The Headless Children
| The Headless Children | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) |
||||
| Studio album by W.A.S.P. | ||||
| Released | April 1989 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 48:32 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Blackie Lawless | |||
| W.A.S.P. chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from The Headless Children | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Rock Hard |   |
The Headless Children is the fourth studio album by heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released in April 1989 through Capitol Records. The album reached No. 48 on the U.S. Billboard 200, the band's highest chart position, and remained on that chart for thirteen weeks; it also reached the top 30 in four other countries.
The Headless Children showcases a new level of maturity from the band compared to their previous three albums, which had stereotypically lewd "rock and roll" lyrics. Politics and social issues are now a theme throughout the album. The cover art depicts a string of historical figures including Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Benito Mussolini, Charles Manson, Jim Jones, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Al Capone and the Ku Klux Klan, with an image of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald shown prominently in the foreground. Later editions of the album have replaced, among others, Ayatollah Khomeini with additional KKK members.
The Headless Children was the first W.A.S.P. album to feature ex-Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali and the last studio album to feature Holmes for nearly a decade until he rejoined the band in late 1997 to record Kill Fuck Die.
"The Real Me" is one of two songs the band covered and released as part of the Headless Children release, (the other being "Locomotive Breath", by Jethro Tull, which was the b-side). "The Real Me" however was the only song of the two to make the album. The song was written by Pete Townshend of The Who's and is from their classic rock opera album, "Quadrophenia"
...
Wikipedia