Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children (album)

Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children[1] is the sixth studio album by metal band Mushroomhead. The album was released on September 28, 2010 by Megaforce Records. The first single from the album "Come On", was released on August 16, 2010.[2] It is the band's final album to feature Pig Benis on bass and Gravy on guitar, and it is the only album to feature Lil Dan on percussion.

Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children
Studio album by
Mushroomhead
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2010
Recorded2009–2010, Filthy Hands Studio
GenreAlternative metal, industrial metal, nu metal, electro-industrial
Length49:32
LabelMegaforce
ProducerSteve Felton
Mushroomhead chronology
Savior Sorrow
(2006)		 Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children
(2010)		 The Righteous & the Butterfly
(2014)
Singles from Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children
  1. "Come On"
    Released: August 16, 2010
  2. "I'll Be Here"
    Released: 2010

Album information

On August 31, 2010, "Come On" was released uncensored on iTunes. The video of their first single "Come On" was premiered on Headbangers Ball on September 27, hosted by Mushroomhead themselves.[3][4] "Come On" was also featured in the Criminal Minds episode "There's no Place like Home" from the show's 7th season. "Come On" was also featured on Oct 5, 2010 episode of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) on Spike TV as a promotion of the long storied rivalry between Wrestling Legend, Ric Flair and Hardcore Wrestling Legend, Mick Foley.

The album title is inspired by the 'Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children comic book series published by DC Comics through their Piranha Press imprint from June 1989 until September 1992. According to the band, they wanted the album title to reflect the nature of the songs themselves, and the title came once they incorporated the visual elements of the project. According to Jeffrey Nothing, the working title for the album was going to be Slaughterhouse Road, before it was changed to its current title, however, Slaughterhouse Road was still used as a song title.[5][6]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
About.com[8]
The Marshalltown Chronicle[9]
Metal Underground[10]

After its first week of sales, the album debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Indie chart, and No. 44 overall selling over 11,000 copies the first week.[11]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Come On"4:07
2."Inspiration"3:46
3."Slaughterhouse Road"3:41
4."I'll Be Here"4:36
5."Burn the Bridge"5:10
6."Holes in the Void" (feat. Joe Altier and Sarah Sloan)4:45
7."Harvest the Garden"4:34
8."The Harm You Do"4:06
9."Your Demise"4:21
10."The Feel"3:50
11."Darker Days"3:46
12."Do I Know You?"2:46
Total length:49:32

[12]

Personnel
Session musicians
  • Joe Altier - guest vocals ("Holes in the Void")
  • Sarah Sloan - harmony, guest vocals ("Holes in the Void")
  • John Sustar - additional percussion ("Harvest the Garden")
  • James Felton - kid voice
  • Steven Felton (jr.) - kid voice
  • Waylon Reavis (jr.) - kid voice
  • Pandora Reavis - kid voice
  • Mea Hatrix - kid voice

References
  1. MUSHROOMHEAD To Release 'Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children' In September
  2. MUSHROOMHEAD's 'Come On' Sigle To Go For Radio Adds Next Month "I'll Be Here" will be the second single in 2011 but no date has been confirmed yet.
  3. "MUSHROOMHEAD Video Teaser And Press Release » Metal Crotch". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  4. "Mushroomhead - Come On Music Video, featured On Megaforce Records Official Youtube Channel". 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  5. "Mushroomhead MTV Interview Part 2". 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  6. "Mushroomhead interview on Headbangers Ball". 2010-09-27. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  7. AllMusic review
  8. About.com review
  9. The Marshalltown Chronicle review
  10. Metal Underground Review
  11. "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - MUSHROOMHEAD's New Album Cracks U.S. Top 50". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  12. "MUSHROOMHEAD: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled". Archived from the original on 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
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