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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Aug-01-2011 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1989 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.waspnation.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : W.A.S.P. Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : The Headless Children Label : Capitol ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ W.A.S.P. is the metal equivalent of a man with a ║ │
│║ past. No matter what they do, theyÆll always be ║ │
│║ known for one thing. LetÆs call it the shock ║ │
│║ factor. A steady supply of suspicious codpieces, ║ │
│║ moronic lyrics and messy stage shows kind of ║ │
│║ branded them. The sad part is that some fans ║ │
│║ demand this W.A.S.P. and nothing but. If thatÆs ║ │
│║ you, you better look away right now. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ So the year was 1989 and grunge was lurking and ║ │
│║ ready to pounce. The rock and metal scene either ║ │
│║ made way or made it up as they went along. ║ │
│║ Here's what Blackie Lawless did. He washed the ║ │
│║ fake blood off his hands, put on dark clothes ║ │
│║ and suddenly looked up at the world. The problem ║ │
│║ is he didnÆt like what he saw. The result was ║ │
│║ the best W.A.S.P. album to date. And the same ║ │
│║ philosophy of telling it like it is has served ║ │
│║ him well ever since. On the one occasion he left ║ │
│║ the philosophy at the door (æHelldoradoÆ), he ║ │
│║ came up with something I'm sure he stepped into ║ │
│║ on the way to the studio. ║ │
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│║ ôHeretic (The Lost Child)ö is pound-for-pound ║ │
│║ the very last thing anyone would ever have ║ │
│║ expected from a band famous for a song called ║ │
│║ ôFuck Like A Beastö. Gone are the lazy riffs, ║ │
│║ fluked choruses and dumb lyrics. In exchange you ║ │
│║ get a seven minute plus emotional powerhouse ║ │
│║ statement of sadness and angst that manages deep ║ │
│║ hurt and astonishing hooks in the same breathe. ║ │
│║ The haunting prelude builds up to verses that ║ │
│║ deliver an all-time classic W.A.S.P. chorus ║ │
│║ forced to desperately battle it out with ║ │
│║ shredding on a Richter scale run. ║ │
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│║ The next masterpiece moment is the song ôThe ║ │
│║ Headless Childrenö. And you know what, I could ║ │
│║ almost cut and paste the whole paragraph above. ║ │
│║ ItÆs all there; a gripping opening that builds ║ │
│║ up to a chorus that delivers catchy and ║ │
│║ cautionary; the lyrics point a finger at the ║ │
│║ world over and over again û and the guitars ║ │
│║ delve instead of destruct like they used to on ║ │
│║ the early albums. Back then solos just did what ║ │
│║ they were told. The only other real difference ║ │
│║ on this song is the vocal hook used for the ║ │
│║ verses; W.A.S.P. have (and will later) use ║ │
│║ exactly the same hook a million times over. ║ │
│║ Yeah, I know û a bit lazy û but honestly, this ║ │
│║ is the song it was meant for all along. ║ │
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│║ ôThunderheadö comes in at number four on the ║ │
│║ album û and although not as almighty an outburst ║ │
│║ û it still manages some brilliance. The ║ │
│║ unexpectedly soft piano opening is beautiful in ║ │
│║ its sadness and leaves you utterly unprepared ║ │
│║ for the lyrical onslaught of a song about drug ║ │
│║ addiction that owns you and destroys you all at ║ │
│║ once. The gang vocals seem to snap at you and ║ │
│║ the catchiness ensures you get the message loud ║ │
│║ and clear. ║ │
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│║ If youÆve been following closely, youÆll have ║ │
│║ worked out that I skipped the second song. ItÆs ║ │
│║ called ôThe Real Meö. Yep, the same one youÆve ║ │
│║ heard before; the one by The Who. Some fans love ║ │
│║ it. Not my thing, and IÆve always liked to think ║ │
│║ Blackie stuck it on there because a) he likes it ║ │
│║ and b) the title says it all in terms of what ║ │
│║ heÆs doing on this release. Not so much suddenly ║ │
│║ all grown up, as suddenly all out loud. ║ │
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│║ But as any W.A.S.P. fan will tell you, there ║ │
│║ really is more than one Blackie. ThatÆs how a ║ │
│║ handful of metal classics ends up on the same ║ │
│║ album as the next cut: ôMean Manö. IÆm sure I ║ │
│║ read somewhere that Blackie said this song was ║ │
│║ about Chris Holmes. Either this song or another ║ │
│║ on the album. Either way, you get tattoos and ║ │
│║ motorbikes and something youÆve heard before. ║ │
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│║ In fact the same attitude sums up the rest of ║ │
│║ the album. Just look at the song titles: ║ │
│║ ôManeaterö, ôRebel in the F.D.G.ö and so on. ║ │
│║ Feel free to yawn if you like. Even the nuclear ║ │
│║ protest satire in ôThe Neutron Bomberö gets ║ │
│║ contaminated by the old school W.A.S.P. riffing ║ │
│║ that does the job until itÆs out of a job. But ║ │
│║ the good news though, is that Blackie is still ║ │
│║ managing to avoid the welfare queues twenty ║ │
│║ years later. So there. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - The Heretic (the Lost Child) [07:23] │
│ 02 - The Real Me [03:20] │
│ 03 - The Headless Children [05:46] │
│ 04 - Thunderhead [06:50] │
│ 05 - Mean Man [04:48] │
│ 06 - The Neutron Bomber [04:10] │
│ 07 - Mephisto Waltz [01:28] │
│ 08 - Forever Free [05:09] │
│ 09 - Maneater [04:47] │
│ 10 - Rebel in the F.D.G. [05:08] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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