Transplants (album)

Transplants
Studio album by Transplants
Released
  • October 21, 2002 (2002-10-21) (EU)

  • October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22) (US)
Recorded January 2000–June 2002
Studio Tim Armstrong's Basement (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre
Length 45:21
Label Hellcat
Producer
Transplants chronology
Transplants
(2002)		 Haunted Cities
(2005)
Singles from Transplants
  1. "Diamonds and Guns/Tall Cans is the Air"
    Released: 2003
  2. "D.J. D.J."
    Released: 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Fader(favorable)[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]
Punknews.org[4]
Robert ChristgauA[5]

Transplants is the eponymous debut studio album by the American punk rock/hip hop band Transplants. It was released on October 22, 2002 via Hellcat Records. Audio production of the twelve-track record was handled by Tim Armstrong and Dave Carlock. Rancid's Matt Freeman and Lars Frederiksen, The Slackers' Vic Ruggiero, The Distillers' Brody Dalle, AFI's Davey Havok, Funkdoobiest's Son Doobie, The Nerve Agents' Eric Ozenne, and Skarhead's Danny Diablo made their appearances on the album as additional musicians and vocalists.

The album peaked at #96 on the Billboard 200[6] and #1 on the Independent Albums.[7] Its lead single, "Diamonds and Guns", peaked at #19 on the Alternative Songs,[8] #27 on the UK Singles Chart,[9] and was most played as background music in older Garnier Fructis TV commercials.[10] The second single of the album, "D.J. D.J." peaked at #49 on the UK Singles Chart.[11] Both its singles are featured in Paul Hunter 2003 film Bulletproof Monk. The song "California Babylon" is included into Tony Hawk's Underground video game playlist.[12]

Track listing

All music composed by Tim Armstrong, Rob Aston and Travis Barker.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Romper Stomper"
3:18
2."Tall Cans in the Air"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
3:43
3."D.J. D.J."
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:01
4."Diamonds and Guns"
4:01
5."Quick Death"
3:36
6."Sad But True"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:26
7."Weigh on My Mind"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
3:22
8."One Seventeen"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
2:01
9."California Babylon"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:05
10."We Trusted You"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
4:35
11."D.R.E.A.M."
4:42
12."Down in Oakland"
  • T. Armstrong
  • R. Aston
3:22
Total length:48:55

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Bregman, Adam. "Transplants - Transplants". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ "The Transplants". The FADER. 2002-10-25. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  3. ↑ Bronson, Robert Hilburn; Dean Kuipers; Natalie Nichols; Steve Hochman; Soren Baker; Kevin (2002-12-08). "Just Whitney and a whiff of desperation". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  4. ↑ pwfanatic (2002-11-01). "The Transplants - The Transplants". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Transplants". Robert Christgau.
  6. 1 2 "Transplants Transplants Chart History". Billboard 200.
  7. 1 2 "Transplants Transplants Chart History". Independent Albums.
  8. 1 2 "Transplants Diamonds And Guns Chart History". Alternative Songs.
  9. 1 2 "diamonds-and-guns | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.
  10. ↑ "The 6 Most Inappropriate Song Choices in Advertising". Cracked.com.
  11. 1 2 "dj-dj | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.
  12. ↑ "The Sounds of Tony Hawk's Underground - GameSpot.com". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-10-03.
  • "Transplants - Transplants". at Discogs.
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