Addicted (Devin Townsend Project album)

Occupation

  • Vocals, Guitar, Keys: Devin Townsend
  • Vocals: Anneke van Giersbergen
  • Guitar: Mark Cimino
  • Bass: Brian Waddell
  • Drums: Ryan Van Poederooyen

Addicted is the eleventh studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. The album was released on November 17, 2009. It is the second in a series of four albums under the name Devin Townsend Project. Anneke van Giersbergen, ex- singer of The Gathering, worked on Addicted for the first time along with Townsend. She sings a lot of the tracks on the album. The album is the second release of the initiated with Ki Albenzyklusses.

Title list

Sales figures and chart positions

In the United States, the album sold within the first week after release 3700 times what the album earned 200 space 168 on the Billboard Charts. On the Top New Artist Albums ( Heatseekers ) the album took second place. In Finland the album finished in the first week of release 36th place

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  • The title " Bend It Like Bender " plays a part in the movie " Bend it like Beckham " as well as on the character Bender from the cartoon series Futurama ( German Bend It Like Beckham ). It contains a short sample of a speech sequence of Bender. Musically, it's inspired by the song " We Like To Party " by the Vengaboys.
  • Townsend came up with to Anneke Giersbergen thereby contacts that they accidentally contacted him shortly before the scheduled start of recording by e -mail. She sent him a link to a video recording of their band, with whom she performed the song " Hyper Drive", which was originally included on Townsend album " Ziltoid the Omniscient ". This convinced Townsend so that he decided to invite both van Giersbergen as a guest vocalist as einzuspielen a new version of " Hyperdrive ".
  • The song " Ih - Ah! " Townsend has dreamed his own words, what the title says, who was in a dream like that. Townsend reported that he was in the morning woke up at half past three clock with the song in my head and I immediately started to take it - the recording was completed, with the exception of the song until noon of the same day. Since it was only after the actual recording sessions had been completed for Addicted, does not sing according to data in the CD booklet in this song Anneke van Giersbergen, but Susanne Richter in the background. Townsend also created the drums for this song with the drum machine software drum kit From Hell.
  • According to the booklet of the album the song was " Resolve " directly by the British band The Wildhearts ' influenced the Townsend belonged to 1994. In fact, it is strongly reminiscent of the Wildhearts song "Vanilla Radio".
  • Originally, Randy Staub ( inter alia, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Nickelback ) and Mike Fraser ( inter alia, AC / DC, Metallica, Aerosmith ) mix some songs of the album, due to time and cost reasons, took Townsend this yet personal.
  • Townsend used by his own account in part over 250 audio tracks per song.
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