Scorpio Rising (Death in Vegas album)
Scorpio Rising is the third album by British electronica band Death in Vegas. It was released on September 16, 2002 in the United Kingdom via Concrete Records, and on June 17, 2003 in the United States via Sanctuary Records. The album takes its name from an experimental film by Kenneth Anger.[8] Scorpio Rising features guest vocalists Liam Gallagher, Hope Sandoval, Nicola Kuperus, and Paul Weller, as well as string arrangements by Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam. The album was recorded at Death in Vegas' own studio The Contino Rooms in early 2002, with the strings recorded at Trinity Wave Station in Chennai, India.[9]
The song "Hands Around My Throat" contains samples from the songs "Rock Around the Clock" by Telex (written by Max C. Freedman and Jimmy DeKnight) and "Whitewater" by Tortoise (written by Dan Bitney, Bundy Kien Brown, John Herndon, Doug McCombs, and John McEntire). "23 Lies" includes a sample from "Goin' Back" by The Byrds, written and composed by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. "Scorpio Rising" takes its main riff from "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo, and is co-credited to songwriter Francis Rossi- it also bears a striking resemblance to "All I Know" by Screaming Trees.
Several songs on the album have appeared in television advertisements and on film soundtracks:
Track listing
| Writer(s) |
| 1. |
"Leather" |
Fearless, Holmes |
3:30 |
| 2. |
"Girls" |
Fearless, Holmes |
4:30 |
| 3. |
"Hands Around My Throat" |
Kuperus, Miller, Fearless, Holmes; Freedman, DeKnight, Bitney, Brown, Herndon, McCombs, McEntire |
5:08 |
| 4. |
"23 Lies" |
Dillane, Fearless, Holmes; King, Goffin |
3:49 |
| 5. |
"Scorpio Rising" |
Fearless, Holmes, Button, Rossi, Wiz, Pratt |
5:38 |
| 6. |
"Killing Smile" |
Fearless, Holmes, Sandoval, Subramaniam |
4:49 |
| 7. |
"Natja" |
Fearless, Holmes |
3:50 |
| 8. |
"So You Say You Lost Your Baby" |
Clark |
3:01 |
| 9. |
"Diving Horses" |
Fearless, Holmes, Allison |
5:11 |
| 10. |
"Help Yourself" |
Fearless, Holmes, Sandoval, Subramaniam |
10:29 |
| Writer(s) |
| 13. |
"XXX" |
Fearless, Holmes |
4:56 |
| 14. |
"Hands Around My Throat" (Percy X Remix) |
Kuperus, Miller, Fearless, Holmes |
5:30 |
Singles
- "Leather"/"Girls" and "XXX" (double 12" vinyl only, July 22, 2002)
- "Hands Around My Throat" (September 9, 2002)
- "Scorpio Rising" (December 16, 2002)
- "So You Say You Lost Your Baby" (canceled as a commercial single; was set for release on April 7, 2003)
Credits
- Richard Fearless
- Tim Holmes
- Nicola Kuperus – vocals on "Hands Around My Throat"
- Susan Dillane – vocals on "23 Lies" and "Girls"
- Liam Gallagher – vocals on "Scorpio Rising"
- Hope Sandoval – vocals on "Killing Smile" and "Help Yourself"
- Paul Weller – vocals on "So You Say You Lost Your Baby"
- Dot Allison – vocals on "Diving Horses"
- Ian Button – guitar
- Danny Hammond – guitar
- Andrew Hackett – guitar
- Mat Flint – bass
- Gary "Mani" Mounfield – bass on "So You Say You Lost Your Baby"
- Seamus Beaghen – keyboards and Hammond organ
- Simon Hanson – drums
- Pete Stanley – banjo on "Killing Smile"
- James Walbourne – mandolin on "Killing Smile"
- Sara Wilson – cello
- Ganesh – sitar
- Produced and mixed by Death in Vegas.
- S. Sai Kumar – sound engineer for string arrangements
- A.J. Daniel – assistant sound engineer for string arrangements
- Design by FearlessBeaven. Band photo by Grant Fleming.
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