Violet (The Birthday Massacre album)

Violet

EP / Studio album by The Birthday Massacre

Released

October 25, 2004 (EP), August 9, 2005 (LP)

Studio

Dire Studios, Desolation Studios, Phase One Studios^[1]

Genre

Electronic rock,^[2] gothic rock,^[2] new wave,^[3] dream pop

Length

30:42 (EP)
44:25 (LP)

Label

Metropolis

Producer

The Birthday Massacre

The Birthday Massacre chronology

Nothing and Nowhere
(2002)

Violet
(2004)

Blue
(2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Violet is an album by The Birthday Massacre. It was first released as an extended play (EP) in October 25, 2004, then commercially released in August 9, 2005 as a long play (LP) through Metropolis Records (North America/UK), Repo Records ^[4] (Europe) and Hellion Records (Brazil). The LP version included four re-recorded and slightly reworked tracks from their Nothing and Nowhere album: "Happy Birthday", "Horror Show", "Video Kid" and "The Dream".

Track listing

EP version
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Prologue"		Rainbow, M. Falcore	0:37
2.	"Lovers End"	Rainbow, Chibi	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:18
3.	"Violet"	Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	3:37
4.	"Red"		J. Aslan	1:17
5.	"Play Dead"	Rainbow, Chibi	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:47
6.	"Blue"	Rainbow	Rainbow	4:29
7.	"Black"		J. Aslan	1:34
8.	"Holiday"	Rainbow, Chibi	Rainbow	5:15
9.	"Nevermind"	Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:45

LP version^[5]^[6]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Prologue"		Rainbow, M. Falcore	0:38
2.	"Lovers End"	Chibi, Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:14
3.	"Happy Birthday"	Rainbow	Rainbow	3:39
4.	"Horror Show"	Rainbow	M. Falcore, Rainbow	4:06
5.	"Violet"	Rainbow	M. Falcore, Rainbow	3:37
6.	"Red"		J. Aslan	1:11
7.	"Play Dead"	Chibi, Rainbow	M. Falcore, Rainbow	4:47
8.	"Blue"	Rainbow	Rainbow	4:30
9.	"Video Kid"	Rainbow	Rainbow	4:34
10.	"The Dream"	Chibi, Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	3:51
11.	"Black"		J. Aslan	1:29
12.	"Holiday"	Chibi, Rainbow	Rainbow	5:14
13.	"Nevermind"	Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:35
Total length:				44:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from Violet album liner notes.^[1]

Chibi - vocals
Rainbow - guitar
M. Falcore - lead guitar
Aslan - bass
Rhim - drums

Release history

Region	Date
Germany^[7]	October 25, 2004
Canada	August 9, 2005^[8]
United Kingdom	September 12, 2005
France	November 28, 2005^[9]
Italy	December 12, 2005^[10]
Netherlands	March 1, 2007^[11]^[12]

Notes

The LP version was originally released in Europe on Repo Records in 2004.
Tracks "Happy Birthday", "Horror Show", "Video Kid" and "The Dream" are all somewhat reworked versions of their equivalents on the band's previous album Nothing and Nowhere.
Videos for both "Blue" and "Nevermind" were produced. "Blue" is an elaborate story-based video while "Nevermind" is a straightforward performance video, both of which were released on the "Blue DVD".
Although the track list on the CD labels the final track as "Nevermind", if burned on iTunes, the track will be titled "Neverland".
The band recorded a cover of The NeverEnding Story theme for the album, but left it off after not being pleased with the final result. The only existing version of the song is a low quality mp3 that can be found on P2P file sharing systems, or on their original EP under the name Imagica.
On the 2004 release of Violet, Adm is pictured in the booklet as the keyboardist. On the 2005 re-release, he is removed from the booklet picture because he had left the band by that time.
The track "Happy Birthday" was featured in the eighth episode of the first season of The Vampire Diaries, "162 Candles.",^[13]

References

1 2 Violet (liner notes). The Birthday Massacre. Metropolis Records. 2004.
1 2 "The Birthday Massacre: Violet - Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.com".
↑ "The Birthday Massacre on Apple Music".
↑ "Repo Records".
↑ "Violet" – via Amazon.
↑ "Violet" – via Amazon.
↑ "Violet" – via Amazon.
↑ "VIOLET by BIRTHDAY MASSACRE". HMV Canada. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
↑ "Violet - Digipack : The Birthday Massacre" (in French). Fnac. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
↑ "Birthday Massacre - Violet" (in Italian). Internet Bookshop Italia. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
↑ "Violet, Birthday Massacre" (in Dutch). bol.com. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
↑ "Violet; The Birthday Massacre" (in Dutch). Free Record Shop. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
↑ TheVampireDiariesOne (28 May 2011). "TVD Music Scene - Happy Birthday - The Birthday Massacre - 1x08" – via YouTube.

The Birthday Massacre
Chibi Rainbow Falcore Rhim Owen Nate Manor O.E. Aslan Adm Dank
Studio albums	Nothing and Nowhere Violet Walking with Strangers Pins and Needles Hide and Seek Superstition Under Your Spell
Live albums	Show and Tell
Demo albums	Imagica
Video albums	Blue Show and Tell
Extended plays	Violet Looking Glass Imaginary Monsters
Related articles	Discography

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