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King Diamond - Them/Conspiracy Audio CD

A fair review of the King Diamond "Them/Conspiracy" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all King Diamond reviews here, or go back to the King Diamond tabs.

King Diamond Band: King Diamond
Title: Them/Conspiracy
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Release Date: 2004-01-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Out from the Asylum - King Diamond 2: Welcome Home - King Diamond 3: Invisible Guests - King Diamond 4: Tea - King Diamond 5: Mother's Getting Weaker - King Diamond, Andy LaRocque 6: Bye, Bye Missy - King Diamond 7: Broken Spell - King Diamond, Andy LaRocque 8: Accustion Chair - King Diamond 9: "Them" - King Diamond, Andy LaRocque 10: Twilight Symphony - King Diamond 11: Coming Home - King Diamond 12: Phone Call [*] - King Diamond 13: Invisible Guests [Rehearsal][*] - King Diamond 14: Buy, Buy Missy [Rehearsal][*] - King Diamond 15: At the Graves - King Diamond 16: Sleepless Nights - King Diamond, Andy LaRocque 17: Lies - King Diamond 18: Visit from the Dead - King Diamond, Andy LaRocque 19: Wedding Dream - King Diamond 20: "Amon" Belongs to "Them" - King Diamond, Andy LaRocque 21: Something Weird - King Diamond, Andy LaRocque 22: Victimized - King Diamond, Andy LaRocque 23: Let It Be Done - King Diamond 24: Cremation - King Diamond 25: At the Graves [Alternate Mix][*] - King Diamond 26: Cremation [Live Show Mix][*] - King Diamond

A Great Value No Matter What Way You Look At It..
What I've found is the most unique and true-to-form artist around. I've just recently found the magic that is King Diamond, about 20 years after his solo career started. I traveled down to the cd store hoping for at least Abigail, but I found much more. I found Them/Conspiracy two-pack, Abigail and Puppet Master and didn't hesitate for a second to purchase all of them at once. I would have payed 15 bucks seperate for each cd included in this set, but finding only this for 15 dollars, how could I say no?!
Taken as a whole, I only have a few complaints about the set, and they are pretty miniscule. My first complaint is that the booklet contains no lyrics, so that's a downside, since it is sometimes hard to understand what King is saying. The last complaint is that Conspiracy was not as good as I had thought, but it's still good, not as good as THEM though.

From the start, I had always figured that THEM would be my least favorite King album, but as soon as I listened to it, my mind changed drastically, this is King's absolute best album ever. Not only does it have a very creepy and unique story(not like that's news for King Diamond), but it's overall sound and presentation is unlike any of his other recordings. Though the sound production on THEM is rather weak,It's good, but not very clean like his preceding attempts. Every song here is strong and there is some beautiful musicianship throughout. The track "TEA" perfectly suits the title, with hypnotic flowing notes and soothing and mellow choruses by the King.

Conspiracy follows up to THEM, but it seems like less attention was placed on story than the previous part of the story. "AT THE GRAVES" seems to drag on for too long, and several of the tracks are rather forgettable. "Sleepless Nights", Victimized, A Visit from the Dead and Cremtation are the strongest point of the album, but the rest don't have the same magic as the afformentioned. But considering the fact that you can get two albums for the price of one is totally worth dishing out 15 bucks for. .


King diamond means "God"
Excelentes discos del "Rey Diamante" (King Diamond), y demuestra el porque es el King o God del Heavy Metal. King means Gooood .


"Rise From the Grave, Little Sister..."
Although, teaming these two CDs together is no-brainer, it's better you purchase these two releases seperately(if you haven't already got 'em) Most hard-core Diamond fans will undoubtedly have these in their collection. Another double-up CD release of these classic King Diamond albums, "Them" & Conspiracy. But I guess this product might appeal to fans that are being turned onto the King for the first time.

But in my opinion, these double-up CD releases are superfulous. It just seems like a feeble attempt from Roadrunner to cash in AGAIN on a artist they barely promoted in the first place.


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