Haunted Cities

Haunted Cities (Transplants album)
Studio album by Transplants
Released	June 21, 2005
Recorded	2004-2005
Genre	Rap rock, punk rock, Hip Hop, R&B
Length	40:06
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Tim Armstrong, Dave Carlock, Louis Plichet
Transplants chronology
Transplants (2002) Haunted Cities (2005) In a Warzone (2013)
Screwed and chopped version cover

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Haunted Cities is the second album and major label debut by the Transplants. It was released on June 21, 2005 and includes the radio hit "Gangsters & Thugs". The album sold close to 34,000 copies in its first week and came in at #28 on the Billboard 200. This album was screwed and chopped by Paul Wall.

Track listing

All songs by Tim Armstrong, Rob Aston and Travis Barker unless otherwise noted.

1. "Not Today" (Armstrong, Aston, Barker, Sen "Sen Dog" Reyes) – 2:41
2. "Apocalypse Now" – 3:16
3. "Gangsters and Thugs" – 3:54
4. "What I Can't Describe" (Armstrong, Aston, Barker, Paul Devoux) – 4:02
5. "Doomsday" – 3:49
6. "Killafornia" (Armstrong, Aston, Barker, Louis "B-Real" Freese) – 3:47
7. "American Guns" – 2:38
8. "Madness" (Armstrong, Aston, Barker, Dave Carlock, Brody Dalle) – 3:09
9. "Hit the Fence" – 2:12
10. "Pay Any Price" – 1:57
11. "I Want It All" – 3:56
12. "Crash and Burn" (Armstrong, Aston, Barker, Rakaa Taylor) – 4:45

Bonus tracks

13. "Red Dawn" – 3:52 (bonus track on the Japanese version)
14. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7" - 3:58 (BestBuy bonus track)

Personnel

• Tim Armstrong - vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, keyboards, production, engineering
• Rob "Skinhead Rob" Aston - vocals
• Travis Barker - drums, percussion, loops

Additional musicians

• Scott Abels - percussion on tracks 4, 6, 10, 12
• B-Real - guest vocals on track 6
• Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. - guest vocals on track 4
• Nic C. - drum programming on track 7
• Dave Carlock - production, engineering, synthesizer/keyboards on tracks 2-8, 12, backing vocals on 4,8, 12, guitar on 5,6,8, thermin on 1,6,8, organ on 8, 10, bass on 5, 12
• John "Silas" Cranfield- assistant engineering
• Sen Dog - guest vocals on track 1
• Obi Fernandez - trombone on track 5
• Nick Ferrero - assistant engineering
• Matt Freeman - bass on tracks 5 and 11
• Kim Jade Fry- bass on tracks 2-3
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner- mastering
• Rich Graiko - trumpet on track 5
• Dave Holden - saxophone on track 5
• Rakaa Iriscience - guest vocals on track 12
• Billy Jam - sound effects on track 5
• John Morrical - additional engineer, assistant engineering
• DJ Odie - scratching on tracks 3, 11-12
• Carlos Paugar - drum programming on track 14
• Neal H. Pogue - mixing
• DJ Pone - scratching on track 4-5, 10
• Chris Rakestraw - assistant engineering
• Brett Reed - percussion on track 10
• Vic Ruggiero - farfisa, Wurlitzer on track 6
• Fredrik Sarhagen - additional engineering
• Alicia Simmons- assistant engineering
• Rich Stites - backing vocals on track 3
• Ian Suddarth- assistant engineering
• Gemi Taylor - guitar on track 4
• Jennifer Tefft- flute on track 12