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Generation Wild

Generation Wild is the third studio album by Swedish glam metal band Crashdïet. The album was released on 14 April 2010. It is the first album to feature the band's new vocalist Simon Cruz since the departure of their previous singer H. Olliver Twisted. The album debuted at #3 on the Swedish Album Chart. The title track, Generation Wild, was released as the first single on 26 February 2010. The video was banned from MTV due to obscene images. The original record features 11 songs but five bonus track were also recorded and released on different editions of the album.

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Generation Wild
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Released09 April 2010
Recorded2009
GenreGlam metal, hard rock
Length40:19
LabelUniversal Music / Gain Records
ProducerRamPac (Johan Ramström and Patrik Magnusson)
Crashdïet chronology
The Unattractive Revolution
(2007)
Generation Wild
(2010)
The Savage Playground
(2013)
Singles from Generation Wild
  1. "Generation Wild"
    Released: 26 February 2010
  2. "Chemical"
    Released: 21 September 2010
  3. "Sick Mind"
    Released: 19 May 2023
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Generation Wild is the third studio album by Swedish glam metal band Crashdïet. The album was released on 14 April 2010. It is the first album to feature the band's new vocalist Simon Cruz since the departure of their previous singer H. Olliver Twisted. The album debuted at #3 on the Swedish Album Chart. The title track, Generation Wild, was released as the first single on 26 February 2010. The video was banned from MTV due to obscene images. The original record features 11 songs but five bonus track were also recorded and released on different editions of the album.

On 7 June 2011, Generation Wild was released in the United States through Frontiers Records.

Scottish musician Johnny Gunn (singer of Peep Show), previously considered a potential new vocalist, contributed to several of the album's songs.

Track listing

Generation Wild track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."442 (Intro)" 0:53
2."Armageddon"Simon Cruz
  • Sweet
  • Ramström
  • Magnusson
4:06
3."So Alive"
  • Sweet
  • Gunn
4:12
4."Generation Wild"
  • Cruz
  • Sweet
  • London
  • Young
  • Ramström
  • Magnusson
3:55
5."Rebel"Cruz
  • Sweet
  • Cruz
3:23
6."Save Her"Gunn
  • Sweet
  • Gunn
3:26
7."Down With the Dust"YoungYoung2:47
8."Native Nature"Cruz
  • Sweet
  • Cruz
  • Ramström
  • Magnusson
4:28
9."Chemical"
  • Sweet
  • Gunn
  • Sweet
  • Gunn
4:16
10."Bound to Fall"
  • Young
  • Cruz
  • London
  • Young
  • Cruz
  • London
4:15
11."Beautiful Pain"CruzSweet4:42
Total length:40:19
Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLyricsLength
12."Sick Mind"Sweet4:40
13."One of a Kind"
  • Sweet
  • London
  • Gunn
4:36
14."Fear Control"
  • Young
  • Sweet
  • Gunn
4:12
15."Caught in Despair"
  • Cruz
  • Sweet
  • London
  • Young
4:17
16."Hollywood Teaze"Sweet3:10

Singles

  • "Generation Wild"
  • "Chemical"
  • "Sick Mind"

Personnel

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References

  1. Eremenko, Alexey. "Crashdïet Generation Wild". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2020.