''Educated Horses'' is the third studio album by American musician

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, released on March 28, 2006, by Geffen. A streaming "listening party" was held on MP3.com starting March 22, 2006, which caused advance copies to spread throughout

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software programs. It is the first album to feature guitarist John 5 and drummer

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, and the last to feature bassist

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. In response to questions about what the album's title means, Rob Zombie said:

"It was a weird kind of phrase, like, that I remembered as something as a kid. You know, my parents, my grandparents, my aunts and uncles, the whole family, were involved in carnival business and, like, circus business, so as a kid, we would get dragged to these things, and we'd have to spend all this time there. And that was just one of the attractions I remember, what they would call the trained animals, you know, educated horses."

Production

''Educated Horses'' can be described as Zombie's most experimental album to date. Writing for Rob Zombie for the first time,

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experimented with a number of acoustics, which can be heard on tracks such as "Sawdust in the Blood" and "Death of It All". Yet the album still contains his signature horror tastes. "17 Year Locust" and "The Scorpion Sleeps" were both written about creepy-crawlies. Rob Zombie has stated that the album had influences from

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Reception

The album debuted at number five on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, Zombie's highest chart position since ''

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'', selling about 120,000 copies in its first week. It also debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart. In its second week it dropped to number fourteen, selling a further 46,720 copies. The song " The Lords of Salem" was nominated for the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance of 2008.Grammy.com: 2009 Hard Rock nominees
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Music videos

Zombie directed music videos for "Foxy Foxy" and " American Witch". Artist and animator David Hartman created two animated music videos, for "American Witch" and " The Lords of Salem".

Track listing

All songs written by Rob Zombie,

and

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unless otherwise noted.

Personnel

Musicians *

– vocals, lyrics *

– guitars, additional bass, background vocals *

– bass, background vocals *

– drums, background vocals *

– additional guitars, additional bass, background vocals *

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– additional drums * Josh Freese – additional drums * Audrey Wiechman – background vocals Production * Scott Humphrey – producer, mixing * Rob Zombie – producer * Tom Baker – mastering * Chris Baseford – engineer * Todd Harapiak – assistant engineer * Will Thompson – assistant engineer * Rob Zombie – art direction, package design, additional photos * Kristin Burns – photos * Drew Fitgerald – art direction

Chart positions

;Album ;Singles

References

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