Skeleton Skeletron

Skeleton Skeletron
Studio album by
Tiamat
ReleasedAugust 11, 1999
Recorded1999
GenreGothic rock
Length45:15
LabelCentury Media Records
ProducerDirk Draeger and Johan Edlund
Tiamat chronology
A Deeper Kind of Slumber
(1997) 		Skeleton Skeletron
(1999) 		Judas Christ
(2002)

Skeleton Skeletron is the sixth studio album from Swedish band Tiamat.

Following A Deeper Kind of Slumber, the band took a less ambiguous direction to their style, utilizing a gothic rock sound but with various atmospheric soundscapes/effects and female background vocals added in.

"Church of Tiamat" is also the name of the band's official website.

The end of the song "As Long as You Are Mine" includes a quote of the opening of French poet Jean de La Fontaine's fable Le Loup et l’Agneau (The Wolf and the Lamb). The end of the song "Lucy" contains a popular sample from the 1957 science-fiction film The Brain from Planet Arous.

Track listing

Skeleton Skeletron
No.TitleLength
1."Church of Tiamat"4:52
2."Brighter Than the Sun"4:08
3."Dust Is Our Fare"5:02
4."To Have and Have Not"5:09
5."For Her Pleasure"5:03
6."Diyala"1:25
7."Sympathy for the Devil" (Rolling Stones cover)5:20
8."Best Friend Money Can Buy"4:35
9."As Long as You Are Mine"4:40
10."Lucy"5:17
Total length:45:15

Personnel

  • Johan Edlund – vocals, guitar, keys, arrangements, author
  • Anders Iwers – bass
  • Lars Sköld – drums
  • Stefan Gerbe – piano
  • Nicole Bolley, Andrea Schwarz & Jessica Andree – additional vocals

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart[1] 56

References

  1. ^ Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-09.