Give Me Your Soul...Please

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Give Me Your Soul...Please
Studio album by King Diamond
Released	June 26, 2007
Genre	Heavy metal
Label	Massacre Records
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King Diamond chronology
Deadly Lullabyes: Live (2004) Give Me Your Soul...Please (2007)

Give Me Your Soul...Please is a concept album by King Diamond released on June 26, 2007. The album's concept and cover art are both based on a painting titled "My Mother's Eyes."

In the July/August issue of UK metal magazine Zero Tolerance, Diamond elaborated on the themes of the album, being a story of two dead children, murdered by their father, relating their tale to him. He stated that cases of parents killing their children and then themselves were a large influence, citing such an incident which occurred in Dallas four days before the interview took place. Ironically, Give Me Your Soul was also released the day after the highly publicized Chris Benoit double murder and suicide.

An .mp3 file of the track "Never Ending Hill" is available for free download on the Metal Blade Records website. The track was also nominated for a 2008 Grammy award for Best Metal Performance but lost to Slayer's "Final Six."

[edit] Track listing

All lyrics by King Diamond. Music credits as indicated.

1. "The Dead" (Diamond) – 1:56
2. "Never Ending Hill" (LaRocque) – 4:36
3. "Is Anybody Here?" (Diamond) – 4:12
4. "Black of Night" (LaRocque) – 4:00
5. "Mirror Mirror" (Diamond) – 4:59
6. "The Cellar" (LaRocque) – 4:30
7. "Pictures in Red" (LaRocque) – 1:27
8. "Give Me Your Soul"(LaRocque) – 5:28
9. "The Floating Head" (LaRocque) – 4:46
10. "Cold as Ice"(Diamond) – 4:29
11. "Shapes of Black"(Diamond) – 4:22
12. "The Girl in the Bloody Dress" (Diamond) – 5:07
13. "Moving On" (Diamond) – 4:06

[edit] Personnel

• King Diamond - Vocals, Keyboards
• Andy LaRocque - Guitars, Keyboards
• Mike Wead - Guitars
• Hal Patino - Bass
• Matt Thompson - Drums
• Livia Zita - Additional vocals

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