in the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. In the movie, the person in reference is Miami Dolphins player Dan Marino.
• The title of the song "Tom Waits" is in reference a chapter in House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, the singer Tom Waits also has a song named The Fall of Troy
• "F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X." is featured on the soundtrack of the video games MLB 2K6, Saint's Row, and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
• "Whacko Jacko Steals the Elephant Man's Bones" is a reference to the music video of Michael Jackson's "Leave Me Alone" in which Michael Jackson dances along side a claymation portrayal of Joseph Merrick's, the Elephant Man's, bones.

[edit] Personnel

• Thomas Erak - guitar, vocals, keyboards
• Tim Ward - bass, vocals
• Andrew Forsman - drums
• Barett Jones - production, engineering, mixing
• Ed Brooks - mastering
• Heidi Alayne - artwork
• Andy Myers - layout
• Aya Sato - photography

[edit] External links

• Equal Vision Records

v • d • e The Fall of Troy Thomas Erak  · Frank Black  · Andrew Forsman Tim Ward Studio albums The Fall of Troy (2003) · Doppelgänger (2005) · Manipulator (2007) Other releases Ghostship (EP, 2004) · Equal Vision Demos (demos, 2005) Videography "Tom Waits (Demo Version)" (2005) · "Whacko Jacko Steals The Elephant Man's Bones" (2005) · "F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X." (2006) · "Cut Down All The Trees And Name The Streets After Them" (2007) · "Ex-Creations" (2008) Related articles The Thirty Years War