Skeletons in the Closet (Children of Bodom album)

Skeletons in the Closet is the second compilation album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released on 22 September 2009 through Spinefarm Records. It consists of various covers of songs, most of which have been released on other releases such as B-sides on Children of Bodom's singles. The album only contains four unreleased covers for the songs "Hell Is for Children", "Antisocial", "War Inside My Head", and "Waiting", but the previously released songs are remixed and new details can be heard.[citation needed] The Japanese edition is pressed in SHM-CD format.

Skeletons in the Closet
Compilation album by
Released22 September 2009
Recorded1998–2009
Length66:01
LabelSpinefarm
Children of Bodom chronology
Blooddrunk
(2008)
Skeletons in the Closet
(2009)
Relentless Reckless Forever
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing

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European version

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US version

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No.TitleOriginal artist (date)Length
1."Lookin' out My Back Door"Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970)2:08
2."Hell Is for Children"Pat Benatar (1980)4:00
3."Somebody Put Something in My Drink"The Ramones (1986)3:17
4."Mass Hypnosis"Sepultura (1989)4:03
5."Don't Stop at the Top"Scorpions (1988)3:24
6."Silent Scream"Slayer (1988)3:18
7."Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"Kenny Rogers (1968)2:39
8."Hellion"W.A.S.P. (1984)3:01
9."Aces High"Iron Maiden (1984)4:29
10."Rebel Yell"Billy Idol (1984)4:11
11."No Commands"Stone (1988)4:49
12."Antisocial"Trust/Anthrax (1980/1988)3:36
13."Talk Dirty to Me"Poison (1986)3:35
14."Ghost Riders in the Sky"Stan Jones (1948)3:39
15."War Inside My Head"Suicidal Tendencies (1987)3:25
16."Oops!... I Did It Again (feat. Jonna Kosonen)"Britney Spears (2000)3:20
17."Waiting"King Diamond (1996)3:50

Japanese version

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No.TitleOriginal artist (date)Length
1."Lookin' out My Back Door"Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970)2:08
2."Hell Is for Children"Pat Benatar (1980)4:00
3."Somebody Put Something in My Drink"The Ramones (1986)3:17
4."Don't Stop at the Top"Scorpions (1988)3:24
5."Silent Scream"Slayer (1988)3:18
6."She is Beautiful"Andrew W.K. (2002)3:26
7."Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"Kenny Rogers (1968)2:39
8."Bed of Nails"Alice Cooper (1989)3:54
9."Aces High"Iron Maiden (1984)4:29
10."Rebel Yell"Billy Idol (1984)4:11
11."No Commands"Stone (1988)4:49
12."Antisocial"Trust/Anthrax (1980/1988)3:36
13."Talk Dirty to Me"Poison (1986)3:35
14."Ghost Riders in the Sky"Stan Jones (1948)3:39
15."War Inside My Head"Suicidal Tendencies (1987)3:25
16."Oops!... I Did It Again (feat. Jonna Kosonen)"Britney Spears (2000)3:20
17."Waiting"King Diamond (1996)3:50

Charts

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Chart (2009) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[2] 63
Finnish Albums Chart[3][4] 9
German Albums Chart[5] 78
Japanese Albums Chart[6] 67

Personnel

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Children of Bodom
Guest musicians
  • Nipa Ryti – bass on "Don't Stop at the Top" and "Waiting"
  • Euge Valovirta – banjo on "Lookin' Out My Back Door"
  • Pete Salomaa – upright bass on "Lookin' Out My Back Door"
  • Kaapro Ikonen – vocals on "No Commands"
  • Mikko Karmila – guitar solo on "War Inside My Head"
  • Jonna Kosonen – vocals on "Oops!... I Did It Again"
  • Band photos by Tomi Lauren
  • Artwork and layout by Kalle Pyyhtinen

References

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  1. ^ Thom Jurek. Skeletons in the Closet at AllMusic. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Children Of Bodom - Skeletons In The Closet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. ^ Suomen virallinen lista[dead link]
  4. ^ "Children Of Bodom - Skeletons In The Closet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Children Of Bodom". PHONONET GmbH. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Children Of Bodom - Skeletons In The Closet" (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 20 May 2015.