Life Is Killing Me

Infobox Album
Name = Life is Killing Me
Type = studio
Artist = Type O Negative


Released = June 17 2003
Recorded = Systems Two, Brooklyn, New York
Genre = Gothic-Doom Metal
Length = Original: 74:26
w/ Bonus CD: 118:59
Label = Roadrunner Records
Producer = Josh Silver; Peter Steele
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ywfozff3eh6k link] |
Last album = "Least Worst Of"
(2000)
This album = "Life is Killing Me"
(2003)
Next album = "Dead Again
(2007)

"Life is Killing Me" is the sixth album of original material by Brooklyn band Type O Negative. The title was originally going to be "The Dream Is Dead", but was supposedly changed because it suggested that the band may finally be ending their unionFact|date=April 2008.

Overview

There are no "soundscape" tracks on "Life is Killing Me", but there is a brief instrumental track titled "Drunk in Paris." There are two tracks featured on the album about Steele's parents. "Todd's Ship Gods (Above All Things)" is named after the ship yard his father worked inFact|date=April 2008, while "Nettie" is named after his motherFact|date=April 2008. The band covers the song "Angry Inch" from the off Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The album also contains a cover of the interstitial music from television's The Munsters. Track 11 of the album is titled "IYDKMIGTHTKY (Gimme That)." The acronym IYDKMIGTHTKY is believed to stand for "If You Don't Kill Me I'm Going To Have To Kill You," since it is the most repeated phrase in the song, other than "Gimme That."

The album leaked onto the internet before release, upsetting keyboardist Josh Silver to the point where he released a message online complaining that the leak essentially takes revenue from the band.Fact|date=April 2008.

The inside spine under the CD tray has the message "Type O Negative is a non-prophet organization".

The opening two seconds of "I Don't Wanna Be Me" (featuring Kenny's feedback on guitar, while the drums start up) are heard as a frequent sample in "Grand Theft Auto IV" on the Liberty Rock Radio Station.

Track listing

# "Thir13teen" – 1:07
# "I Don't Wanna Be Me" – 5:08
# "Less Than Zero (<0)" – 5:25
# "Todd's Ship Gods (Above All Things)" – 4:10
# "I Like Goils" – 2:35
# "...A Dish Best Served Coldly" – 7:13
# "How Could She?" – 7:35
# "Life is Killing Me" – 6:35
# "Nettie" – 4:46
# "(We Were) Electrocute" – 6:38
# "IYDKMIGTHTKY (Gimme That)" – 6:20
# "Angry Inch" – 3:39
# "Anesthesia" – 6:41
# "Drunk in Paris" – 1:27
# "The Dream is Dead" – 5:07

Bonus CD

In Europe, the album was released with a bonus CD.

# "Out Of The Fire (Kane's Theme)" – 3:24
# "Christian Woman (Butt-kissing, Sell-out version)" – 4:27
# "Suspended in dusk" – 8:39
# "Blood & Fire (Out Of The Ashes Mix)" – 4:36
# "Black Sabbath" – 7:47 (Black Sabbath cover)
#* Originally released on the Black Sabbath album.
# "Cinnamon Girl (Extended Depression Mix)" – 3:53
# "Haunted (Per Version)" – 11:47

Credits

*Peter Steele – Lead vocals, bass guitar, guitar, and keyboards
*Josh Silver – Keyboards and backing vocals
*Kenny Hickey – Guitars and backing vocals
*Johnny Kelly – Drums and backing vocals

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