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The Birthday Massacre
Released 2005

Blue
04:31
34,969 plays

Lovers End
04:14
28,731 plays

Happy Birthday
03:40
24,147 plays

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- 1
- Prologue
- 00:38
- 12,765 plays

- 2
- Lovers End
- 04:14
- 28,731 plays

- 3
- Happy Birthday
- 03:40
- 24,147 plays

- 4
- Horror Show
- 04:06
- 18,670 plays

- 5
- Violet
- 03:37
- 20,918 plays

- 6
- Red
- 01:11
- 13,275 plays

- 7
- Play Dead
- 04:47
- 21,610 plays

- 8
- Blue
- 04:31
- 34,969 plays

- 9
- Video Kid
- 04:35
- 20,297 plays

- 10
- The Dream
- 03:52
- 14,393 plays

- 11
- Black
- 01:29
- 13,079 plays

- 12
- Holiday
- 05:15
- 17,040 plays

- 13
- Neverland
- 04:36
- 13,960 plays

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album review

After a spooky synth intro track that sounds like a snippet of '70s Italian horror movie specialists Goblin, the Birthday Massacre's debut album swiftly moves into a reimagination of '80s new wave styles rather similar to fellow Toronto band Metric but with more of a goth/darkwave vibe. Two synthesizer players do battle with a rock guitarist fond of the kind of crunchy hard-candy riffs that the hair metal bands made inescapable for a few years. Over this, mono-named singer Chibi does a passable imitation of Lene Lovich's quirky phrasing, occasionally shooting for a more ethereal Kate Bush sort of sound. The resulting mélange of half-remembered styles from the not so distant past is entertaining enough. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide