Skeletons (Danzig album)
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On the cover, Glenn Danzig (right) poses with model Kayden Kross in an homage to David Bowie's 1973 covers album Pin Ups.
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| Studio album by Danzig | ||||
| Released | November 27, 2015 | |||
| Length | 33:51 | |||
| Label | Evilive, Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Glenn Danzig | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
| Blabbermouth.net | 5/10 |
| Consequence of Sound | C+ |
| MetalSucks | |
| Newsday | B+ |
| PopMatters |   |
Skeletons is the tenth studio album by the American heavy metal band Danzig, released in November 2015 and consisting entirely of cover versions of songs from the 1960s through 1980s, selected by singer Glenn Danzig.
Glenn Danzig claimed to have planned to do an album of cover songs as far back as 1979. In 2011 he stated that he had recorded "about seven or eight covers" and was considering releasing them as an EP: "There's a cover of Sixties band The Young Rascals and I'm doing a Nuggets track too. Nuggets were these pre-punk, psychedelic, garage albums. They produced a bunch of influential compilations in the early Seventies. So currently this is an ongoing project, laying down as many tracks as I feel like and maybe releasing a seven- or eight-song EP of the best ones once they're done." In announcing the album in June 2015 he stated "I had to put it out now or else there would be so many songs I'd want to do that I wouldn't be able to do it. Even the way I did it, there are so many songs I still wanted to cover. My attitude with covers is, make it your own or else leave it alone."
Skeletons marked the first time since 1994's Danzig 4 that the band had recorded more than one album with the same line-up, but as with their previous album Deth Red Sabaoth, it does not include bassist Steve Zing. Danzig sang and played piano, guitar, and bass guitar on all of the tracks, and played drums on half of them.Johnny Kelly played drums on the rest of the tracks, while Tommy Victor played lead guitar as well as other guitar and bass parts. The album was produced by Glenn Danzig, engineered by Chris Rakestraw at Sunset Lodge in California, mixed by Danzig and Rakestraw, and mastered by Gene Grimaldi.
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