Transplants (album)

Transplants
Studio album by
Transplants
ReleasedOctober 21, 2002 (2002-10-21)(EU)
October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22)(US)
RecordedJanuary 2000–June 2002
StudioTim Armstrong's Basement (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre
Length45:21
LabelHellcat
Producer
Transplants chronology
Transplants
(2002) 		Haunted Cities
(2005)
Singles from Transplants
  1. "Diamonds and Guns"/"Tall Cans in the Air"
    Released: October 15, 2002
  2. "D.J. D.J."
    Released: March 10, 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Fader(favorable)[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]
Punknews.org[4]
Robert ChristgauA[5]

Transplants is the debut studio album by the American punk rock/hip hop band Transplants. It was released on October 22, 2002, via Hellcat Records. Audio production of the twelve-track record was handled by Tim Armstrong and Dave Carlock. Rancid's Matt Freeman and Lars Frederiksen, The Slackers' Vic Ruggiero, The Distillers' Brody Dalle, AFI's Davey Havok, Funkdoobiest's Son Doobie, The Nerve Agents' Eric Ozenne, and Skarhead's Danny Diablo made their appearances on the album as additional musicians and vocalists.

The album peaked at No. 96 on the Billboard 200[6] and No. 1 on the Independent Albums chart.[7] Its lead single, "Diamonds and Guns", peaked at No. 19 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart,[8] No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart,[9] and was most played as background music in older Garnier Fructis TV commercials.[10] The second single of the album, "D.J. D.J." peaked at #49 on the UK Singles Chart.[11] Both its singles are featured in Paul Hunter's 2003 film Bulletproof Monk. The song "California Babylon" is included in the 2003 video game Tony Hawk's Underground.[12]

Track listings

All music is composed by Tim Armstrong, Rob Aston and Travis Barker

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Romper Stomper"
3:18
2."Tall Cans in the Air"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
3:43
3."D.J. D.J."
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:01
4."Diamonds and Guns"
4:01
5."Quick Death"
3:36
6."Sad But True"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:26
7."Weigh on My Mind"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
3:22
8."One Seventeen"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
2:01
9."California Babylon"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:05
10."We Trusted You"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:35
11."D.R.E.A.M. (Drugs Rule Everything Around Me)"
4:42
12."Down in Oakland"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
3:22
Total length:48:55

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ^ Bregman, Adam. "Transplants - Transplants". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "The Transplants". The FADER. 2002-10-25. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  3. ^ Bronson, Robert Hilburn; Dean Kuipers; Natalie Nichols; Steve Hochman; Soren Baker; Kevin (2002-12-08). "Just Whitney and a whiff of desperation". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-11-04.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ pwfanatic (2002-11-01). "The Transplants - The Transplants". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Transplants". Robert Christgau.
  6. ^ a b "Transplants Transplants Chart History". Billboard 200.
  7. ^ a b "Transplants Transplants Chart History". Independent Albums.
  8. ^ a b "Transplants Diamonds And Guns Chart History". Alternative Songs.
  9. ^ a b "diamonds-and-guns | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.
  10. ^ "The 6 Most Inappropriate Song Choices in Advertising". Cracked.com.
  11. ^ a b "dj-dj | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.
  12. ^ "The Sounds of Tony Hawk's Underground - GameSpot.com". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-10-03.