Deadache

Lordi started the recording of Deadache on 7 May 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.lordi.org |title=Official Lordi Website |accessdate=4 November 2008 |publisher= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224140441/http://www.lordi.fi/ |archive-date=24 February 2012 |url-status=dead }} For the album, the group had sixty demos to choose from; fourteen of them were chosen by the band and record company to be recorded. All members of the group contributed songs to the album.{{cite web|url=http://www.monsterdiscohell.com |title=MonsterDiscoHell |accessdate=3 November 2008 |language=Finnish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108025643/http://www.monsterdiscohell.com/ |archivedate=8 November 2008 }}

The recordings were finished in June, the group then went on tour in Europe.

Band members Kita and Amen said the following about the Deadache:

[Kita] "It's an old title. We had that song back in the '90s already, a song called 'Deadache', and our singer, Mr. Lordi, thought that he made that up, that whole word. Like, headache and deadache, but he heard it actually means something." [Mr. Amen] "It actually, the title, it means something. Actually we had sixty songs to choose from and we picked out fifteen songs. We didn't think any (musical) directions or anything, we just did what we have." [Kita] "Usually we don't think (laughs)" [Amen] "We do what feels good with it."

Deadache is a melodic hard rock album, but has a heavier sound and includes more horror-themes than Lordi's previous albums. The album has more keyboard parts than The Arockalypse, and the song "The Rebirth Of The Countess", composed by the keyboard player Awa, includes a spoken part in French. "Missing Miss Charlene" includes singing by a children's choir, with the outro being already recorded in 1986 by a 12-year-old Mr. Lordi and some of his friends from his hometown of Rovaniemi.

The organ in the intro and between the verses in the song "The Devil Hides Behind Her Smile" is taken from "The Phantom of the Opera".

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| total_length = 46:07

| title1 = SCG IV

| music1 = Mr Lordi

| lyrics1 = Mr Lordi

| length1 = 0:42

| title2 = Girls Go Chopping

| music2 = Mr Lordi

| lyrics2 = Mr Lordi, Lipp

| length2 = 4:02

| title3 = Bite It Like a Bulldog

| music3 = Mr Lordi, OX

| lyrics3 = Mr Lordi

| length3 = 3:29

| title4 = Monsters Keep Me Company

| music4 = Mr Lordi, Amen, Kita

| lyrics4 = Mr Lordi

| length4 = 5:28

| title5 = Man Skin Boots

| music5 = Mr Lordi

| lyrics5 = Mr Lordi, Lipp

| length5 = 3:42

| title6 = Dr. Sin Is In

| music6 = Amen, Kita

| lyrics6 = Mr Lordi

| length6 = 3:37

| title7 = The Ghosts of the Heceta Head

| music7 = Mr Lordi, Amen

| lyrics7 = Mr Lordi, Lipp

| length7 = 3:48

| title8 = Evilyn

| music8 = Mr Lordi

| lyrics8 = Mr Lordi

| length8 = 4:00

| title9 = The Rebirth of the Countess

| music9 = Awa

| lyrics9 = Mr Lordi, Awa

| length9 = 1:59

| title10 = Raise Hell in Heaven

| music10 = Mr Lordi

| lyrics10 = Mr Lordi, Lipp

| length10 = 3:32

| title11 = Deadache

| music11 = Mr Lordi

| lyrics11 = Mr Lordi, Lipp

| length11 = 3:28

| title12 = Devil Hides Behind Her Smile

| music12 = Mr Lordi

| lyrics12 = Mr Lordi, Lipp

| length12 = 4:12

| title13 = Missing Miss Charlene

| music13 = Mr Lordi, Pete Kangas

| lyrics13 = Mr Lordi, Lipp

| length13 = 5:10

}}

There are five different versions of the album, four of which have different bonus tracks. Each version was released by a different record company, hence the differing tracks.

{{track listing

| headline = iTunes version

| total_length = 49:55

| title14 = Dead Bugs Bite

| music14 = Mr Lordi

| lyrics14 = Mr Lordi, Lipp

| length14 = 3:48

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{{track listing

|headline = Digipak version

| total_length = 49:40

| title14 = Hate at First Sight

| music14 = Amen, Kita

| lyrics14 = Mr Lordi, Lipp

| length14 = 3:33

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Finnish version

| total_length = 50:22

| title14 = The House

| note14 = Dingo cover

| music14 = Neumann

| lyrics14 = Mr Lordi, Lipp

| length14 = 4:15

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Japanese version

| total_length = 52:18

| title14 = Where's the Dragon

| music14 = Kita, OX, Lipp

| lyrics14 = Mr Lordi, Lipp

| length14 = 3:01

| title15 = Beast Loose in Paradise

| music15 = Mr Lordi

| lyrics15 = Mr Lordi

| length15 = 3:10

}}

Lordi

• Mr Lordi – vocals, artwork, art direction, layout
• Amen – guitars
• Kita – drums, backing vocals, engineering
• OX – bass
• Awa – keyboards

Additional musicians

• Eric Schäfer – outro (13)
• Pete Kangas – outro (13)
• Johanna Askola-Putaansuu – noise (5)
• Sandra Mittica – voice (9)
• Frida – noise (3)
• Shoemaker's Kids Quire – choir

Production

• Tracy Lipp – recording
• Jari Pailamo – engineering
• Jetro Vainio – engineering
• Ossi-Isso Tuomela – engineering
• Jesse Vainio – mixing
• Svante Forsbäck – mastering
• Nino Laurenne – production
• Petri Haggrén – photography

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