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2012 studio album by Paradise Lost From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tragic Idol is the thirteenth studio album by British gothic metal band Paradise Lost, released on 23 April 2012 in Europe and 24 April 2012 in North America through Century Media Records.[9]
| Tragic Idol | ||||
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| Released | 18 April 2012 (Japan) 20 April 2012 (Germany) 23 April 2012 (North America) 24 April 2012 (Europe) | |||
| Recorded | 16 November 2011 – ?[1] | |||
| Studio | The Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire Fascination Street Studios, Örebro[2] | |||
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| Length | 46:05 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Jens Bogren | |||
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In support of the album, Paradise Lost went on a UK concert tour with Insomnium.[10]
Formats the album was released through are: Standard CD; Limited Edition 2-CD Box; a fan box, which includes a poster, album slipmat, gold marbled colored 7" & 12" Vinyl, A1 poster 135g, army cap and boxes selected at random will include handwritten lyrics by the band.[citation needed] This band has a box set titled Original Album Classics and they have a similar release titled Original Album Collection which has this album along with this band's other albums, In Requiem and Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us. There are EMP Edition (200 copies) - gold vinyl, Amazon Edition (400 copies Germany / 200 copies France) - white vinyl, Nuclear Blast Edition (400 copies) - dark blue vinyl and Band Edition (250 copies, signed) - dark sand marbled vinyl
Guitarist Gregor Mackintosh commented: "The [new CD was] again produced by Jens Bogren and is influenced by classic doom metal and classic metal. I would say it is more melodic than the last record whilst retaining the heaviness. There are lots of guitar solos and melodies."[3]
Also this is the first Paradise Lost studio album featuring Adrian Erlandsson on drums, who joined the band in 2009.
There is a track called "The Last Fallen Saviour" which was written for this album but it was initially made only available as a free flexi disc with Decibel magazine, but has since been included on Tragic Illusion 25, a rarities compilation released in 2013 to commemorate the band's 25th anniversary.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Solitary One" | 4:08 |
| 2. | "Crucify" | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Fear of Impending Hell" | 5:25 |
| 4. | "Honesty in Death" | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Theories from Another World" | 5:02 |
| 6. | "In This We Dwell" | 3:55 |
| 7. | "To the Darkness" | 5:09 |
| 8. | "Tragic Idol" | 4:35 |
| 9. | "Worth Fighting For" | 4:12 |
| 10. | "The Glorious End" | 5:23 |
| No. | Title | Album | Length |
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| 11. | "Ending Through Changes" | 4:09 | |
| 12. | "Never Take Me Alive" (Spear of Destiny cover) | Outland | 4:48 |
| No. | Title | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "True Belief (Live)" | Icon | 4:52 |
| 14. | "One Second (Live)" | One Second | 3:38 |
| 15. | "Say Just Words (Live)" | One Second | 4:51 |
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| Charts (2012) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] | 15 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 62 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] | 42 |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[15] | 40 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] | 85 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[17] | 15 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[18] | 67 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] | 6 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[20] | 243 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[21] | 28 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[22] | 25 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] | 85 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[24] | 90 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25] | 24 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] | 23 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[27] | 73 |
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