Black Butterfly is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Buckcherry. The album was released on September 12, 2008, in Japan, Canada, and the United Kingdom while being released on September 16 in the United States. It had been in production since late 2007. The limited fan edition was included with two demo songs, "Nothing" and "Stayin' High". Along with the bonus songs, the case came with a year free membership to the Buckcherry Fan Club, "Buckcherry's Bomb Squad". Black Butterfly debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200, making it the band's highest-charting album in the United States.
| Black Butterfly | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 16, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Late 2007 – early 2008 | |||
| Studio | Drive-By Studios
Studio 606 Northridge, California | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 42:23 | |||
| Label | Eleven Seven Music, Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Marti Frederiksen, Buckcherry | |||
| Buckcherry chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Black Butterfly | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (50/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Blender | [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[3] |
| IGN | (7.1/10)[4] |
| Los Angeles Times | [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| Spin | (7/10)[7] |
| Ultimate Guitar | (7.7/10)[8] |
Singles
editThe songs "Rescue Me" and "Don't Go Away" were eventually placed on the band's MySpace page. "Rescue Me" was released for download in the video game series Rock Band. "Don't Go Away" was selected as the second single to be released from the album.[9]
Composition
editVocalist Josh Todd has mentioned that the songs "Rescue Me" and "A Child Called 'It'" were both inspired by the Dave Pelzer book, A Child Called "It". "There were times when I had to put the book down because the abuse of this boy was so bad, but I felt like the book found me… I was compelled to write this song out of inspiration from this guy's incredible journey."[10]
"Rescue Me" was used as the official theme song for the WWE Judgment Day 2009 pay-per view.[11]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rescue Me" | Josh Todd, Keith Nelson, James Ashhurst, Steve Dacanay | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Tired of You" | Todd, Nelson, Marti Frederiksen, Dacanay | 3:07 |
| 3. | "Too Drunk..." (replaced with a cover of "Highway Star" in the re-released version/"clean" version (originally featured on the 1972 album Machine Head by the British rock band Deep Purple. This song also does not feature on the Spotify version.) | Todd, Nelson, Dacanay | 4:02 |
| 4. | "Dreams" | Todd, Nelson, Ashhurst | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Talk to Me" | Todd, Nelson, Frederiksen | 3:28 |
| 6. | "A Child Called 'It'" | Todd, Nelson | 2:55 |
| 7. | "Don't Go Away" | Todd, Nelson, Frederiksen | 3:49 |
| 8. | "Fallout" | Todd, Nelson | 3:36 |
| 9. | "Rose" | Todd, Nelson, Frederiksen | 3:53 |
| 10. | "All of Me" | Todd, Nelson | 3:45 |
| 11. | "Imminent Bail Out" | Todd, Nelson | 3:11 |
| 12. | "Cream" | Todd, Nelson, Ashhurst | 3:34 |
| Total length: | 42:23 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Nothing" (demo) | 3:30 |
| 14. | "Stayin' High" (demo) | 4:01 |
Personnel
edit- Buckcherry
- Josh Todd – lead vocals
- Keith Nelson – lead guitar
- Jimmy Ashhurst – bass guitar
- Stevie Dacanay – rhythm guitar
- Xavier Muriel – drums
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[12] | Gold | 40,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Chart positions
edit| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums | 3 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 6 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Black Butterfly". Metacritic. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Black Butterfly at AllMusic. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (September 12, 2008). "Black Butterfly Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
- ^ Grischow, Chad (September 17, 2008). "Buckcherry - Black Butterfly Review: Watered down hard rock". IGN. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ Wood, Mikael (September 16, 2008). "Different ways to sing 'Sorry'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- ^ Hoard, Christian (October 2, 2008). "Black Butterfly: Buckcherry: Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ Uhelszki, Jaan (September 16, 2008). "Buckcherry, 'Black Butterfly' (Atlantin/Eleven Seven)". Spin. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- ^ "Black Butterfly Featured review". Ultimate Guitar. September 16, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ MySpace.com - BUCKCHERRY - Los Angeles, California - Rock / Alternative / Indie - www.myspace.com/buckcherry
- ^ Buckcherry Bio Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ WWE: TV Shows > Judgment Day
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Buckcherry – Black Butterfly". Music Canada.