Doppelgänger (The Fall of Troy album)

Doppelgänger
Studio album by The Fall of Troy
Released	August 16, 2005
Genre	Mathcore, progressive rock
Length	44:33
Label	Equal Vision
Producer	Barett Jones
The Fall of Troy chronology
The Fall of Troy (2003) Doppelgänger (2005) Manipulator (2007)

Doppelgänger is the second full-length album from Mukilteo, Washington's The Fall of Troy, which followed up the band's bootlegged Ghostship demos from 2004 as well as their self-titled LP from 2003. Four of the songs ("I Just Got This Symphony Goin'", "F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.", "Mouths Like Sidewinder Missiles", "Whacko Jacko Steals the Elephant Man's Bones") were re-recorded versions of tracks from the self-titled album, hence the name Doppelgänger. "Macaulay McCulkin" was taken from the Ghostship EP.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Just Got This Symphony Goin'"	4:09
2.	"Act One, Scene One"	5:00
3.	"F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X."	3:57
4.	"You Got a Death Wish, Johnny Truant?"	2:12
5.	"Mouths Like Sidewinder Missiles"	3:44
6.	"The Hol[ ]y Tape..."	4:51
7.	"Laces Out, Dan!"	2:31
8.	"We Better Learn to Hotwire a Uterus"	2:10
9.	"Whacko Jacko Steals the Elephant Man's Bones"	4:50
10.	"Tom Waits"	3:03
11.	"Macaulay McCulkin"	8:06
Total length:		44:33

Reception

• AbsolutePunk (89%) link
• Allmusic
• Punknews.org link

Trivia

• "You Got a Death Wish, Johnny Truant?" and "The Hol[ ]y Tape..." are quotes taken from Mark Z. Danielewski's novel House of Leaves. "Hol[ ]y" being short for "Holloway"
• The title "Laces Out, Dan!" is taken from a quote in the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. In the movie, the person in reference is Miami Dolphins player Dan Marino.
• The title of the song "Tom Waits" is in reference to the singer Tom Waits, who also has a song named "The Fall of Troy".
• "F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X." is featured on the soundtrack of the video games MLB 2K6, Saint's Row, and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
• "Whacko Jacko Steals the Elephant Man's Bones" is a reference to the music video of Michael Jackson's "Leave Me Alone" in which Michael Jackson dances alongside a claymation portrayal of Joseph Merrick's, the Elephant Man's, bones.
• The band members were 19 when they recorded the album.

Personnel

• Tim Ward – bass, vocals
• Thomas Erak – guitar, vocals, keys
• Andrew Forsman – drums, percussion
• Barett Jones – production, engineering, mixing
• Ed Brooks – mastering
• Heidi Alayne – artwork
• Andy Myers – layout
• Aya Sato – photography

External links

• Equal Vision Records