Peace, Love, Death Metal
| Peace, Love, Death Metal | ||||
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| Studio album by Eagles of Death Metal | ||||
| Released | March 23, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Garage rock, rockabilly | |||
| Length | 44:40 | |||
| Label | AntAcidAudio | |||
| Producer | Josh Homme | |||
| Eagles of Death Metal chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| The Music Box | [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.2/10)[3] |
Peace, Love, Death Metal is the debut album by Eagles of Death Metal released on March 23, 2004.
Making of the album
Eagles of Death Metal is a garage rock band fronted by Jesse "The Devil" Hughes. The album was recorded primarily by Jesse Hughes (credited as "J. Devil Huge" or "Mr. Boogie Man") and Josh Homme (credit as "Carlo von Sexron" or "Baby Duck"), and featured guest appearances by Tim Vanhamel (dEUS, Millionaire, Evil Superstars), Brody Dalle (The Distillers), Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, The Dwarves, Mondo Generator), and Alain Johannes & Natasha Shneider (Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age, Desert Sessions).
Josh Homme told MTV News that the band is led by Hughes. "I just sit behind the drums and play rock and roll, which is a great change of pace for me. J. Devil writes everything, every lyric and riff, and he's a fantastic songwriter. He and I go through and arrange them, and I lay down harmonies, but it's really his thing. It's the antithesis of the bloated rock-attitude bullshit I've had to deal with recently". Josh Homme promoted the band when appearing on the Lollapalooza tour with Queens of the Stone Age in 2003 wearing an Eagles of Death Metal T-shirt.
Track listing
All tracks by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Only Want You" | 2:48 |
| 2. | "Speaking in Tongues" | 2:49 |
| 3. | "So Easy" | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Flames Go Higher" | 2:53 |
| 5. | "Bad Dream Mama" | 3:02 |
| 6. | "English Girl" | 2:38 |
| 7. | "Stacks o' Money" | 2:48 |
| 8. | "Midnight Creeper" | 1:57 |
| 9. | "Stuck in the Metal" (a Stealers Wheel cover of Stuck in the Middle with You: Gerry Rafferty/Joe Egan) | 3:18 |
| 10. | "Already Died" | 3:00 |
| 11. | "Kiss the Devil" | 2:52 |
| 12. | "Whorehoppin' (Shit, Goddamn)" | 3:34 |
| 13. | "San Berdoo Sunburn" | 3:42 |
| 14. | "Wastin' My Time" | 2:42 |
| 15. | "Miss Alissa" | 2:38 |
| Total length: | 44:40 | |
On the UK and the European release there are two extra tracks: "Miss Sanders" and "Just Nineteen". A re-recorded version of the latter appears on the band's follow up Death By Sexy. The European release also featured the video for "Midnight Creeper". The band has shot videos for "I Only Want You" and "Speaking in Tongues". The melody for "Kiss the Devil" is based on the traditional folk song "Sugar Baby".
The band were performing the song "Kiss the Devil" at the Bataclan on 13 November 2015 when an attack killed 89 fans.[4]
In popular culture
- "I Only Want You" was used in the 2004 racing game Gran Turismo 4.
- "I Only Want You" was featured on Queer as Folk.
- "Speaking in Tongues" and "San Berdoo Sunburn" were both featured in the film Domino.
- "Speaking in Tongues" was used in an episode of the TV show Viva La Bam.
- The song "Speaking in Tongues" was used in the movie Watching The Detectives.
- The song "I Only Want You" is featured as downloadable content for the Rock Band series.[5]
- "I Only Want You" was used for Windows 8 advertisements.
- "Flames Go Higher" was used in an episode of TV show The O.C..
- "Flames Go Higher" was also used in the film "Circle Of Eight"
- "Miss Alissa" was used in the 2014 Nike commercials named "Winner Stays On" and "The Last Game"
- "Stuck in the Metal" was used in the Shaun White snowboarding and skateboarding video "The White Album"
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ The Music Box review
- ↑ Pitchfork Media review
- ↑ Harding, Luke; Willsher, Kim (14 November 2015). "From dinner in Paris to a 'war on happiness' in 15 minutes". The Observer.
The group had been on about an hour and they'd just said “We love you Paris” and started singing a song, Kiss the Devil, with the words ‘I met the Devil and this is his song’ when we heard very clearly some explosions. [...] There was blood everywhere around us [...] A body fell on me [...] My neighbour, a man of around 50, was shot at directly in the head, and bits of his brain and flesh fell on my glasses.
- ↑ "DLC Week of 8/3". Harmonix. 2010-07-30. Retrieved August 2, 2010.