Haunted Cities
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| Studio album by Transplants | ||||
| Released | June 21, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004-2005 | |||
| Genre | Rap rock, punk rock, Hip Hop, R&B | |||
| Length | 40:06 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Tim Armstrong, Dave Carlock, Louis Plichet | |||
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Haunted Cities is the second album by American rap rock band Transplants. It was released on June 21, 2005 and includes the radio hit "Gangsters & Thugs". The album sold close to 34,000 copies in its first week and came in at #28 on the Billboard 200. This album was screwed and chopped by Paul Wall.
Track listing
All songs by Tim Armstrong, Rob Aston and Travis Barker unless otherwise noted.
- "Not Today" (Armstrong, Aston, Barker, Sen "Sen Dog" Reyes) – 2:41
- "Apocalypse Now" – 3:16
- "Gangsters and Thugs" – 3:54
- "What I Can't Describe" (Armstrong, Aston, Barker, Paul Devoux) – 4:02
- "Doomsday" – 3:49
- "Killafornia" (Armstrong, Aston, Barker, Louis "B-Real" Freese) – 3:47
- "American Guns" – 2:38
- "Madness" (Armstrong, Aston, Barker, Dave Carlock, Brody Dalle) – 3:09
- "Hit the Fence" – 2:12
- "Pay Any Price" – 1:57
- "I Want It All" – 3:56
- "Crash and Burn" (Armstrong, Aston, Barker, Rakaa Taylor) – 4:45
Bonus tracks
- "Red Dawn" – 3:52 (bonus track on the Japanese version)
- "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7" - 3:58 (BestBuy bonus track)
Personnel
- Tim Armstrong - vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, keyboards, production, engineering
- Rob "Skinhead Rob" Aston - vocals
- Travis Barker - drums, percussion, loops
Additional musicians
- Scott Abels - percussion on tracks 4, 6, 10, 12
- B-Real - guest vocals on track 6
- Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. - guest vocals on track 4
- Nic C. - drum programming on track 7
- Dave Carlock - production, engineering, synthesizer/keyboards on tracks 2-8, 12, backing vocals on 4,8, 12, guitar on 5,6,8, thermin on 1,6,8, organ on 8, 10, bass on 5, 12
- John "Silas" Cranfield- assistant engineering
- Sen Dog - guest vocals on track 1
- Obi Fernandez - trombone on track 5
- Nick Ferrero - assistant engineering
- Matt Freeman - bass on tracks 5 and 11
- Kim Jade Fry- bass on tracks 2-3
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner- mastering
- Rich Graiko - trumpet on track 5
- Dave Holden - saxophone on track 5
- Rakaa Iriscience - guest vocals on track 12
- Billy Jam - sound effects on track 5
- John Morrical - additional engineer, assistant engineering
- DJ Odie - scratching on tracks 3, 11-12
- Carlos Paugar - drum programming on track 14
- Neal H. Pogue - mixing
- DJ Pone - scratching on track 4-5, 10
- Chris Rakestraw - assistant engineering
- Brett Reed - percussion on track 10
- Vic Ruggiero - farfisa, Wurlitzer on track 6
- Fredrik Sarhagen - additional engineering
- Alicia Simmons- assistant engineering
- Rich Stites - backing vocals on track 3
- Ian Suddarth- assistant engineering
- Gemi Taylor - guitar on track 4
- Jennifer Tefft- flute on track 12
