Vampire Themes

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| name = Vampire Themes

| type = compilation

| artist = Various artists

| cover = Various Artists - Vampire Themes.jpg

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| released = {{Start date|1997}}

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| genre = {{hlist|Electro|gothic rock|industrial}}

| length = 72:56

| label = Cleopatra

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| chronology = Cleopatra Records Records V/A

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Vampire Themes is a various artists compilation album released in 1997 by Cleopatra Records.{{cite book |first=S. T. |last=Joshi |author-link=S. T. Joshi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2-wyCE21VEQC |title=Vampire Romance |others=Encyclopedia of the Vampire: The Living Dead in Myth, Legend, and Popular Culture |publisher=Greenwood |date=November 4, 2010 |page=207 |isbn=9781462807369 |accessdate=August 20, 2020}} The album comprises songs from several industrial and gothic rock bands.{{cite book |first=Janell |last=R. Duxbury |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CaqE82YIh4QC |title=1983: Invaders From Mars and a UFO |others=Rockin' the Classics and Classicizin' the Rock: A Selectively Annotated Discography: Second Supplement |publisher=Xlibris US |date=February 5, 2001 |page=218 |isbn=9780313378348 |accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

Reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000234578|pure_url=yes}}|title=Various Artists: Vampire Themes > Overview |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

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AllMusic gave Vampire Themes a rating of two and a half out of five possible stars.

Track listing

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| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = Intro

| writer1 = Christopher Lee

| extra1 = Christopher Lee

| length1 = 2:05

| title2 = Bela Lugosi's Dead

| writer2 = {{hlist|Daniel Ash|David Haskins|Kevin Haskins|Peter Murphy}}

| extra2 = Bauhaus

| length2 = 9:34

| title3 = Sympathy for the Devil

| note3 = The Rolling Stones cover

| writer3 = Jagger/Richards

| extra3 = The Electric Hellfire Club

| length3 = 4:58

| title4 = Graveyard Shift

| writer4 = {{hlist|Damien DeVille|Dominic LaVey|Dante Savarelle}}

| extra4 = Nosferatu

| length4 = 6:18

| title5 = Vampire Hunter

| writer5 = Wojciech Kilar

| extra5 = Leæther Strip

| length5 = 4:52

| title6 = Beach House

| writer6 = {{hlist|Denny Jaeger|Michel Rubini}}

| extra6 = Fahrenheit 451

| length6 = 4:35

| title7 = The Damned Testify

| note7 = Brimstone Mix

| writer7 = {{hlist|Alan Lee Shaw|Christopher John Millar}}

| extra7 = The Damned

| length7 = 2:35

| title8 = Salem's Demise

| writer8 = Romell Regulacion

| extra8 = Razed in Black

| length8 = 4:14

| title9 = Transylvania Twist

| writer9 = Chuck Cirino

| extra9 = Ex-Vote

| length9 = 4:46

| title10 = Forever Knight

| writer10 = Fred Mollin

| extra10 = Bell Book & Candle

| length10 = 4:58

| title11 = Dracula Rising

| writer11 = Ed Tomney

| extra11 = Two Witches

| length11 = 4:18

| title12 = Schubert Trio in E-flat

| note12 = Franz Schubert cover

| writer12 = Franz Schubert

| extra12 = Vampire Rodents

| length12 = 2:25

| title13 = Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

| note13 = David Bowie cover

| writer13 = {{hlist|Giorgio Moroder|David Bowie}}

| extra13 = Big Electric Cat

| length13 = 4:56

| title14 = Daughters of Darkness

| writer14 = Erik Christides

| extra14 = Bloodflag

| length14 = 4:30

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Personnel

Adapted from the Vampire Themes liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Vampire Themes |title-link=Vampire Themes |others=Various artists |year=1997 |type=booklet |publisher=Cleopatra Records |location=Marina Del Rey, California}}

Release history

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United States

| 1997

| Cleopatra

| CD

| CLP0003

References

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