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
{{tracklist
| 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
}}
Personnel
Release history
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Vampire-Themes/release/865834 Vampire Themes] at Discogs (list of releases)