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Rob Zombie Past, Present & Future Release Date: 2003 09 23 Label: Geffen Rating:

Past, Present & Future is the first-ever Rob Zombie retrospective. The collection is steeped both visually and aurally in the scary monsters, sexy women, and schlock horror images that have always adorned Zombie's death's-head calling card; from a strictly musical standpoint, his turgid industrial sludge and beyond-the-grave vocals benefit greatly from the set's liberal editing. That's because Zombie has always had one fabulously filthy gear, and his pedal is always scraping the metal; Past's 19 tracks simply streamline his career's death race into one satisfying 2000-mile straightaway. "Thunder Kiss '65," "Dragula," and the incredible, impossible, wonderfully stupid "More Human Than Human" attack the eardrums with toxic vengeance; collaborations with Alice Cooper and Howard Stern approach the proto-industrial grind of KMFDM; and kooky covers of "I'm Your Boogieman" and "Brickhouse" run the originals' disco beat through a freaky fun house filled with lurid porn samples and booty-shaking bottom end. (The latter track even pulls poor Lionel Richie into a duet with Rob and raunchy Trick Daddy protégée Trina). "Pussy Liquor" is just dumb, but again, you have to be amazed at Zombie's ability to get away -- and even do well with -- such stupidity. After all, behind the dreads, monster makeup, and platform boots, Zombie is a likeable, talented creative with a flair for reinvention. Like so much of his source material, his work isn't meant for deep contemplation -- only chomping-at-the-bit consumption. That's why he can make it sound like he invented the word "Yeah!" In addition to its host of past guilty pleasures, Past, Present & Future includes two previously unreleased songs and a DVD with ten Zombie-directed music videos, three of them never before seen. Never known for his humbleness, Zombie also designed the accompanying full-color, 36-page booklet, which includes a bizarre photo timeline in which the Astrocreep seems to age 50 years in less than 20. Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Thunder Kiss '65	White Zombie, Zombie	3:54
2	Black Sunshine	White Zombie, Zombie	4:49
3	Feed the Gods	White Zombie, Zombie	4:30
4	More Human Than Human	White Zombie, Zombie	4:29
5	Super Charger Heaven	White Zombie, Zombie	3:37
6	I'm Your Boogieman	Casey, Finch	4:27
7	Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)	Clouser, Zombie	4:12
8	Great American Nightmare	Clouser, Zombie	3:54
9	Dragula	Humphrey, Zombie	3:42
10	Living Dead Girl	Humphrey, Zombie	3:22
11	Superbeast	Clouser, Humphrey, Zombie	3:40
12	Feel So Numb	Humphrey, Zombie	3:53
13	Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)	Humphrey, Zombie	3:10
14	Demon Speeding	Humphrey, Zombie	3:44
15	Brick House 2003	Richie, LaPread, Orange, Williams, King, McClary	3:48
16	Pussy Liquor	Humphrey, Zombie	4:46
17	Blitzkrieg Bop	Hyman, Erdelyi, Colvin, Cummings	2:43
18	Two-Lane Blacktop [#]	Humphrey, Zombie	3:02
19	Girl on Fire [#]	Humphrey, Zombie	3:29
20	Thunder Kiss '65	White Zombie, Zombie
21	More Human Than Human	White Zombie, Zombie
22	Dragula	Humphrey, Zombie
23	Living Dead Girl	Humphrey, Zombie
24	Superbeast	Clouser, Humphrey, Zombie
25	Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)	Humphrey, Zombie
26	Feel So Numb	Humphrey, Zombie
27	Demonoid Phenomenon
28	Return of the Phantom Stranger [#]
29	Spookshow Baby [#]

Other Releases:

Past, Present & Future [f.y.e. Exclusive] Release Date: 2008

Past, Present and Future [Bonus iPod Skin] Release Date: 2007 Label: Geffen

Past, Present & Future [Clean] Release Date: 2003 Label: Geffen

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