Devil's Playground (album)

Devil's Playground
Studio album by Billy Idol
Released	March 22, 2005
Genre	Punk rock, new wave, hard rock
Length	56:02
Label	Sanctuary
Producer	Keith Forsey
Billy Idol chronology
VH1 Storytellers (2002) Devil's Playground (2005) Happy Holidays (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Devil's Playground, released March 22, 2005 is the sixth full-length studio album by Billy Idol and features his first studio album in over a decade (the latest being 1993's Cyberpunk), and his first new studio songs since 2001 (Idol's cover of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" on Greatest Hits). The album also reunited Idol in the studio with guitarist Steve Stevens and producer Keith Forsey. All songs were written or co-written by Idol except "Plastic Jesus". The album was engineered and mixed by Brian Reeves at the Jungle Room in Los Angeles.

Idol and the band supported the album with a world tour of rock festival appearances in 2005 and 2006, including several performances on the Vans Warped Tour.

The song "Scream" was used in an episode of Viva La Bam, in which Idol also guest starred, where he and Bam Margera sing it as they go down the highway.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Billy Idol and Brian Tichy except as noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Super Overdrive"		4:18
2.	"World Comin' Down"		3:33
3.	"Rat Race"	Idol, Steve Stevens	4:17
4.	"Sherri"	Idol	3:17
5.	"Plastic Jesus"	Ed Rush, George Cromarty	4:53
6.	"Scream"		4:42
7.	"Yellin' at the Xmas Tree"		4:14
8.	"Romeo's Waiting"	Idol, Stevens	3:42
9.	"Body Snatcher"		3:57
10.	"Evil Eye"		4:32
11.	"Lady Do or Die"		4:37
12.	"Cherie"		3:47
13.	"Summer Running"	Idol, Stevens	4:30
Total length:			56:02

Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position	Total weeks
Austrian Albums Chart[3]	34	4
French Albums Chart[4]	105	2
German Albums Chart[5]	15	28
Swedish Albums Chart[6]	40	2
Swiss Albums Chart[7]	32	7
UK Albums Chart[8]	78	?
U.S. Billboard Hot 200[9]	46	5

Personnel

• Billy Idol — vocals
• Steve Stevens — guitar
• Stephen McGrath — bass
• Derek Sherinian — keyboards
• Brian Tichy — percussion, drums
• Julian Beeston — drum programming

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ http://www.austriancharts.at/
4. ^ http://www.lescharts.com/
5. ^ http://www.musicline.de/
6. ^ http://www.swedishcharts.com/
7. ^ http://www.swisscharts.com/
8. ^ http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_I.HTM
9. ^ http://www.billboard.com/