The Indie Rock Essentials

The Indie Rock Essentials
Compilation album by Blue Sky Black Death
Released 1 September 2009
Genre Hip hop
Label Babygrande Records
Producer Blue Sky Black Death

The Indie Rock Essentials is a compilation album compiled from songs by Blue Sky Black Death, released on 1 September 2009.
Artists featured on this album include Jean Grae, Yes Alexander, Holocaust, Hell Razah, and Ashley Wise; taking songs from the Blue Sky Black Death albums Late Night Cinema, The Evil Jeanius, The Holocaust, Slow Burning Lights, and Razah's Ladder.

It has been speculated that this album was compiled by record label Babygrande, without the consent of Blue Sky Black Death for two reasons:

Track listing

# Title Producer(s) Performer (s) Notes
1 "Elevation" Blue Sky Black Death Hell Razah
2 "The Era When We Sang" Blue Sky Black Death
  • From the instrumental album Late Night Cinema, the second studio album by BSBD.
  • Background vocals: C.T. Thompson
  • Violin: Valerie Coon
  • Contains a sample from "Burning Bridges" by The Mike Curb Congregation.
3 "Away With Me" Blue Sky Black Death Jean Grae
  • From the album The Evil Jeanius, a collab with the artist Jean Grae.
  • Contains a sample from "I'll Try Something New" by The Supremes.
4 "God Be With You" Blue Sky Black Death Holocaust
  • From the album The Holocaust, a collab with the artist Holocaust.
5 "We All Are Well Known" Blue Sky Black Death Holocaust
  • From the album The Holocaust, a collab with the artist Holocaust.
6 "Threats" Blue Sky Black Death Jean Grae, Chen Lo
  • From the album The Evil Jeanius, a collab with the artist Jean Grae.
  • Contains a sample from "Something's got a hold on me" by Etta James.
7 "Plunder" Blue Sky Black Death Holocaust
  • From the album The Holocaust, a collab with the artist Holocaust.
8 "Forgive Me" Blue Sky Black Death Ashley Wise
  • From the album Late Night Cinema.
  • Background Vocals: Ashley Wise
  • Trumpet: Tony Rogers
  • Violin: Nancey Kuo
  • Organ: Evan Gordon
  • Synthesizer: Evan Gordon
9 "No Image" Blue Sky Black Death Holocaust
  • From the album The Holocaust, a collab with the artist Holocaust.
10 "Ghosts Among Men" Blue Sky Black Death Ashley Wise
  • From the album Late Night Cinema.
  • Background vocals: Ashley Wise
  • Trumpet: Tony Rogers
  • Violin: Nancey Kuo, Valerie Coon
  • Organ: Evan Gordon
  • Synthesizer: Evan Gordon
  • Contains various samples from the Once Upon A Time In The West OST
  • Contains a sample from "Clubbed To Death" by Rob Dougan
  • Contains a sample from "Phenomena" by Goblin
  • Contains a vocal sample from "Poor Butterfly" by Sarah Vaughan.
11 "Crash" Blue Sky Black Death Holocaust
  • From the album The Holocaust, a collab with the artist Holocaust.
12 "Shoot you dead" Blue Sky Black Death
  • From the album Late Night Cinema.
  • Vocals: Yes Alexander
  • Violin: Nancey Kuo, Valerie Coon

References

  1. ↑ The Evil Jeanius