667.. The Neighbour of the Beast is the debut album by the modern glam metal

Glam metal

Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 group Wig Wam

Wig Wam

Wig Wam is a Norwegian hard rock band, which is dedicated to Glam metal and is the style of typical rock bands from the 1980s movement.- Eurovision :...

. Released in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 on March 8, 2004 the album would establish Wig Wam as one of Norway's biggest rock acts, resulting in their participation in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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The album would include two Wig Wam singles, being the Mel C

Melanie Chisholm

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 cover "I Turn To You" and the anthemic "Hard To Be A Rock N' Roller". Several other popular tracks, including their Melodi Grand Prix

Melodi Grand Prix

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 2004 song "Crazy Things" (which would be released in promo form), were also included on the album.

In January 2005, the album was renamed to "Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller

Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller

Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller is the first album by the Norwegian modern glam metal group Wig Wam.The album was released on January 10, 2005. The album was original released on March 8, 2004 under the name 667....

". A radio-edit from the song "Hard To Be A Rock N' Roller" and a few videos were added. In March from the same year, this album was renamed another time to "Hard To Be A Rock N' Roller ... In Kiev!". The song "In my dreams" and the video "Hard To Be A Rock N' Roller" were added to the original tracklist from the album at that time.

The name of the album "667.. The Neighbour of the Beast" is a quote from a computer game named "Max Payne 2" as well as a twist on the Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

album "Number of the Beast".

Track listing

1. 667
2. The Best Song In The World
3. Crazy Things
4. Out Of Time
5. Mine All Mine
6. Hard To Be A Rock'n Roller
7. Tell Me Where To Go
8. Erection
9. I Turn To You
10. Car-Lyle
11. Bless The Night
12. A Long Way
13. No More Living On Lies