Hell Songs

2006 studio album by Daughters

Hell Songs

Studio album by

Daughters

Released

August 8, 2006

Recorded

March 2006 at Mad Oak Studios in Allston, MA and Translator Audio in Brooklyn, NY

Genre

Mathcore^[1]^[2]
noise rock^[3]

Length

23:08

Label

Hydra Head

Producer

Andrew Schneider, Daughters

Daughters chronology

Canada Songs
(2003)

Hell Songs
(2006)

Daughters
(2010)

Hell Songs is the second studio album by American rock band Daughters, released on August 8, 2006, through Hydra Head Records. Despite keeping the band's earlier mathcore sound, there is virtually none of Marshall's screaming vocals featured on the album that were prominent on Daughters' previous two releases.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alt Press	^[4]
LAS Magazine	^[5]
Ox-Fanzine	(7/10)^[6]
Pitchfork Media	(6.7/10) ^[7]
Pop Matters	^[8]
Sputnikmusic	^[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Daughters Spelled Wrong"	1:41
2.	"Fiery"	1:27
3.	"Recorded Inside a Pyramid"	3:26
4.	"X-Ray" (originally titled "Boner X-Ray" on advance copies of the CD)	0:49
5.	"Feisty Snake-Woman" (originally titled "First Snake-Woman" on advance copies of the CD)	2:13
6.	"Providence by Gaslight"	1:53
7.	"Hyperventilationsystem"	2:45
8.	"Crotch Buffet"	1:07
9.	"Cheers Pricks"	6:00
10.	"The Fuck Whisperer"	1:47
Total length:		23:08

Japanese Version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"And Then the C.H.U.D.S. Came / Mike Morowitz, the Fantasy Fuck"	2:34
2.	"Hello Assholes"	0:43
3.	"X-Ray"	1:16
4.	"Jones from Indiana"	1:05
5.	"Nurse, Would You Please Prep the Patient for Sexual Doctor"	1:23
6.	"Damn Those Blood Suckers and Their Good Qualities"	1:24
7.	"Fur Beach"	1:05
8.	"Flattery is a Bunch of Fucking Bullshit / Room Full of Hard-Ons and Nowhere to Sit Down"	1:36
9.	"I Slept With Daughters and All I Got Was This Lousy Song Written About Me"	1:02
10.	"Pants, Meet Shit"	1:01
11.	"The Ghost with the Most"	2:28
12.	"I Don't Give a Shit About Wood, I'm Not a Chemist / My Stereo Has Mono and So Does My Girlfriend"	2:43

The Japanese imported edition features twelve live bonus tracks under the sub-title "Live at CBGB"

Personnel

Daughters

Alexis Marshall – vocals
Nicholas Andrew Sadler – guitar
Brent Frattini – guitar
Samuel M. Walker – bass
Jon Syverson – drums

Additional musicians

Ryan McGuire – double bass on "Providence by Gaslight"
Forbes Graham – trumpet, euphonium on "Providence by Gaslight"
Mia Matsumiya – violin on "Providence by Gaslight"

Production and recording

Andrew Schneider – production, mixing
Daughters – production
Nick Zampiello – mastering
Devin Charette - additional engineering, assistance
Ethan Dussalt - help
Bob Maloney - help
Bo Dixon - help

Artwork and design

Alexis Marshall – art direction
Steven Vallot – album art
Aaron Turner – album construction

References

^ "Music Review: Daughters - Hell Songs". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
^ "Daughters: Hell Songs Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
^ "Daughters - Hell Songs". Punknews.org. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
^ "// AP: REVIEWS - Spazmo art-punk with a psychobilly edge". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Reviews : DAUGHTERS / Hell Songs MCD". Ox-fanzine.de.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2007-05-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Daughters: Hell Songs - PopMatters Music Review". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
^ "Daughters - Hell Songs (album review)". Sputnikmusic.com.
^ "Tiny Mix Tapes Reviews: Daughters - Hell Songs". Archived from the original on 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2007-06-26.