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Something Wild is the debut full-length 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 by music critics. In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by Metal Hammer magazine.[1]

Something Wild
Studio album by Children of Bodom
Released	30 November 1997
Recorded	July–August 1997
Studio	Astia-Studios
Genre	Death metal[1] power metal[1] melodic black/death[2] heavy metal[2]
Length	35:57
Label	Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast
Producer	Anssi Kippo, Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom chronology
Something Wild (1997) Hatebreeder (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Metalitalia	9/10[4]
Metal Reviews	85.25%[2]
Ultimate Guitar	8.4/10[5]
Metal.de	10/10[6]
Metalfan	91%[7]
Metal1.info	8.5/10[8]

Track listing

Notes

• The songs "Touch Like Angel of Death" and "Mass Hypnosis" both each end at 4:05. Whichever song is the final track, after 1 minute and 55 seconds of silence, a short keyboard passage is played by Alexi and Alexander in unison. This track is officially known as "Coda" and samples a melody from the theme to Miami Vice. "Touch Like Angel of Death" contains an additional 40 seconds of silence after the hidden track.
• The original pressing of the album has the band's original logo before the one used in subsequent releases, and contains an eighth track titled "Bruno the Pig", consisting simply of 10 seconds of silence.

Personnel

Children of Bodom

• Alexi Laiho – lead guitar, vocals, songwriting, keyboards (on Miami Vice Theme)
• Alexander Kuoppala – rhythm guitar, solo on "Red Light In My Eyes Pt 1", keyboards (on Miami Vice Theme)
• Henkka Seppälä – bass
• Janne Wirman – keyboards (on everything except Miami Vice Theme)
• 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

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9]	3

References

На других языках

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[de] Something Wild (Album)

Something Wild ist das Debütalbum der finnischen Metalband Children of Bodom, deren genaue Definition der Stilrichtung umstritten ist, aber meistens dem Melodic Death Metal oder schlichtweg dem Metal zugeordnet wird.

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- [en] Something Wild (album)

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[es] Something Wild (álbum)

Something Wild es el álbum debut de la banda finlandesa de Death Metal Melódico Children of Bodom. Fue muy popular en la escena underground de Finlandia en ese momento, llegando a los puestos más altos de las ventas en el país, y aumentando su fama internacional en todos lados en la escena underground como "Esa banda de metal de Finlandia". La escritura de las canciones en este álbum es mucho más libre y el uso de teclados y fuertes influencias de neo-classical metal son mucho más prevalentes que en sus lanzamientos futuros como Hatebreeder o Follow the Reaper. La "Deluxe Edition" fue lanzada mucho más adelante en 2002 e incluye material bonus. La intro de Deadnight Warrior son sonidos de la película It.

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[ru] Something Wild

Something Wild (с англ. — «Нечто дикое») — дебютный альбом финской мелодик-дэт-метал-группы Children of Bodom, вышедший в 1997 году.

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