| Nymphetamine | ||||||||||
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| Studio album by Cradle of Filth | ||||||||||
| Released | September 28, 2004 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||||||||
| Genre | Extreme metal | |||||||||
| Length | 75:47 | |||||||||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||||||||
| Producer | Rob Caggiano | |||||||||
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| Allmusic | [1] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | [2] |
Nymphetamine is the sixth album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, released on September 28, 2004. Nymphetamine marks the first recorded appearance of guitarist James McIlroy (as "Germs Warfare") on a Cradle of Filth album. He would later record guitar for the band's 2010 release Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa. Nymphetamine is also the band's final album to feature keyboardist Martin Powell.
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The title is a portmanteau of "nymphomania" and "amphetamine", and Dani Filth explained the track itself as referring to "a drug-like addiction to the woman in question, with her insidious vampire qualities literally bringing her lover back from the brink of the spiritual grave, only to bury him further on the strength of a whim. The album is written in the style of Edgar Allan Poe's works, and leaves one thinking that, despite the character's inner agonies, he is really a welcome submissive who readily enjoys the terrible highs and lows of his relationship with this alluring and filthy, depreciative succubus."
The title track was nominated for a 2005 Grammy award in the Best Metal Performance category.[3] It appears on the album twice; in a three-part, nine minute version -"Nymphetamine (Overdose)" - and again in a shortened five minute version - "Nymphetamine Fix" - as a bonus track. A video was released for the "Fix" version, and this track also appears on the soundtrack for the film Resident Evil: Apocalypse (without its suffix).
"Coffin Fodder" is mentioned in episode four of the UK comedy The IT Crowd, as "track 4" on a gift-wrapped CD given by the goth character Richmond to a grieving widow at a funeral: "Coffin Fodder" is track 9 on the actual album.[4]
"Mother of Abominations" begins with the chant of the phrase "Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!", which is a reference to H. P. Lovecraft's fiction, specifically the body of work encompassing the Cthulhu Mythos. The song lyrics are a reference to Babalon, a Goddess made famous by the works of Aleister Crowley.
The album features guest appearances by ex Theatre of Tragedy and current Leaves' Eyes vocalist Liv Kristine, and Doug Bradley, who starred as the cenobite Pinhead in the Hellraiser series and also collaborated on Midian.
A special edition of the album was released in 2005, with an extra disc featuring two new songs, an alternate version of the title track, three cover songs, a guest appearance by King Diamond and a CD-ROM of the "Nymphetamine" promo video. The same year saw the song "Mother of Abominations" used on the Alone in the Dark soundtrack.
Nymphetamine debuted at #89 on the Billboard Top 200 chart selling 13,818 copies.[5]
All lyrics written by Dani Filth, all music composed by Cradle of Filth
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Satyriasis" (Instrumental) | 1:42 |
| 2. | "Gilded Cunt" | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Nemesis" | 7:18 |
| 4. | "Gabrielle" | 5:27 |
| 5. | "Absinthe with Faust" | 5:14 |
| 6. | "Nymphetamine (Overdose)" (feat. Liv Kristine) | 9:14 |
| 7. | "Painting Flowers White Never Suited My Palette" (Instrumental) | 1:57 |
| 8. | "Medusa and Hemlock" | 4:44 |
| 9. | "Coffin Fodder" | 5:17 |
| 10. | "English Fire" | 4:45 |
| 11. | "Filthy Little Secret" | 6:16 |
| 12. | "Swansong for a Raven" | 7:09 |
| 13. | "Mother of Abominations" | 7:33 |
| 14. | "Nymphetamine (Fix)" (feat. Liv Kristine) | 5:02 |
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75:47 | |
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| 1. | "Devil Woman" (Cliff Richard cover) | 3:38 | |||||||
| 2. | "Soft White Throat" | 5:40 | |||||||
| 3. | "Bestial Lust (Bitch)" (Bathory cover) | 2:54 | |||||||
| 4. | "Prey" | 4:57 | |||||||
| 5. | "Nymphetamine (Jezebel Deva Fix)" | 5:03 | |||||||
| 6. | "Mr. Crowley" (Ozzy Osbourne cover) | 5:41 | |||||||
| 7. | "Nymphetamine" (Video) | 5:06 | |||||||
| Year | Chart | Peak |
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| 2004 | UK Albums Chart | 162 |
| 2004 | Australian ARIA Chart | 56 |
| 2004 | Canadian Album Chart | 57 |
| 2004 | German Album Chart | 25 |
| 2004 | Finnish Album Chart | 32 |
| 2004 | Billboard 200 | 89 |
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