Skeleton Skeletron is the sixth studio album from Swedish band Tiamat.

Skeleton Skeletron
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 11, 1999
Recorded1999
GenreGothic rock
Length45:15
LabelCentury Media Records
ProducerDirk Draeger and Johan Edlund
Tiamat chronology
A Deeper Kind of Slumber
(1997)
Skeleton Skeletron
(1999)
Judas Christ
(2002)

Following A Deeper Kind of Slumber, the band took a less ambiguous direction to their style, utilizing a Gothic rock sound but with various atmospheric soundscapes/effects and female background vocals added in.

"Church of Tiamat" (Track #1) is also the name of the band's official website.

The end of the song "As Long as You Are Mine" includes a quote of the opening of French poet Jean de La Fontaine's fable Le Loup et l’Agneau (The Wolf and the Lamb). The end of the song "Lucy" contains a popular sample from the 1957 science-fiction film The Brain from Planet Arous.

Track listing

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Skeleton Skeletron
No.TitleLength
1."Church of Tiamat"4:52
2."Brighter Than the Sun"4:08
3."Dust Is Our Fare"5:02
4."To Have and Have Not"5:09
5."For Her Pleasure"5:03
6."Diyala"1:25
7."Sympathy for the Devil" (Rolling Stones cover)5:20
8."Best Friend Money Can Buy"4:35
9."As Long as You Are Mine"4:40
10."Lucy"5:17
Total length:45:15

Personnel

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  • Johan Edlund – vocals, guitar, keys, arrangements, author
  • Anders Iwers – bass
  • Lars Sköld – drums
  • Stefan Gerbe – piano
  • Nicole Bolley, Andrea Schwarz & Jessica Andree – additional vocals

Charts

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Chart (1999) Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart[1] 56

References

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  1. ^ Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-09.