Desperate Measures (Hollywood Undead album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Desperate Measures
| type = live
| artist = Hollywood Undead
| cover = Hollywood Undead - Desperate Measures.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 10, 2009
| recorded = Early to Mid 2009
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 44:52
| label = A&M/Octone
| producer = Chief the Dog
| chronology = Hollywood Undead non-studio album
| prev_title = Swan Songs B-Sides
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Swan Songs Rarities
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Desperate Measures
| type = live
| single1 = Dove and Grenade
| single1date = July 2009
}}
}}
Desperate Measures is the first live album by American rap rock band Hollywood Undead. The album was released on November 10, 2009, through A&M Records and Octone Records.{{Cite web |title=Hollywood Undead Official Website |url=http://site.hollywoodundead.com/ |accessdate=27 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105003944/http://site.hollywoodundead.com/ |archive-date=5 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NPUCKI |title=Desperate Measures: Hollywood Undead |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=10 November 2009}} The album includes three new songs, three cover songs, a remix of "Everywhere I Go", and six live versions of previously released tracks from a concert in Albuquerque, New Mexico along with a 60-minute DVD of live performances.{{Cite web |title=Desperate Measures Teaser No. 1 now live! |url=http://site.hollywoodundead.com/profiles/blogs/desperate-measures-teaser-1 |date=21 September 2009 |work=Hollywood Undead |accessdate=22 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712213741/http://site.hollywoodundead.com/profiles/blogs/desperate-measures-teaser-1 |archive-date=12 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} The album debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200, No. 10 on Top Rock Albums, and No. 15 on Top Digital Albums.{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=hollywood undead|chart=all}}|title=Desperate Measures - Hollywood Undead|publisher=Billboard Magazine|work=Nielsen SoundScan|accessdate=November 22, 2009}}
Track listing
=Disc One (CD)=
{{tracklist
| headline = Standard Edition
| title1 = Dove and Grenade
| length1 = 2:54
| title2 = Tear It Up
| length2 = 3:14
| title3 = Shout at the Devil
| note3 = Mötley Crüe cover
| length3 = 3:20
| title4 = Immigrant Song
| length4 = 2:40
| note4 = Led Zeppelin cover
| title5 = Bad Town
| note5 = Operation Ivy cover
| length5 = 2:44
| title6 = El Urgencia
| length6 = 3:44
| title7 = Everywhere I Go
| note7 = Castle Renholdër mix
| length7 = 3:30
| title8 = Undead
| note8 = liveSame audio as live video recording on the Disc 2 DVD.
| length8 = 4:48
| title9 = Sell Your Soul
| note9 = liveDifferent live recording than DVD.
| length9 = 3:23
| title10 = California
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Black Dahlia
| length11 = 3:55
| title12 = Everywhere I Go
| length12 = 3:44
| title13 = No. 5
| length13 = 3:29
|total_length = 44:52
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = iTunes Bonus Tracks
| title14 = City
| length14 = 3:34
| title15 = Bottle and a Gun
| note15 = liveAvailable with iTunes pre-orders only. Same audio as DVD.
| length15 = 4:54
}}
;Notes
{{Reflist|group=note}}
=Disc Two (DVD)=
Live at the Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, New Mexico and the Marquee Theater, Tempe, Arizona. The concert footage is bracketed by "interlude" segments of audience interaction, as well as interview and behind-the-scenes footage, much of it black-and-white, between many of the songs.
{{tracklist
| title1 = Intro/Undead
| length1 = 4:25
| title2 = Sell Your Soul
| length2 = 3:14
| title3 = Faking the Folk
| title4 = Bottle and a Gun
| length4 = 3:22
| title5 = What's in a Name
| title6 = California
| length6 = 3:16
| title7 = First Time
| title8 = No Other Place
| length8 = 3:16
| title9 = City
| length9 = 3:33
| title10 = Favorite
| title11 = Paradise Lost
| length11 = 3:10
| title12 = Black Dahlia
| length12 = 3:45
| title13 = Young
| title14 = I Think I Just Puked My Soul Out
| length13 = 3:16
| title15 = Everywhere I Go
| length15 = 3:30
| title16 = Lovin' Da Kurlzz
| title17 = No. 5
| length17 = 3:05
}}
Personnel
- Aron "Deuce" Erlichman – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, production, mixing, mastering
- Jordon "Charlie Scene" Terrell – vocals, lead guitar
- Jorel "J-Dog" Decker – vocals, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, programming
- George "Johnny 3 Tears" Ragan – vocals
- Dylan "Funny Man" Alvarez – vocals
- Matthew "Da Kurlzz" Busek – vocals, drums, percussion
=Additional musicians=
=Additional personnel=
- Danny Lohner, Don Gilmore, Kevin Shirley, Ben Grosse and Jon Kaplan – production, mixing, mastering
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" |
| Chart (2010)
!Peak |
|---|
| US Billboard 200
| style="text-align:center;"|29 |
| US Top Digital Albums
| style="text-align:center;"|15 |
| US Top Hard Rock Albums
| style="text-align:center;"|5 |
| US Top Alternative Albums
| style="text-align:center;"|8 |
| US Top Rock Albums
| style="text-align:center;"|10 |