Swan Songs is the debut studio album by American
rap rock band
Hollywood Undead. It was released through
Octone Records and
Polydor Records on September 2, 2008.[3] "Everywhere I Go" was the first single to be released, it was a web single and was available for download only on
iTunes.[4] The band released four music videos for four songs on the album, "No. 5", "
Undead", "
Young", and "
Everywhere I Go".[4] When purchased through
Amazon.com and at some other retailers, the album includes a bonus track and an option to unlock music videos.[3]
Background
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 wouldn't require them to censor their songs.[5]
The song "Undead" is featured in the video games UFC Undisputed 2009 and Madden NFL 09.[4] The song "Young" is featured as
downloadable content for Rock Band 2.[6]
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).[7]
Swan Songs is the debut studio album by American
rap rock band
Hollywood Undead. It was released through
Octone Records and
Polydor Records on September 2, 2008.[3] "Everywhere I Go" was the first single to be released, it was a web single and was available for download only on
iTunes.[4] The band released four music videos for four songs on the album, "No. 5", "
Undead", "
Young", and "
Everywhere I Go".[4] When purchased through
Amazon.com and at some other retailers, the album includes a bonus track and an option to unlock music videos.[3]
Background
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 wouldn't require them to censor their songs.[5]
The song "Undead" is featured in the video games UFC Undisputed 2009 and Madden NFL 09.[4] The song "Young" is featured as
downloadable content for Rock Band 2.[6]
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).[7]