Violet (The Birthday Massacre album)

Violet is the second studio album by The Birthday Massacre, released on August 9, 2005. It was first released as an extended play (EP) on October 25, 2004, then commercially released on August 9, 2005 as a long play (LP) through Metropolis Records (North America/UK), Repo Records ^[4] (Europe) and Hellion Records (Brazil). The LP version included four re-recorded and slightly reworked tracks from their Nothing and Nowhere album: "Happy Birthday", "Horror Show", "Video Kid" and "The Dream".

Violet
EP / Studio album by The Birthday Massacre
Released	October 25, 2004 (EP); August 9, 2005 (album)
Studio	Dire Studios, Desolation Studios, Phase One Studios[1]
Genre	Electronic rock,[2] gothic rock,[2] new wave,[3] dream pop
Length	30:42 (EP) 44:25 (LP)
Label	Metropolis
Producer	The Birthday Massacre
The Birthday Massacre chronology
Nothing and Nowhere (2002) Violet (2004) Blue (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

VIOLET

EP version

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Prologue"		Rainbow, M. Falcore	0:37
2.	"Lovers End"	Rainbow, Chibi	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:18
3.	"Violet"	Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	3:37
4.	"Red"		J. Aslan	1:17
5.	"Play Dead"	Rainbow, Chibi	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:47
6.	"Blue"	Rainbow	Rainbow	4:29
7.	"Black"		J. Aslan	1:34
8.	"Holiday"	Rainbow, Chibi	Rainbow	5:15
9.	"Nevermind"	Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:45

LP version^[5][6]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Prologue"		Rainbow, M. Falcore	0:38
2.	"Lovers End"	Chibi, Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:14
3.	"Happy Birthday"	Rainbow	Rainbow	3:39
4.	"Horror Show"	Rainbow	M. Falcore, Rainbow	4:06
5.	"Violet"	Rainbow	M. Falcore, Rainbow	3:37
6.	"Red"		J. Aslan	1:11
7.	"Play Dead"	Chibi, Rainbow	M. Falcore, Rainbow	4:47
8.	"Blue"	Rainbow	Rainbow	4:30
9.	"Video Kid"	Rainbow	Rainbow	4:34
10.	"The Dream"	Chibi, Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	3:51
11.	"Black"		J. Aslan	1:29
12.	"Holiday"	Chibi, Rainbow	Rainbow	5:14
13.	"Nevermind"	Rainbow	Rainbow, M. Falcore	4:35
Total length:				44:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from Violet album liner notes.^[1]

• Chibi - vocals
• Rainbow - rhythm guitar
• M. Falcore - lead guitar
• Aslan - bass
• Rhim - drums

Release history

Region	Date
Germany[7]	October 25, 2004
Canada	August 9, 2005[8]
United Kingdom	September 12, 2005
France	November 28, 2005[9]
Italy	December 12, 2005[10]
Netherlands	March 1, 2007[11][12]

Notes

• The LP version was originally released in Europe on Repo Records in 2004.
• Tracks "Happy Birthday", "Horror Show", "Video Kid" and "The Dream" are all somewhat reworked versions of their equivalents on the band's previous album Nothing and Nowhere.
• Videos for both "Blue" and "Nevermind" were produced. "Blue" is an elaborate story-based video while "Nevermind" is a straightforward performance video, both of which were released on the "Blue DVD".
• Although the track list on the CD labels the final track as "Nevermind", if burned on iTunes, the track will be titled "Neverland".
• The band recorded a cover of The NeverEnding Story theme for the album, but left it off after not being pleased with the final result. The only existing version of the song is a low quality mp3 that can be found on P2P file sharing systems, or on their original EP under the name Imagica. However, on March 19, 2021, they released a newly recorded version as a single.^[13]
• On the 2004 release of Violet, Adm is pictured in the booklet as the keyboardist. On the 2005 re-release, he is removed from the booklet picture because he had left the band by that time.
• The track "Happy Birthday" was featured in the eighth episode of the first season of The Vampire Diaries, "162 Candles.",^[14]

References

1. Violet (liner notes). The Birthday Massacre. Metropolis Records. 2004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
2. "The Birthday Massacre: Violet - Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.com". Archived from the original on 2014-03-26.
3. "The Birthday Massacre on Apple Music". iTunes. Archived from the original on 2014-06-19.
4. "Repo Records". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19.
5. "Violet" – via Amazon.
6. "Violet" – via Amazon.
7. "Violet" – via Amazon.
8. "VIOLET by BIRTHDAY MASSACRE". HMV Canada. Retrieved September 6, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
9. "Violet - Digipack : The Birthday Massacre" (in French). Fnac. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
10. "Birthday Massacre - Violet" (in Italian). Internet Bookshop Italia. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
11. "Violet, Birthday Massacre" (in Dutch). bol.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
12. "Violet; The Birthday Massacre" (in Dutch). Free Record Shop. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
13. "The NeverEnding Story, by the Birthday Massacre".
14. TheVampireDiariesOne (28 May 2011). "TVD Music Scene - Happy Birthday - The Birthday Massacre - 1x08". Archived from the original on 5 September 2017 – via YouTube.