Razorblade Romance

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Razorblade Romance
Studio album by HIM
Released	December 19, 1999
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	54:33
Label	BMG
Producer	John Fryer
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HIM chronology
Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 (1997) Razorblade Romance (1999) Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (2001)

Razorblade Romance is the second studio album by HIM, released on December 19, 1999 in Finland and January 24, 2000 in rest of Europe - save for the UK, where it was released May 15 2000. It was produced by John Fryer and distributed by the local BMG company. All songs and lyrics on the album, with the exception of Chris Isaak's Wicked Game, are composed by Ville Valo.

This is the album that made HIM huge in Europe when their single Join Me In Death was featured in the sci-fi movie The Thirteenth Floor. It reached #1 on German sales charts, going platinum, and is the biggest-selling single in Finnish music history.

Razorblade Romance was released shortly after in the U.S. under the moniker "HER". There was a jazz band in Chicago named HiM who did not want to give up the rights to their name, but eventually HIM bought the rights to use their name in the United States and now can release their albums under it. The American albums were released under Jimmy Franks Recording Company, run by Jimmy Pop, singer of the Pennsylvania band Bloodhound Gang. They released the HER 'Razorblade Romance' around the Boston area, and once HIM regained the rights to their name, they rereleased 'Razorblade Romance' nationwide under Universal Records.

Multiple versions of this album exist, including the Finnish and German version with tracks one to eleven below. The aforehand mentioned British version with a new versions of "Your Sweet Six Six Six" entitled "Your Sweet 666", and a new version of "Wicked Game". A new version of "It's All Tears (Drown In this Love) was also recorded for the album, but it didn't make it to the final track list (it was later made available on the UK version of the compilation And Love Said No). In addition to this, the title of "I Love You (Prelude to Tragedy)" was cut down to "I Love You" (there are no official statements that explain why). There are two different U.S. versions with the British tracklisting, plus "Sigillum Diaboli" and "One Last Time" (one had a Parental Advisory label and one did not); another U.S. edition released under the name "HER" with "The 9th Circle" added; a special U.S. vinyl released in 2005 featuring the same track listing of the U.S. CD; and a few others.

[edit] Track listing

• Original/Finnish/German track listing

1. "I Love You (Prelude to Tragedy)"
2. "Poison Girl"
3. "Join Me in Death"
4. "Right Here in My Arms"
5. "Gone With the Sin"
6. "Razorblade Kiss"
7. "Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart"
8. "Heaven Tonight"
9. "Death Is In Love With Us"
10. "Resurrection"
11. "One Last Time"
12. "Sigillum Diaboli"*
13. "One Last Time-The 9th Circle"*

• * - Only on the German special edition digipack

• British track listing

1. "Your Sweet 666" (2000 re-recording)
2. "Poison Girl"
3. "Join Me in Death"
4. "Right Here in My Arms"
5. "Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart"
6. "Wicked Game" (2000 re-recording) (Chris Isaak cover)
7. "I Love You"
8. "Gone With the Sin"
9. "Razorblade Kiss"
10. "Resurrection"
11. "Death Is In Love With Us"
12. "Heaven Tonight"

• U.S. track listing

1. "Your Sweet 666" (2000 re-recording)
2. "Poison Girl"
3. "Join Me in Death" (Razorblade Mix)
4. "Right Here in My Arms"
5. "Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart"
6. "Wicked Game" (2000 re-recording) (Chris Isaak cover)
7. "I Love You (Prelude to Tragedy)"
8. "Gone With the Sin"
9. "Razorblade Kiss"
10. "Resurrection"
11. "Death Is In Love With Us"
12. "Heaven Tonight"
13. "Sigillum Diaboli"
14. "One Last Time"

• HER version track listing

1. "Your Sweet 666" - 3:56
2. "Poison Girl" - 3:50
3. "Join Me in Death" (Razorblade Mix) - 3:38
4. "Right Here in My Arms" - 4:03
5. "Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart" - 4:16
6. "Wicked Game" - 4:05 (Chris Isaak cover)
7. "I Love You (Prelude to Tragedy)" - 3:09
8. "Gone With the Sin" - 4:21
9. "Razorblade Kiss" - 4:18
10. "Resurrection" - 3:39
11. "Death Is In Love With Us" - 2:57
12. "Heaven Tonight" - 3:21
13. "Sigillum Diaboli" - 3:54
14. "One Last Time" - 5:09
15. "The 9th Circle (OLT)" - 5:09

v • d • e HIM Ville Valo · Mikko Lindström · Mikko Paananen · Janne Puurtinen · Mika Karppinen · Juippi · Tarvonen · Oki · Antto Melasniemi · Sergei Ovalov · Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala · Jussi-Mikko "Juska" Salminen Discography Studio albums Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 · Razorblade Romance · Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights · Love Metal · Dark Light · Venus Doom EPs and demos Witches and Other Night Fears · This Is Only the Beginning · 666 Ways to Love: Prologue Compilation albums and box sets The Single Collection · And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997-2004 · Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666/Razorblade Romance/Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights · Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 · Uneasy Listening Vol. 2 · Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 & 2 DVD's The Video Collection: 1997-2003 · And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997-2004 · Love Metal Archives Vol. I · Digital Versatile Doom Singles "Your Sweet Six Six Six" · "Wicked Game" · "When Love and Death Embrace" · "It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)" · "Join Me in Death" · "Right Here in My Arms" · "Poison Girl" · "Gone With the Sin" · "Wicked Game" (2000) · "Your Sweet 666" (2000) · "Pretending" · "In Joy and Sorrow" · "Heartache Every Moment"/"Close to the Flame" · "The Funeral of Hearts" · "Buried Alive By Love" · "The Sacrament" · "Solitary Man" · "And Love Said No" · "Wings of a Butterfly" · "Vampire Heart" · "Killing Loneliness" · "The Kiss of Dawn" · "Bleed Well"