Something Wild (album)
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Something Wild is the debut studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released in 1997 in Finland, and in 1998 worldwide. Upon release, the album was met with universal acclaim. In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by Metal Hammer magazine.<ref name="MHtop2097">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Something Wild was an innovative and pioneering album in extreme metal by incorporating elements of power metal, a sound not seen in other melodic death metal bands of the time; this fusion was inspired by that country's most influential band Stratovarius.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Something Wild entered the Finnish album charts at number 35 in the last week of December, 1997. It would spend 12 weeks in the album chart peaking at number 20 in January of 1999. The album would re-enter the Finnish album charts in October of 2021 at number 19. It would spend one week in the charts. <ref name="FinnishCharts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Track listing
Personnel
- Alexi Laiho – lead guitar, vocals, songwriting, keyboards (on hidden track)
- Alexander Kuoppala – rhythm guitar, solo on "Red Light In My Eyes Pt 1", keyboards (on hidden track)
- Henkka Seppälä – bass
- Janne Wirman – keyboards (on everything except hidden track)
- Jaska Raatikainen – drums
- Production
- Produced by Anssi Kippo, Alexi Laiho, Jaska Raatikainen, and Children of Bodom
- Recorded and mixed by Anssi Kippo
- Assistant engineer – Jokke Ryhanen
- Assistant mixing engineer – Pasi Karppa
- Cover photo by Graham French
- Band photography by Toni Harkonen
- Cover artwork by Flo V. Schwarz (aka Flea Black)
Charts
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