Pandemonium (Pretty Maids album)

Pandemonium is the twelfth studio album by Danish hard rock/heavy metal band Pretty Maids. The album was released on 14 May 2010 on Frontiers Records. Lead singer Ronnie Atkins has called the album "the best album we've done in something like 15 or 20 years".[2]

Pandemonium
Studio album by
Released14 October 2010 (2010-10-14)
RecordedJanuary–February 2010 at Hansen Studios, Ribe, Denmark
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
LabelFrontiers
ProducerJacob Hansen
Pretty Maids chronology
Wake Up to the Real World
(2006)
Pandemonium
(2010)
It Comes Alive - Maid in Switzerland
(2012)
Singles from Pandemonium
  1. "Little Drops of Heaven"
    Released: 19 April 2010[1]

The album debuted at number 83 on the German Albums Chart, becoming Pretty Maids' first album to chart in more than 10 years (since Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing in 1999). In their native Denmark, the album debuted at number 14 and became Pretty Maids' highest-charting album since Scream (1994) which charted at number 27.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer; except "Pandemonium" and "Final Day of Innocence" written by Atkins, Hammer and Morten Sandager.

No.TitleLength
1."Pandemonium"5:21
2."I.N.V.U."4:57
3."Little Drops of Heaven"4:37
4."One World One Truth"4:19
5."Final Day of Innocence"4:16
6."Cielo Drive"3:53
7."It Comes at Night"4:16
8."Old Enough to Know"4:16
9."Beautiful Madness"4:03
10."Breathless"4:00
11."It Comes At Night" (remix)5:46
Japanese version (bonus track)
No.TitleLength
12."Ka-Ching"3:19

Personnel

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  • Ronnie Atkins – vocals
  • Ken Hammer – guitars
  • Kenn Jackson – bass
  • Allan Tschicaja – drums
  • Morten Sandager – keyboards, assistant engineer
  • Jacob Hansen – producer, mixer, mastering, engineer, additional guitars
  • Jeppe Andersson – assistant engineer
  • Martin Pagaard Wolff – drum technician

Charts

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Chart (2010) Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[3] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 83
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[5] 45
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 63

References

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  1. ^ Haaning Thøgersen, Stig (13 April 2010). "Pretty Maids udgiver ny cd". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Pretty Maids Interview, April 2010". Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Danishcharts.dk – Pretty Maids – Pandemonium". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Pretty Maids – Pandemonium" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Pretty Maids – Pandemonium". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Pretty Maids – Pandemonium". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2019.