Unicorn Steak is the first studio album by the Canadian rock

Rock music

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 band Die Mannequin

Die Mannequin

Die Mannequin is a punk rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are fronted by 23-year-old guitar player and singer Care Failure . They played the "Next Big Thing" Stage at Edgefest 1 in 2006, have toured across Eastern Canada several times on their own as well as opening for Buckcherry on...

, released on November 13, 2007 in Canada and March 4, 2008 in the United States. Unicorn Steak is a compilation of Die Mannequin’s first two studio eps How To Kill

How To Kill

How To Kill is the first EP by the Canadian rock band Die Mannequin, released on September 25, 2006. Produced by electronic music group MSTRKRFT, How To Kill was the group's first release and because Care Failure had yet to put together a full time band she performed the vocals, guitar and bass...

and Slaughter Daughter

Slaughter Daughter

Slaughter Daughter is the second EP by the Canadian rock band Die Mannequin, released on September 25, 2007. "Do It or Die" and "Saved By Strangers" were produced by Ian D'Sa of Billy Talent fame and "Upside Down Cross" and "Lonely of a Woman" were produced by Junior Sanchez...

with two new additional tracks "Empty's Promise (Early Demo)" and a cover of the Beatsteaks

Beatsteaks

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 song "Hand In Hand".

Track listing

All songs written by Care Failure, except "Upside Down Cross" & "Fatherpunk" by Care Failure and Michael T. Fox.

1. "Do It or Die" – 3:36
2. "Saved By Strangers" – 3:24
3. "Upside Down Cross" – 3:55
4. "Lonely of a Woman" – 3:38
5. "Autumn Cannibalist" – 3:23
6. "Near the End" – 2:47
7. "Fatherpunk" – 3:13
8. "Donut Kill Self" – 4:31
9. "Empty's Promise"  [Early Demo]– 5:11
10. "Hand In Hand"  – 2:28
    • Track 10 is "Open Season" on the American version.

Personnel

Die Mannequin

• Care Failure – lead vocals, guitar
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  , bass
  Bass guitar
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• Anthony "Useless" Bleed – bass
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• Pat M. – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
• Jesse F. Keeler
  Jesse F. Keeler
  Jesse Frederick Keeler is a Canadian musician. He is known as the bassist of Canadian dance punk duo Death from Above 1979, and for being one half of the electronic music duo MSTRKRFT....
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion

Technical staff and artwork

• Tracks 1&2 Produced by Ian D'Sa
  Ian D'Sa
  Ian Michael D'Sa is the guitarist for the Canadian band Billy Talent.-Early life and career:Ian's family moved from the UK to Canada when he was 3 years old. He is of Indian Goan descent and grew up in Mississauga, Ontario learning guitar at the age of 13...
  
  
• Tracks 3&4 Produced by Junior Sanchez
  Junior Sanchez
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• Tracks 1&2 Recorded by Eric Ratz & Kenny Luong
• Tracks 3&4 Recorded by Ray Martin
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   assisted by Jeff Pelletier
• Tracks 1-4 Mixed by Eric Ratz
• Tracks 5-8 Produced, recorded & mixed by MSTRKRFT
  MSTRKRFT
  MSTRKRFT is a Canadian electronic music duo from Toronto, Ontario. The group was started in 2005 by Jesse F. Keeler of Death from Above 1979 and Al-P formerly of the Mississauga, Ontario electropop group Girlsareshort...
  
  
• Track 9 Recorded & mixed by Krisjan Leslie
• Track 9 Recorded & mixed by Eric Ratz & Kenny Luong
• Mastered by Noah Mintz
  Noah Mintz
  Noah Mintz is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and mastering engineer. Mintz founded the band hHead with Brendan Canning in the 1990s...
  
  
• Art by B. Bergerson & D. Appleby for Think Tank Creative
• Photography by Ivan Otis

Release history

Country	Date
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	November 13, 2007
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	March 4, 2008

External links

• Official website
• Myspace