Get Heavy

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{{Infobox album

| name = Get Heavy

| type = Album

| artist = Lordi

| cover = Get Heavy.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1 November 2002

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = *Hard rock

| length = 38:25

| label = BMG Finland
Drakkar Records

| producer = TT Oksala

| next_title = The Monsterican Dream

| next_year = 2004

}}

Get Heavy is the debut studio album by Finnish rock band Lordi, released in 2002. Although the bass guitarist Kalma appears on the cover artwork, all bass guitars were played by the former bass guitarist Magnum, who left after the recording and before the release of the album. The album is dedicated to Magnum.

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Mr Lordi. Lyrics on "Monster Monster" were co-written by Tracy Lipp.

  1. "Scarctic Circle Gathering" – 1:02
  2. "Get Heavy" – 3:01
  3. "Devil Is a Loser" – 3:29
  4. "Rock the Hell Outta You" – 3:06
  5. "Would You Love a Monsterman?" – 3:02
  6. "Icon of Dominance" – 4:35
  7. "Not the Nicest Guy" – 3:13
  8. "Hellbender Turbulence" – 2:46
  9. "Biomechanic Man" – 3:22
  10. "Last Kiss Goodbye" – 3:07
  11. "Dynamite Tonite" – 3:13
  12. "Monster Monster" – 3:23
  13. "13" – 1:06

Bonus material

  1. "Don't Let My Mother Know" - 3:32 (North American, Japanese and vinyl editions)
  2. "Hulking Dynamo" - 3:03 (vinyl edition)
  3. Would You Love A Monsterman? (radio edit) - 03:04 (Japanese edition)

Singles

  1. "Would You Love a Monsterman?" - released 28 October 2002
  2. "Devil is a Loser" - released 14 April 2003

Charts

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!Chart (2002)

!Peak
position

Finland

|align="center"|3{{cite web |url=https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lordi&titel=Get+Heavy&cat=a |title = finnishcharts.com - Lordi - Get Heavy}}

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|title=Get Heavy|artist=Lordi|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2006|relyear=2002|salesamount=67,636|domestic=true}}

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Personnel

Credits for Get Heavy adapted from liner notes.(2002). "Get Heavy liner notes." In Get Heavy [CD booklet]. Drakkar Records.

Lordi

  • Mr Lordi – vocals, programming, artwork
  • Amen – guitars, backing vocals
  • Kita – drums, backing vocals
  • Magnum – bass
  • Enary – keyboards, piano, backing vocals

Additional musicians

  • Tracy Lipp – vocals (12)

Production

  • Timo Tapani Oksala – production, mixing (1, 13)
  • Kevin Shirley – mixing
  • Mika Jussila – mastering
  • Jussi Rovanperä – engineering, editing (9)
  • Mika Lindberg – artwork
  • Jouko Lehtola – photography
  • K. Kajava – photography

References