W.I.C.K.E.D.

W.I.C.K.E.D.
Studio album by Twiztid
Released March 17, 2009
Genre Horrorcore
Label Psychopathic Records
Producer Eric Davie, Underrated, Monoxide
Twiztid chronology
Independents Day
(2007)		 W.I.C.K.E.D. (2009) Heartbroken & Homicidal
(2010)

W.I.C.K.E.D. (short for Wish I Could Kill Every Day) is the seventh studio album by American hip hop group Twiztid. Released on March 17, 2009, it is the group's highest charting album, peaking at #11 on the Billboard 200. The album is also the third-highest charting album in Psychopathic Records history, beaten only by Insane Clown Posse's The Amazing Jeckel Brothers and Bang! Pow! Boom!, both of which peaked at #4.

Contents

Production

Soon after the album title was released, it was revealed in the new year's edition of the Weekly Freeekly Weekly that Eric Davie would be producing the album.[1]

Release

W.I.C.K.E.D. was released in three different versions.[2] Best Buy & iTunes sold an exclusive version with 3 additional tracks.[2] Hot Topic sold a version with a comic based on the song "Bella Morte" included, and a third version sold at various music stores included an enhanced disk including music videos for the songs "Buckets of Blood" and "Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha".[2] Psychopathic Records' store Hatchetgear will be selling all three versions, in addition to a standard version without any extras.[3] All versions come with one of ten Psychopathic Records Trading Card.[3] The album leaked two weeks prior to its release.[4]

W.I.C.K.E.D. was Twiztid's highest charting album, peaking at #11 on the Billboard 200, #4 on the Top Rap Albums chart, #1 on the Top Independent Albums chart and #1 on the Top Internet Albums chart.[5] W.I.C.K.E.D. is the third-highest charting album in Psychopathic Records history, after Insane Clown Posse's The Amazing Jeckel Brothers and Bang! Pow! Boom!, both of which peaked at #4.[6][7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [8]
horroryearbook (favorable) [9]

Allmusic reviewer David Jeffries praised the album, writing "This is a serious step up from their previous album, the inconsistent Independent's Day, and an obvious favorite for those who like their Psychopathic releases to be less street, more theatrical."[10] horroryearbook reviewer Brain Hammer described it as Twiztid's best album, writing "It stands out to me as the most original record they have done, and it has the most horror influence too. Horror fans who have never checked out Twiztid in the past should give this record a spin."[11]

Track listing

Track Name Length
1. W.I.C.K.E.D. 2:32
2. Kill With Us 2:00
3. Buckets Of Blood 3:58
4. HA Ha HA Ha HA Ha 4:24
5. Death Note 4:42
6. Krossroads Inn 5:03
7. All Of The Above 4:28
8. Killing Season 3:23
9. Whoop - Whoop 2:54
10. That's Wicked 2:54
11. They Told Me 3:01
12. My Enemies 3:28
13. Bella Morte 4:21
14. When I Get To Hell 4:49
15. Woe Woe 5:15

Eric Davie

Best Buy bonus tracks

Track Name Length
16. Catch The Show 3:06
17. Gothic Chick 3:52
18. It Don't Stop 2:58

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.[12]

Musicians

Production

Chart positions

Chart (2009) Peak Position
Billboard 200 11[5]
Top Independent Albums 1[5]
Top Rap Albums 4[5]

References

  1. ^ "Twiztid Get W.I.C.K.E.D.". The Hatchet Herald, Issue 4. Psychopathic Records. December 29, 2008. http://www.twiztid.psychopathicrecords.com/images/twiz_herald.jpg. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  2. ^ a b c Monoxide (2009-02-17). "Monoxide: Wicked Welcome". Love, Twiztid. Psychopathic Records. http://twiztid.psychopathicrecords.com/iframe.php?page_id=twiztid_love_main#a4. Retrieved 2009-03-08. 
  3. ^ a b The Hatchet Herald, Special Notice, an approximately monthly online news source created by Psychopathic Records to give updates on the label to fans.
  4. ^ Zahn, James (March 20, 200). "Talking horror & music with Jamie Madrox of TWIZTID". Fangoria. http://fangoria.com/musick/25-musick-news/1787-exclusive-talking-horror-with-jamie-madrox-of-twiztid.html. Retrieved 2009-03-23. 
  5. ^ a b c d "Charts and awards for Twiztid". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=339534&model.vnuAlbumId=1216457. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  6. ^ "Insane Clown Posse Artist Chart History: Albums". Billboard. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r415252. Retrieved 2008-08-19. 
  7. ^ Caulfield, Keith; Herrera, Monica (September 9, 2009). "Whitney Houston Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/news/whitney-houston-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-1004010124.story. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  8. ^ W.I.C.K.E.D. at Allmusic
  9. ^ horroryearbook review
  10. ^ Jeffries, David. "Review of W.I.C.K.E.D.". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1490527. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  11. ^ Brain Hammer (March 25th, 2009). "Review of W.I.C.K.E.D.". horroryearbook. http://www.horroryearbook.com/544576/it-came-from-the-mailbox-twiztid-%C2%96-wicked. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  12. ^ "Credits for W.I.C.K.E.D.". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1490527. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
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