Scorpio Rising (Death in Vegas album)

Infobox Album
Name = Scorpio Rising
Type = studio
Artist = Death in Vegas


Released = September 16, 2002
Recorded = The Contino Rooms, London, England
Genre = Electronic rock
Length = 49:51
Label = Concrete
Producer = Richard Fearless, Tim Holmes
Reviews =
Last album = "The Contino Sessions"
(1999)
This album = "Scorpio Rising"
(2002)
Next album = "Satan's Circus"
(2004)

"Scorpio Rising" is the third album by British band Death in Vegas. It was released on September 16, 2002 on Concrete Records in the United Kingdom and on June 17, 2003 on Sanctuary Records in the United States.

Track listing

# "Leather" – 3:30
# "Girls" – 4:30
# "Hands Around My Throat" – 5:08
# "23 Lies" – 3:49
# "Scorpio Rising" – 5:38
# "Killing Smile" – 4:49
# "Natja" – 3:50
# "So You Say You Lost Your Baby" – 3:01
# "Diving Horses" – 5:11
# "Help Yourself" – 10:29

ingles

* "Leather" / "Girls" (double A-side vinyl only, July 22, 2002)
* "Hands Around My Throat" (September 9, 2002)
* "Scorpio Rising" (December 16, 2002)
* "So You Say You Lost Your Baby" (canceled as a commercial single; was set for release on April 7, 2003)

Personnel

* Richard Fearless
* Tim Holmes
* Nicola Kuperus – vocals on "Hands Around My Throat"
* Susan Dillane – vocals on "23 Lies," "Girls"
* Liam Gallagher – vocals on "Scorpio Rising"
* Hope Sandoval – vocals on "Killing Smile", "Help Yourself"
* Paul Weller – vocals on "So You Say You Lost Your Baby"
* Dot Allison – vocals on "Diving Horses"

Trivia

* "Girls" is featured on the soundtrack to the 2003 film Lost In Translation.
* "Scorpio Rising" is used in a commercial by the Belgian mobile phone operator BASE. It borrows the riff from Status Quo's "Pictures of Matchstick Men".
* "Help Yourself" was used in a commercial by the former Czech mobile phone operator Eurotel (now Télefonica O2).
* "Help Yourself" was used in Johan Kramer's 2003 film The Other Final.
* "Help Yourself" was used in the 2003 Girl Skateboards video Yeah Right!.
* "Hands Around My Throat" is featured on the Animatrix soundtrack.