Swan Songs (Hollywood Undead album)

Swan Songs was supposed to be released on the band's original label, MySpace Records in 2007, however it was postponed by the record label when they requested to have some of the songs removed and others censored. The band declined and switched labels to Octone which would not require them to censor their songs. The song "Undead" is featured in the video games UFC Undisputed 2009 and Madden NFL 09. == Music and lyrics ==

Some of the album's material has been described as "ironic frat-boy party rap" by AllMusic. The vocals have drawn comparisons to Marshall Mathers. "Funny Man" sings in the baritone range. The album's lyrics contain pejoratives considered to be misogynist and homophobic. ==Critical reception==

Swan Songs received mostly mixed reviews. Dave Donnelly of AllMusic gave the album a 2 out of 5 stars, saying that the lyrics were uninteresting and that the album was "given over to ironic frat-boy party rap" (using the singles "Everywhere I Go" and "No. 5" as examples). ==Commercial performance==

The album debuted at number 22 on the US Billboard 200 selling 21,000 copies in its first week. ==Track listing==

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Credits for Swan Songs adapted from Allmusic. Hollywood Undead • Aron "Deuce" Erlichman – lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, executive production, engineering (tracks: 1–2, 4–9 and 11–13, bonus tracks 15–21), programming (tracks: 1–2, 4–9 and 11–13, bonus tracks 15–21), mixing (track: 13, bonus tracks 15–21), guitar (track 8) • Jordon "Charlie Scene" Terrell – vocals (tracks: 1, 3–5, 7, 9–11, and 13, bonus tracks 15–19), guitars (on all tracks except on track 8) • Jorel "J-Dog" Decker – vocals (tracks: 1–2, 5–7, and 9–11, bonus tracks 16–20), keyboards (tracks: 1, 6–7, and 11, bonus track 20) • George "Johnny 3 Tears" Ragan – vocals (tracks: 1–2, 5–7, and 9–14, bonus tracks 15–16, 18–19, and 21) • Dylan "Funny Man" Alvarez – vocals (tracks: 1, 4–5, 9, and 13, bonus tracks 16 and 19) • Matthew "Da Kurlzz" Busek – vocals (tracks: 1–3, 5–6, and 9–11, bonus tracks 16–17 and 19), drums (tracks: 5, 7, 9, and 11, bonus tracks 16–19), percussion (tracks: 5, 7, 9, and 11, bonus tracks 16–19) • Jeffrey "Shady Jeff" Phillips – vocals (bonus tracks 17 and 20) Additional musicians • Josh Freese – drums (tracks: 1, 6 and 11) • Danny Lohner – guitars (tracks: 2, 8 and 14), engineering, production • Paul Pavao – guitar (track 6) • Dean Saenz – drums (track 2) • John Tempesta – drums (track 14) Production • Don Gilmore – production • Billy Howerdel – engineering • Mark Kiczula – assistant • Ben Grosse – mixing • Dave McNair – mastering • Jonas Åkerlund – art direction, photography • Jason Goad – illustrations • Fox Phelps – assistant • Jimmy Yuma – assistant, production ==Charts==

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