Black Butterfly

Black Butterfly
Studio album by Buckcherry
Released USA: September 16, 2008
UK: May 25, 2009
Recorded Late 2007-Early 2008
Genre Hard rock
Length 42:23
Label Eleven Seven Music, Atlantic
Producer Marti Frederiksen, Buckcherry
Buckcherry chronology
15
(2006)		 Black Butterfly
(2008)		 Live & Loud 2009
(2009)
Singles from Black Butterfly
  1. "Too Drunk..."
    Released: 2008
  2. "Don't Go Away"
    Released: 2008
  3. "Rescue Me"
    Released: 2008
  4. "Talk to Me"
    Released: 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
IGN [2]
Rolling Stone [3]
Ultimate Guitar [4]
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Black Butterfly is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Buckcherry. The album was released on September 12, 2008 in Japan, Canada, and the United Kingdom while being released on September 16 in the United States. It had been in production since late 2007. The limited fan edition was included with two demo songs, "Nothing" and "Stayin' High". Along with the bonus songs, the case came with a year free membership to the Buckcherry Fan Club, "Buckcherry's Bomb Squad".

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Rescue Me"   3:12
2. "Tired of You"   3:07
3. "Too Drunk..." (replaced with a cover of "Highway Star" in the re-released version/"clean" version (originally featured on the 1972 album Machine Head by the British rock band Deep Purple).) 4:02
4. "Dreams"   3:51
5. "Talk to Me"   3:28
6. "A Child Called "It""   2:55
7. "Don't Go Away"   3:49
8. "Fallout"   3:36
9. "Rose"   3:53
10. "All of Me"   3:45
11. "Imminent Bail Out"   3:11
12. "Cream"   3:34
Total length:
 42:23
Limited Fan Club Edition
No. Title Length
13. "Nothing" (Demo) 3:30
14. "Stayin' High" (Demo) 4:01

Singles

Band manager Josh Klemme allegedly leaked the first single "Too Drunk..." to the internet, only to later claim in a press release that it had been pirated.[5]

The songs "Rescue Me" and "Don't Go Away" were eventually placed on the band's MySpace page. "Rescue Me" was released for download in the video game series Rock Band. "Don't Go Away" was selected as the second single to be released from the album.[6]

A Child Called "It"

Vocalist Josh Todd has mentioned that the songs "Rescue Me" and "A Child Called "It"" were both inspired by the Dave Pelzer book, A Child Called "It". "There were times when I had to put the book down because the abuse of this boy was so bad, but I felt like the book found me… I was compelled to write this song out of inspiration from this guy’s incredible journey."[7]

"Rescue Me" was used as the official theme song for the WWE Judgment Day 2009 pay-per view.[8]

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[9] Gold 40,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Chart positions

Chart (2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 8
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums 3
Canadian Albums Chart 6

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Black Butterfly at Allmusic. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Grischow, Chad (September 17, 2008). "Buckcherry - Black Butterfly Review: Watered down hard rock.". IGN. http://music.ign.com/objects/142/14268803.html. Retrieved July 18, 2011. 
  3. ^ Hoard, Christian (October 2, 2008). "Black Butterfly: Buckcherry: Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081006180441/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/22853281/review/23356704/black_butterfly. Retrieved July 18, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Black Butterfly Featured review". Ultimate Guitar. September 16, 2008. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/buckcherry/black_butterfly/index.html. Retrieved July 18, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Band Leaks Own Album, Blames Pirates". Slashdot. 2008-08-01. http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/01/2337206. Retrieved 2008-08-01. 
  6. ^ MySpace.com - BUCKCHERRY - Los Angeles, California - Rock / Alternative / Indie - www.myspace.com/buckcherry
  7. ^ Buckcherry Bio
  8. ^ WWE: TV Shows > Judgment Day
  9. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Buckcherry – Black Butterfly". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Black+Butterfly&sa=Buckcherry&smt=0. 
Buckcherry
Josh Todd • Keith Nelson • Stevie D. • Jimmy "Two Fingers" Ashhurst • Xavier Muriel
Jonathan Brightman • Devon Glenn • Yogi Lonich • Josh Fleeger • Dave Markasky • Matt Lawrence
Studio albums

Buckcherry • Time Bomb • 15 • Black Butterfly • All Night Long
Live albums
Video albums
Singles
"Lit Up" • "For the Movies" • "Dead Again" • "Check Your Head" • "Ridin'" • "Crazy Bitch" • "Next 2 You" • "Everything" • "Broken Glass" • "Sorry" • "Too Drunk..." • "Don't Go Away" • "Rescue Me" • "Talk to Me" • "All Night Long" • "Dead" • "It's a Party"
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