Track listing

1. "Drain the Blood" – 3:08
2. "Dismantle Me" – 2:26
3. "Die on a Rope" – 2:39
4. "The Gallow Is God" – 4:35
5. "Coral Fang" – 2:09
6. "The Hunger" – 5:28
7. "Hall of Mirrors" – 3:50
8. "Beat Your Heart Out" – 2:48
9. "Love Is Paranoid" – 2:07
10. "For Tonight You're Only Here to Know" – 3:18
11. "Death Sex" – 12:17

Personnel

• Tony Bradley - guitar
  Guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Brody Dalle
  Brody Dalle
  Brody Dalle is an Australian-born American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers and currently fronts Spinnerette....
  
   - lead vocals, guitar
• Andy Granelli
  Andy Granelli
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   - drums
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  , percussion
• Ryan Sinn
  Ryan Sinn
  Ryan Sinn is the former bassist for the alternative rock band Angels & Airwaves and The Distillers, but has joined Love Equals Death, after Dominic Davi's departure...
  
   - bass, backing vocals

• Dan Druff - guitar
• Mike Fazano - drums

• Producer: Gil Norton
• Executive producer: Tom Whalley
• Engineers: Bradley Cook, Jason Dunne
• Mixing: Andy Wallace
• Mastering: Howie Weinberg
• A&R: Craig Aaronson
• Technicians: Dan Druff, Mike Fazano
• Arranger: The Distillers
• Design: Richard Scane Goodheart
• Photo: James R. Minchin III
• Original artwork & layout: Tim Presley
• Publicity: Brian Bumbery

Additional notes

• The album was released using three different album covers. The original was deemed too graphic by major retails and refused to sell the album unless the artwork was changed. The alternative cover was chosen to be sold in major retailers. It is possible to purchase the album with the original artwork. The third is an actual naked girl instead of the cartoon drawing and is only available on the vinyl version which was limited to 1000 copies on grey vinyl.
• The last track, "Death Sex", is, for the majority of the song at least, a noise
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   track. Guitar distortion is played for minutes on end, amounting to around 5 minutes before another section consisting of fast hardcore punk
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   including drums comes in, then will go back to the distortion for another 5 minutes or so.
• The song "Drain the Blood" is featured in Gran Turismo 4
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  and is a downloadable song for Rock Band.
• Coral Fang peaked at position 97 on the Billboard 200 on November 1, 2003.
• The song "Beat Your Heart Out" was a part of the Tony Hawk's Underground 2
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  and Spider-Man 2
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  videogame soundtrack.
• The song "Dismantle Me" was a part of the MTX Mototrax
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  soundtrack.
• The song "Hall of Mirrors" was the first track on Kerrang! Best of 2003.

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