Worlds Collide

Worlds Collide
Studio album by Apocalyptica
Released	September 14th, 2007 September 14th, 2007 September 14th, 2007 September 17th, 2007 September 17th, 2007 September 19th, 2007 September 26th, 2007 September 28th, 2007 February 5th, 2008 March 18th, 2008
Genre	Cello metal Chamber music
Length	48:21
Label	Universal
Professional reviews
Sound Of Metal link
Apocalyptica chronology
Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello (2006) Worlds Collide (2007)
Singles from Worlds Collide
"I'm Not Jesus (feat. Corey Taylor)" Released: August 31, 2007[1] "S.O.S. (Anything But Love) (feat. Cristina Scabbia)" Released: January 18, 2008[2]
Special Edition
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Worlds Collide is the sixth studio album from cello metal/heavy metal group Apocalyptica, released on September 14th, 2007. It includes special guests Till Lindemann, Corey Taylor, Adam Gontier, Dave Lombardo, Tomoyasu Hotei, and Cristina Scabbia.

Track listing

1. "Worlds Collide" – 4:28
2. "Grace" (ft. Tomoyasu Hotei) – 4:09
3. "I'm Not Jesus" (ft. Corey Taylor) – 3:34
4. "Ion" – 3:46
5. "Helden" (ft. Till Lindemann) – 4:18
6. "Stroke" – 4:32
7. "Last Hope" (ft. Dave Lombardo) – 4:47
8. "I Don't Care" (ft. Adam Gontier) – 3:57
9. "Burn" – 4:16
10. "S.O.S. (Anything But Love)" (ft. Cristina Scabbia) – 4:19
11. "Peace" – 5:49

Special Edition

Bonus Tracks

12. "Ural" – 5:41
13. "Lies" - 3:43 [Japanese release only]
14. "Dreamer" – 3:36

DVD

1. "I'm Not Jesus" (video)
2. "I'm Not Jesus" (making of)
3. "Interview"
4. "Peace"

Trivia

• The iTunes Music Store version of the album also features two remixes of "I'm Not Jesus", one by Pain and the other one by Albert Vorne.
• Helden is a German-language cover of David Bowie's "Heroes".
• Backing vocals for the effort were laid down by Swedish singer Mats Leven ^[3].
• Tomoyasu Hotei plays guitar on the song "Grace"
• The songs "Grace" and "Last Hope" were written by Mikko Sirén, "Dreamer" is by Paavo Lötjönen, and all others are by Eicca Toppinen
• According to Perttu Kivilaakso the first songs they created for the Album didn't make the final cut.
• According to Kerrang! Magazine, other vocalists approached to record tracks with include:

Maynard James Keenan of Tool/A Perfect Circle
Jonathan Davis of Korn
Serj Tankian of System of a Down
Tori Amos
Björk
Maynard, Jonathan and Serj were busy with their own projects, but are likely to appear on the next Apocalyptica album. But Björk and Tori both declined.

• The album was released in 3 different versions:

"Standard" - containing the first 11 songs
"Deluxe" - containing the 11 songs, plus 2 bonus tracks ("Ural", "Dreamer") and a DVD.
"Japan" - containing everything from the "Deluxe" version, including a bonus track called "Lies".

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