Rock & Roll Is Dead is the sixth studio album released by the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters. The first edition of the CD came with a 25-minute bonus DVD entitled Poking at the Stiff and chronicled the second of the two weeks of recording the album. The vinyl release had seven different colors of the vinyl: brown, green, white, clear, orange, red and black. There was also picture disc from Sacred Heart Recordings available in a limited run of 200 units with the inner sleeve artwork printed on the vinyl and the songs "It Might Mean Something To You" and "Positively So Naive" as bonus tracks.

Rock & Roll Is Dead
Studio album by
Released6 June 2005
RecordedFebruary 2005
GenreGarage rock, punk rock, garage punk
Length40:22
LabelUniversal AB, Universal International, Wild Kingdom, Liquor and Poker Music, Sacred Heart Recordings
ProducerChips K.
The Hellacopters chronology
Cream of the Crap Vol. 2
(2004)
Rock & Roll Is Dead
(2005)
Air Raid Serenades
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork
The AquarianPositive[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

The track "I'm in the Band" is available as a bonus song in the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, while the track "Bring It on Home" is featured on the soundtrack of the game NHL 07.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Nicke Andersson, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Before the Fall"Nicke Andersson, Kenny Håkansson2:11
2."Everything's on T.V." 3:14
3."Monkey Boy" 2:38
4."No Angel to Lay Me Away"Andersson, Robert Dahlqvist, Håkansson, Anders Lindström3:55
5."Bring It On Home" 2:11
6."Leave It Alone" 4:00
7."Murder on My Mind"Andersson, Håkansson3:10
8."I'm in the Band"Andersson, Dahlqvist3:19
9."Put out the Fire"Andersson, Håkansson3:08
10."I Might Come See You Tonight" 3:24
11."Nothing Terribly New" 2:59
12."Make It Tonight" 2:44
13."Time Got No Time to Wait for Me" 3:28

Personnel

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The Hellacopters

Additional musicians

  • Pelle Almqvist – Howl
  • Linn Segolsson – Backing vocals
  • Clarisse Muvemba – Backing vocals
  • Mattias Bärjed – Acoustic guitar
  • Johan Bååth – Hand claps

Production

  • Chips Kiesbye – Producer, engineer
  • Michael Ibert – Engineer
  • Janne hansson – Engineer
  • Henrik Johnsson – Mastering

References

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  1. ^ Prato, Greg. "Rock & Roll Is Dead Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. ^ Koczank, JJ. "CD Reviews". The Aquarian. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Hoard, Christian (15 February 2006). "The Hellacopters – Rock & Roll Is Dead". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2017.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)