Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children (album)
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{{primary sources|date=July 2010}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children
| type = studio
| artist = Mushroomhead
| cover = Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children (Mushroomhead album).jpg
| alt =
| released = September 28, 2010
| recorded = 2009–2010, Filthy Hands Studio
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative metal, industrial metal, nu metal
| length = 49:32
| label = Megaforce
| producer = Steve Felton
| prev_title = Savior Sorrow
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = The Righteous & the Butterfly
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children
| type = Studio
| single1 = Come On
| single1date = August 16, 2010
| single2 = I'll Be Here
| single2date = 2010
}}
}}
Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children[https://archive.today/20120912014517/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=143215 MUSHROOMHEAD To Release 'Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children' In September] is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Mushroomhead. The album was released on September 28, 2010 by Megaforce Records. The first single from the album "Come On", was released on August 16, 2010.[https://archive.today/20120909081332/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=143248 MUSHROOMHEAD's 'Come On' Single To Go For Radio Adds Next Month] "I'll Be Here" will be the second single in 2011 but no date has been confirmed yet. It is the band's final album to feature Pig Benis on bass and Gravy on guitar, and it is the only album to feature Lil Dan on percussion.
Album information
On August 31, 2010, "Come On" was released uncensored on iTunes. The video of their first single "Come On" was premiered on Headbangers Ball on September 27, hosted by Mushroomhead themselves.{{Cite web |url=http://www.metalcrotch.com/mushroomhead-video-teaser-and-press-release/ |title=MUSHROOMHEAD Video Teaser And Press Release » Metal Crotch |access-date=September 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714075028/http://www.metalcrotch.com/mushroomhead-video-teaser-and-press-release/ |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web | title=Mushroomhead - Come On Music Video, featured On Megaforce Records Official Youtube Channel| website=YouTube | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z9-eOQkMWE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_z9-eOQkMWE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| date=October 6, 2010 | accessdate=October 6, 2010}}{{cbignore}} "Come On" was also featured in the Criminal Minds episode "There's no Place like Home" from the show's 7th season. "Come On" was also featured on October 5, 2010 episode of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) on Spike TV as a promotion of the long storied rivalry between Wrestling Legend, Ric Flair and Hardcore Wrestling Legend, Mick Foley.
The album title is inspired by the 'Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children comic book series published by DC Comics through their Piranha Press imprint from June 1989 until September 1992. According to the band, they wanted the album title to reflect the nature of the songs themselves, and the title came once they incorporated the visual elements of the project. According to Jeffrey Nothing, the working title for the album was going to be Slaughterhouse Road, before it was changed to its current title, however, Slaughterhouse Road was still used as a song title.{{cite web | title=Mushroomhead MTV Interview Part 2 | website=YouTube | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlC3yAlMfPk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/WlC3yAlMfPk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| date=October 6, 2010 | accessdate=October 6, 2010}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web | title=Mushroomhead interview on Headbangers Ball | website=MTV | url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/?id=1648862 | date=September 27, 2010 | access-date=September 27, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062121/http://www.mtv.com/videos/?id=1648862| archive-date= October 7, 2010 | url-status= dead}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=beautiful-stories-for-ugly-children-r1957333/review|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = About.com
|rev3 = The Marshalltown Chronicle
|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[https://archive.today/20150429025101/http://www.themarshalltown.com/review-mushroomhead-beautiful-stories-for-ugly-children/ The Marshalltown Chronicle review]
|rev4 = Metal Underground
|rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[http://www.metalunderground.com/reviews/details.cfm?releaseid=4242 Metal Underground Review]
}}
After its first week of sales, the album debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Indie chart, and No. 44 overall selling over 11,000 copies the first week.{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=147244 |title=BLABBERMOUTH.NET - MUSHROOMHEAD's New Album Cracks U.S. Top 50 |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |accessdate=January 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009190511/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=147244 |archivedate=October 9, 2010 }}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Come On
| length1 = 4:07
| title2 = Inspiration
| length2 = 3:46
| title3 = Slaughterhouse Road
| length3 = 3:41
| title4 = I'll Be Here
| length4 = 4:36
| title5 = Burn the Bridge
| length5 = 5:10
| title6 = Holes in the Void
| note6 = feat. Joe Altier and Sarah Sloan
| length6 = 4:45
| title7 = Harvest the Garden
| length7 = 4:34
| title8 = The Harm You Do
| length8 = 4:06
| title9 = Your Demise
| length9 = 4:21
| title10 = The Feel
| length10 = 3:50
| title11 = Darker Days
| length11 = 3:46
| title12 = Do I Know You?
| length12 = 2:46
|total_length = 49:32
Personnel
- Jeffrey Hatrix - vocals, lyrics
- Waylon Reavis - vocals, lyrics
- Dave Felton - all guitars
- Jack Kilcoyne - bass guitar
- Tom Schmitz - keyboards, samples
- Steve Felton - drums, percussion, producer
- Rick Thomas - samples, electronics, turntables
- Daniel Fox - drums, additional percussion
;Session musicians
- Joe Altier - guest vocals ("Holes in the Void")
- Sarah Sloan - harmony, guest vocals ("Holes in the Void")
- John Sustar - additional percussion ("Harvest the Garden")
- James Felton - kid voice
- Steven Felton (jr.) - kid voice
- Waylon Reavis (jr.) - kid voice
- Pandora Reavis - kid voice
- Mea Hatrix - kid voice
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.mushroomhead.com/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090056/http://song.ogf.su/us/index.php?album=1209 Lyrics]
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