Hellbilly Deluxe
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| Studio album by Rob Zombie | |||||
| Released | August 25, 1998 | ||||
| Recorded | Chop Shop Hollywood, CA | ||||
| Genre | Heavy metal Industrial metal |
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| Length | 38:23 | ||||
| Label | Geffen | ||||
| Producer | Rob Zombie, Scott Humphrey |
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Hellbilly Deluxe is the debut solo album by the former White Zombie singer Rob Zombie, released on August 25, 1998 (see 1998 in music). The album's title is a play on the Dwight Yoakam album Hillbilly Deluxe.
The album features the heavy guitar/bass and twisted, often violent horror themes of White Zombie, but there are also elements unique to Rob's solo act. For example, there is even more of a danceable groove on the songs, and electronic sounds/vocal overdubbing are also common. Hellbilly Deluxe has been called Rob's best album by many of his fans, and continues to be extremely popular to this day. The album's song titles and the art of the label and lyric book bespeak Zombie's fascination with classic horror films and tropes.
The album was re-released in 2005, with a DVD containing a music video for every single song, as well as brand-new artwork. While Rob directed the music videos, some fans showed disliking for the artwork by Austrian chef Jörg Fercher, in which Rob took no part.
A remix of the song "Dragula" was included on the soundtrack to the 1999 film The Matrix and the 2000 film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.
The remix album for Hellbilly Deluxe, American Made Music to Strip By, was released on October 26, 1999.
[edit] Track listing
- "Call of the Zombie" – 0:30
- "Superbeast" – 3:40
- "Dragula" – 3:42
- "Living Dead Girl" – 3:21
- "Perversion 99" – 1:43
- "Demonoid Phenomenon" – 4:11
- "Spookshow Baby" – 3:38
- "How to Make a Monster" – 1:38
- "Meet the Creeper" – 3:13
- "The Ballad of Resurrection Joe and Rosa Whore" – 3:55
- "What Lurks on Channel X?" – 2:29
- "Return of the Phantom Stranger" – 4:31
- "The Beginning of the End" – 1:52
N.B. all tracks composed by Rob Zombie and Scott Humphrey
- Danny Lohner - Additional Guitar on Meet the Creeper
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1998 | The Billboard 200 | 5 |
| 1998 | Top Canadian Albums | 2 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1998 | "Dragula" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 6 |
| 1998 | "Dragula" | Modern Rock Tracks | 27 |
| 1999 | "Living Dead Girl" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 7 |
| 1999 | "Living Dead Girl" | Modern Rock Tracks | 22 |
| 1999 | "Superbeast" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 26 |
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