The Fame Monster (album)

The Fame: Monster
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Recorded	2009
Released	November 24, 2009
Label	Streamline, Kon Live, Interscope, Cherrytree

The Fame: Monster is the title for the upcoming re-release of The Fame. Instead of working on a second album, Gaga decided to release new music to her fans. At first, she wanted to put six new songs around the end of 2009. Instead, the album will include the entire breakthrough album The Fame, along with eight entirely new songs. The Fame Monster, deals with the seamier side of fame, as experienced by Gaga over the course of her last history-making year. The new version will be released on November 24, 2009 in the US/UK and on november 17 in Japan. The first club-banging single, the RedOne-produced “Bad Romance,” will be released on October 27th.

Writing process

This new theme started when Lady Gaga released a tweet saying only one word : "Monster" on May 22nd on her Twitter. For an interview with the Daily Star, Gaga explained the concept of "Monster": 

“I have an obsession with death and sex.” Gaga says.“Those two things are also the nexus of horror films, which I’ve been obsessing over lately. I’ve been watching horror movies and 1950s science fiction movies. My re-release is called The Fame Monster so I’ve just been sort of bulimically eating and regurgitating monster movies and all things scary. I’ve just been noticing a resurgence of this idea of monster, of fantasy, but in a very real way.” Gaga adds to the Daily Star. “If you notice in those films, there’s always a juxtaposition of sex with death. That’s what makes it so scary. Body and mind are primed for orgasm and instead somebody gets killed. That’s the sort of sick, twisted psychological circumstance.”

For the press release, she explained further the concept: "On my re-release The Fame Monster, I wrote about everything I didn't write on The Fame. While traveling the world for two years, I've encountered several monsters, each represented by a different song on the new record: my ‘Fear of Sex Monster,’ my ‘Fear of Alcohol Monster,’ my ‘Fear of Love Monster,’ my ‘Fear of Death Monster,’ my ‘Fear of Loneliness Monster,’ etc.”

“I spent a lot of nights in Eastern Europe, and this album is a pop experimentation with industrial/Goth beats, 90's dance melodies, an obsession with the lyrical genius of 80's melancholic pop, and the runway. I wrote while watching muted fashion shows and I am compelled to say my music was scored for them. I also composed a ballad for the album, ‘Speechless,’ a song for my father, and it's my favorite work of all. I wrote every piece on the road - no songs about money, no songs about fame. I wrote it for my fans, so I wrote everything in between."

Track Listing

To see every editions released of The Fame: Monster

CD ONE (The Monster)

#	Name	Time
1.	"Bad Romance" (Produced by RedOne)	4:57
2.	"Alejandro" (Produced by RedOne)	4:31
3.	"Monster" (Produced by RedOne)
4.	"So Happy I Could Die" (Produced by RedOne)
5.	"Speechless" (Produced by Ron Fair)
6.	"Dancing in the Dark" (Produced by Fernando Garibay)
7.	"Telephone" (Produced by Rodney Jerkins)
8.	"Teeth" (Produced by Teddy Riley)

CD TWO (The Fame)

#	Name	Time
1.	"Just Dance (featuring Colby O'Donis)"	4:01
2.	"LoveGame"	3:36
3.	"Paparazzi"	3:28
4.	"Poker Face"	3:57
5.	"I Like It Rough"	3:22
6.	"Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"	2:55
7.	"Starstruck (featuring Flo Rida and Space Cowboy)"	3:37
8.	"Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"	2:52
9.	"The Fame"	3:42
10.	"Money Honey"	2:50
11.	"Boys Boys Boys"	3:20
12.	"Paper Gangsta"	4:23
13.	"Brown Eyes"	4:03
14.	"Summerboy"	4:13
15.	"Disco Heaven" (International Bonus Track)	4:13
16.	"Again Again" (UK Bonus Track)	4:13
17.	"Retro Dance Freak" (Japan Bonus Track)	0:00

The Fame: Monster Outakes

• No Way
• Bloody Mary
• Dont Call My Name
• Kiss & Run
• Second Time Around

Resources

• Press conference in Singapore -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXtSJM588So
• Interscope Records, Press release -
• Track list - http://www.universal-music.co.jp/u-pop/artist/lady_gaga/uics9113.html
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