Devil's Playground (album)

Devil's Playground is the sixth studio album by English rock vocalist Billy Idol, released on 22 March 2005. It is his first studio album in over a decade (the latest being 1993's Cyberpunk), and his first new studio songs since 2001 (Idol's cover of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" on Greatest Hits). The album also reunited Idol in the studio with guitarist Steve Stevens and producer Keith Forsey. All songs were written or co-written by Idol except "Plastic Jesus". The album was engineered and mixed by Brian Reeves at the Jungle Room in Los Angeles.

Devil's Playground
Studio album by
Billy Idol
Released22 March 2005
Recorded2004[1]
GenrePunk rock, hard rock, pop punk
Length54:28
58:59 (Japanese edition)
LabelSanctuary
ProducerKeith Forsey
Billy Idol chronology
VH1 Storytellers
(2002)		 Devil's Playground
(2005)		 Happy Holidays
(2006)
Singles from Devil's Playground
  1. "Scream"
    Released: March 2005
  2. "Rat Race"
    Released: June 2005
  3. "Sherri"
    Released: September 2005
  4. "Yellin' at the Xmas Tree"
    Released: December 2005
  5. "Plastic Jesus"
    Released: March 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic52/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Billboard(negative)[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Idol and the band supported the album with a world tour of rock festival appearances in 2005 and 2006, including several performances on the Vans Warped Tour.

The song "Scream" was used in an episode of Viva La Bam, in which Idol also guest starred, where he and Bam Margera sing it as they go down the highway.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Billy Idol and Brian Tichy except as noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Super Overdrive" 4:18
2."World Comin' Down" 3:33
3."Rat Race"Idol, Steve Stevens4:17
4."Sherri"Idol3:17
5."Plastic Jesus"Ed Rush, George Cromarty4:53
6."Scream" 4:42
7."Yellin' at the Xmas Tree" 4:14
8."Romeo's Waiting"Idol, Stevens3:42
9."Body Snatcher" 3:57
10."Evil Eye" 4:32
11."Lady Do or Die" 4:37
12."Cherie" 3:47
13."Summer Running"Idol, Stevens4:30
Japan bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Bleeding Me Insane"4:31

Chart performance
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[6] 34
Canadian Albums Chart[7] 21
French Albums Chart[8] 105
German Albums Chart[9] 15
Italian Albums Chart[10] 51
Swedish Albums Chart[11] 40
Swiss Albums Chart[12] 32
UK Albums Chart[13] 78
US Billboard Hot 200[14] 46

Personnel

References
  1. "Official Brian Tichy Website - Biography". Briantichy.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. "Devil's Playground - Billy Idol". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  3. Stephen Thomas Erlewine (22 March 2005). "Devil's Playground - Billy Idol | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  4. "Billy Idol: Devil's Playground". Billboard. Vol. 117 no. 14. 2 April 2005. p. 29. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. Sheffield, Rob (24 March 2005). "Devil's Playground | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  6. Steffen Hung. "Billy Idol - Devil's Playground". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  7. "Top Of The Chart: 50 Cent Still Rules The Pack". Chart Attack. Archived from the original on 2 December 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  8. Steffen Hung. "Billy Idol - Devil's Playground". lescharts.com. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  9. Steffen Hung. "germancharts.com - Billy Idol - Devil's Playground". Germancharts.de. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  10. Steffen Hung. "Billy Idol - Devil's Playground". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  11. Steffen Hung. "Billy Idol - Devil's Playground". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  12. Steffen Hung. "Billy Idol - Devil's Playground". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  13. "Billy Idol | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  14. "Billy Idol - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 6 July 2017.


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